Playground+Games



Players may be eliminated from the court because of errors or fouls they commit. Eliminated players leave the court, the remaining players move up to the next highest square, and a new player joins the court in the lowest square. These situations represent all the ways in which a player may be eliminated from the court. Players are eliminated for:
 * Failing to hit the ball into another square;
 * Allowing the ball to bounce more than once in their own square;
 * Hitting the ball out of bounds or onto an inside line;
 * Hitting the ball incorrectly, such as holding, catching or carrying;
 * Hitting the ball with a part of the body that are not hands;
 * Hitting the ball out of turn (poaching);
 * Violating any number of local rules that are made up on the playground;

Eliminated players wait in line for their next turn.

[|Chinese Jump Rope]  **England, Ireland…**

 England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales  Inside, Outside, Puppy dogs’ tails.  England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales,  Inside, outside, twist and out. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Inside, outside, puppy dogs’ tails.

<span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> On ‘**England’**, the third person jumps, putting one foot in the middle of the <span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> elastic and one on the outside. <span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> On ‘**Ireland’**you put the other foot in the middle <span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> and the foot in the middle on the other side. <span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Repeat for ‘**Scotland’**and ‘**Wales’**. <span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> On ‘inside’ put both feet in the middle of the elastic and on ‘outside’ put both feet on the outside of the elastic. <span style="color: #d3a7a7; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> On ‘puppy dogs’ tails’ put both feet firmly on both sides of the elastic.

<span class="heading3" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00de; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%; vertical-align: baseline;">Circle Games <span class="heading3" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ba2ca7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; vertical-align: baseline;">DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ce78ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; vertical-align: baseline;">The kids will know the rules to this, but in case they're fuzzy... Make yourself "It" and walk around the outside of the circle, tapping each sitting child on the head and announcing "Duck" until you get to the chosen "Goose." The moment you say "Goose," take off running around the circle with the Goose in hot pursuit. If the Goose tags you (and let's hope he does) before you circle back to the empty spot, switch places with him and start a new round. On it goes; just make sure everyone <span style="color: #ce78ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">gets a turn as Goose.

<span style="color: #ff8000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">** Sticky toffee ** <span style="color: #ffa600; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ffa600; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">This game can be played with up to ten players. One person is chosen to be the chaser. The chaser stands still and the players touch one of his/her fingers, also standing still. They keep touching the chaser's fingers as the chaser starts listing 'sticky' items he has bought from a shop. He might say: <span style="color: #ffa600; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">I went to a shop and bought some sticky orange juice, some sticky mango, a sticky fruit lolly, **some sticky toffee**... <span style="color: #ffa600; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">When the players hear the words **'sticky toffee'**, they run away and the chaser tries to catch them. Anyone who is caught has to stand still with their arms and legs wide apart. They can move again if someone releases them from the sticky toffee by going through their legs or under an arm. <span style="color: #ffa600; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">The game ends when everyone is stuck! Back to MOVE IT!!!

<span style="color: #7b7be0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> **Teddy bear skipping game** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">This game can be played with three or more people – the more the better! Two people need to turn a long skipping rope. One person skips in the middle whilst the others line up and sing: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, show your shoe.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, that will do!** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, run upstairs.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, brush your hair.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, blow out the light.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> **Teddy bear, teddy bear, say goodnight.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The person who is skipping should do an action for each line of the song. If they do all the actions without tripping up, they get to turn the rope. If they don't, they go to the back of the line of other people waiting to have a go. <span style="color: #7b7be0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Good luck!

<span style="color: #592f86; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">**Can you see me?** <span style="color: #7b7be0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="color: #7b7be0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">This game can be played with lots of players. Everybody needs to stand at one end of the playground. One person should stand at the other end, with their back to the rest of the players. <span style="color: #7b7be0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The players must try to creep up behind the child in front and touch them gently on the shoulder. The child in front can look round at any time, so the other players have to keep an eye out! If someone is spotted moving by the child in front they have to go back to where they started. <span style="color: #7b7be0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The person who touches the child in front on the shoulder first is the winner. They get to take over from the child in front and the game starts again.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; text-align: center;">Skipping Rhymes













<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Clapping Rhymes