The remaining days of summer and the approaching autumn is an ideal time to enjoy the outdoors. It is a custom that is being lost among the new generations, it seems that there always has to be a toy in between to be entertained, so it seems very valuable to rescue and transmit the value of the games of a lifetime.
Since there are so many, we will divide the list of two posts into two posts lifelong games which you can play with your children, starting with the of chase, with balls and rope.
They are traditional games, games of always, that are passed from generation to generation (although some stay along the way) that seek to highlight values such as cooperation, solidarity, acceptance of oneself and others, developing attitudes of tolerance and respect, favoring coexistence and conflict resolution in a peaceful way.
Playing in the street has been lost, as perhaps many parents will have played as children, but I think it is important to teach our children that playing outdoors, enjoying nature, in the company of friends can be very entertaining and enriching, In addition to being healthy and promoting their development, both physical and intellectual. Let's not forget that the game in childhood is learning.
Let's see, then, some of the lifelong games to play outdoors:
Chase games
Hideout: The player who will catch the others must cover their eyes, face the wall and count to a certain number while the other players run away and hide. Once you finish counting, start looking for those who are hidden. Finding one says "for ... that is behind ... "and so on until he finds everyone.
The English Hideaway: A child stands facing a wall and the rest behind him at a distance. He says: "One, two and three, to the English hideout, without moving your hands or feet" and turns around quickly to see who is still moving. If someone has moved back and start again. The first one who comes to the wall without being seen moving wins.
Policemen and thieves: You have to divide the group of children into two teams. Half are cops and have to catch the rest (touching them) that they are thieves. When they are caught, they are taken to the 'jail' (a place that has been previously fixed, a bank, a tree, etc.) where they remain united by the hands until another companion who has not been caught saves him or they are all caught.
Touch and stop: One of the players has to chase his teammates until he touches one and "stops him". The other players will try to run away from him to avoid being touched. When someone is touched by the one who stops, he stops to stop, and who stopped until then stops doing it.
Games with balls
Chicken slaw: Two children, one on each side of the field and the rest of the children in the center. Those at the ends throw the ball towards the center. When a child is touched, it goes to the side of the child who touched him.
Shine: Two teams in a field divided into four parts. Each team is placed in a part of the center, except the captains that are placed on the opposite side of their equipment. Each team and their captain throw the ball towards the opposing team, trying to touch them. Those who are hit by the ball are put on the side of their captain and follow the game from there. The team that leaves the most players in the center wins.
The prisoner ball: A field is divided into two and each team is placed in one of the zones, with one player from each side going to the baseline (graveyard), who is saved when the first "dead" arrives. The team that has the ball must throw it without boats to give it to a player of the opposing team, who goes to the cemetery. So until all the players of a team are "dead".
The nations or the burned: Two teams face each other messy inside the court or specific place with limits marked with lines. Each team has a captain, who must be behind the opposing team. The goal is to "burn" with the ball all members of the opposing team. When a player is burned, they must stand next to the captain and burn along with him. When all the participants of a team are burned, the captain of this team must go out to the court to try to burn the members of the opposing team alone.
Jump rope games
To the platoon: two players give the rope and the rest is placed in a row behind one of them. Those who give the rope say rhythmically "To the platoon, which enters one, the platoon, which enters the two ..." and so on. Every time a number is said, a player enters the rope until everyone is jumping in at the same time. Once everyone is jumping, the chorus is changed to "The platoon comes out one ..." so that the players go out, one by one, on the opposite side to the one they entered. If any fails, it is changed with one of those who was skipping and the game starts again.
Rope in pairs: A child is jumping and invites another to jump saying: "I invite (whatever name you want). To what? To a cake. At what time? At three. That one, that two and that three". At the time of counting to three the other child enters to jump, they jump face to face and count until one of the two steps on the rope and is eliminated.
I will read to the little pig: It sings: "The little pig will read, he told me last night, I will read, that if I wanted to, I will read, ride a car, I will read. And I said, I will read, With great salt shaker, I will read I do not want a car, I will read, I will get dizzy, I will read." The boy jumps throughout the song and when he says "I'll read" the rope turns over and the boy squats.
I hope these games reminded you of your childhood with allergy. In the next post about lifelong games, we will list palms, corrosion and other recreational games that you can teach your children.
Photos | Teecycle Tim / The Beer Runner and foilman on Flickr In Babies and more | Play outdoors: good, beautiful and cheap, The games of a lifetime
