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    100+ Fun Ideas for Playground Games
    100+ Fun Ideas for Playground Games
    100+ Fun Ideas for Playground Games
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    100+ Fun Ideas for Playground Games

    By Christine Green

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    Make outdoor playtime fun and enjoyable with this wonderful collection of traditional and new games that will soon become playground favourites. The activities use readily available equipment such as balls and skipping ropes and will suit individual students, groups or even the whole class.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliant Publications
    Release dateApr 20, 2012
    ISBN9780857475350
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      100+ Fun Ideas for Playground Games - Christine Green

      100+ Fun Ideas for Playground Games

      Brighten up Outdoor Playground Games

      Christine Green

      Published by Brilliant Publications

      Unit 10, Sparrow Hall Farm

      Edlesborough, Dunstable

      Bedfordshire, LU6 2ES, UK

      email: info@brilliantpublications.co.uk

      website: www.brilliantpublications.co.uk

      Digital edition converted and published in 2012 by

      Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      The name Brilliant Publications and the logo are registered trademarks.

      Written by Christine Green

      Illustrated by Cathy Hughes

      © Text Christine Green 2009

      © Design Brilliant Publications 2009

      First printed and published in the UK in 2009

      The right of Christine Green to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by herself in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Introduction

      Play is possibly one of the first active things children learn in life and so it comes as no surprise to appreciate how fundamentally important such activity is to a child’s development. However, when they begin school, play takes on a totally different role, more of a social event as opposed to quality time spent with Mum and/or Dad. It is a time when they begin to integrate with their peers, develop skills and moreover is seen to be an integral part of their overall physical and emotional development.

      But it isn’t only indoor play that children enjoy and from which they can derive enormous benefits, experts agree that outdoor play is just as important.

      Play teaches children how to manage some of the risks associated with physical activity.

      Unstructured physical play is the perfect outlet for helping to reduce stress in a child’s life and encourages them to work out any emotional aspects related to everyday experiences.

      As adults tend not to interfere when children are playing, this in turn enables them to learn how to relax and have fun.

      Co-operation, helping, sharing and problem solving are all things children learn through play and are skills which they carry with them throughout life.

      It is very often the case that much of a child’s learning is achieved through the media, computers and books etc which, at times, can slightly impede their perceptual abilities. But one shouldn’t overlook the other senses, ie touch, taste, smell and the sense of motion via space as being equally crucial to their learning, and this is something which play can provide.

      Research has proven that physical activity not only improves a child’s attentiveness and helps to reduce restlessness, but also plays a role in uniting the spirit and body as one.

      And finally, it has been noted that children who are less restricted in their access to the outdoors gain a greater understanding of safety in their immediate surroundings.

      Having dealt with explaining why outdoor play is so important to children the next part is providing some games for them to play.

      Many of the following games involve the participation of the whole class, others involve only a handful of children and there are several ideas for children to play by themselves. However, one thing they all share in common is to demonstrate to children a healthy fun way of keeping fit and for the teacher the ideal answer for their pupils to use up any surplus energy.

      But remember:

      The pupils’ safety is important at all times and therefore it is essential that children playing outdoors are always supervised by a responsible adult.

      Accidents can, and all too frequently do occur, even nasty cuts and grazes can result from an over enthusiastic playful push; so if some games become a little too rowdy perhaps this is an indication that a game may not be suitable for them to play and so choose an alternative.

      In order to maintain children’s interest and their involvement try to keep the games flowing freely.

      Ball games

      A ball, whatever its size is primarily one of the most invaluable toys you can provide any child to help them practise rolling, bouncing, dribbling, aiming, throwing, catching, kicking, blocking, and balancing. Throwing helps children learn about accuracy and distance as well as having a lot of fun.

      All the ball game activities that are focussed on in this section should be played either on the playing field or on the playground area. Some activities involve the use of extra equipment, i.e. a skipping rope, stopwatch or whistle, etc., where required, this equipment is listed under the heading for each activity.

      For safety purposes, it is always advisable to use a soft ball. For younger children, a larger soft ball may be more appropriate because the ball moves more slowly when thrown, giving the younger child more chance of success.

      1. Dodge ball

      A favourite ball game for all ages, in particular the older ones.

      The concept of the game is for one person to be selected as the ‘tagger’. His/her job it is to hit as many people as he/she can with the ball so that they are immediately eliminated from the game.

      The

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