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Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium

Chapter 430: ACTIVE GAMES
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About This Book

A practical handbook assembling a wide, classified selection of games and play activities for schools, playgrounds, gymnasiums, summer camps, parties, and other indoor or outdoor settings. Material is arranged by type—active games, quiet games, singing games, bean-bag games, and ball games—and supplemented with counting-out methods, choosing teams, forfeits, teaching guidance, and floor formations. Rules are clarified with diagrams, illustrations, equipment specifications, and musical scores where needed, while graded and topical indexes facilitate quick selection. The collection blends field-collected variants with traditional and gymnasium-adapted forms drawn from diverse cultural sources.


SINGING GAMES

PAGE
Did you ever see a Lassie?261
Draw a Bucket of Water263
Duck Dance, The264

Farmer in the Dell
265

Hunting
267

Itisket, Itasket
268

Keep Moving
270
Kitty White274

Leaves are Green
276
London Bridge278
Looby Loo280

Muffin Man
282
Mulberry Bush283

Nuts in May
285

Oats, Peas, Beans
287

Round and Round the Village
290

Snail
292

QUIET GAMES

PAGE
"B" Game, The213
Bargain Counter214
Beast, Bird, or Fish215
Buzz216

Cat Party
217
Crambo218
Cross Questions219

Dumb Crambo
219

Find the Ring
220
Flower Match220

Grass Blade
221

Hen Roost
223
Horns223

Initials
224

Leaf by Leaf
225
Literary Lore225
London226

Minister's Cat, The
227
Music Box228
My Lady's Lap Dog228

Naughts and Crosses
229

Observation
139

Penny Wise
230
Planting a Garden231
Poor Pussy150
Prince of Paris232

Scat
234
Seeking for Gold234
Simon Says235
Spans183

Tip Tap Toe
237

Up, Jenkins!
239

What is my Thought Like?
240
Woodland Lovers241

Zoo
242

BEAN BAG GAMES

PAGE
Bag Pile303
Bean Bag Board304
Bean Bag Box305
Bean Bag Circle Toss305
Bean Bag Ring Throw306

Criss-cross Goal
307

Target Toss
315
Teacher and Class316

GAMES FOR EITHER BALLS OR BEAN BAGS

PAGE
All Run321
Arch Ball321

Call Ball
338
Center Catch Ball355
Circle Ball356
Club Bowls359
Center Club Bowls355
Line Club Bowls (Double)385
Line Club Bowls (Single)386

Dodgeball
363

Over and Under Relay
392

Ring Call Ball
399
Round Ball401

Zigzag Games
419
Line Zigzag—I421
Line Zigzag—II422
Line Zigzag—III423
Zigzag Overhead Toss424
Circle Zigzag419

BALL GAMES

PAGE
All Run321
Arch Ball321
Arch Goal Ball323

Ball Chase
324
Balloon Goal326
Ball Puss327
Ball Stand328
Basket Ball Distance Throw329
Battle Ball331
Bombardment334
Boundary Ball335
Bound Ball336

Call Ball
338
Captain Ball—I339
Captain Ball—II341
Captain Ball—III344
(See Emperor Ball, Progressive Captain Ball, and Schoolroom Captain Ball.)
Center Base354
Center Catch Ball355
Center Club Bowls355
Circle Ball356
Circle Club Bowls357
Corner Ball359
Curtain Ball361

Dead Ball
362
Dodgeball363
Double Corner Ball370
Drive Ball375

Emperor Ball
346

Fist Ball
376
Football Tag379

Hand Ball Drill—I (Elementary)
380
Hand Ball Drill—II381
Hand Football382

Line Ball
384
Line Club Bowls (Double)385
Line Club Bowls (Single)386
Line Zigzag421-423

Mount Ball
387

Nine-court Basket Ball
388

Over and Under Relay
392

Pass Ball Relay
395
Pig in a Hole397
Progressive Captain Ball349

Ring Call Ball
399
Roley Poley399
Round Ball401
Russian Hole Ball401

Square Ball
404
Stool Ball406
Stride Ball407

Ten Trips
408
Tether Ball409
Three Holes411
Toss Ball412
Tree Ball413

Volley Ball
413

Wall Ball Drill
416
War417

Zigzag Overhead Toss
424
(See also Circle Zigzag.)

HOUSE-PARTY AND COUNTRY-CLUB GAMES

The list of games offered under this heading is made with the realization that the guests for such conditions may include very young people and adults. No attempt is made to select appropriate games for either, the choice being left for the circumstances of any given occasion. While many of the games are for indoors, most of them may be played out of doors, and a few good chasing games for young people are included. An especial effort has been made to secure for this list games that utilize natural material, as leaves, grasses, trees, stones, etc., and some snow games are given for winter days. The so-called "quiet" games are not necessarily noiseless, but are distinguished from active games by the players not moving around.

ACTIVE GAMES

PAGE
Animal Blind Man's Buff46
Arrow Chase47

Balloon Goal
326
Barley Break48
Baste the Bear49
Black and White52
Blind Bell55
Blind Man's Buff55
Body Guard56

Catch of Fish
61
Chickidy Hand67
Circle Race69
Club Snatch72
Curtain Ball361

Dodgeball
363
Duck on a Rock81
Dumb-bell Tag83

Every Man in his Own Den
83
Exchange84

Follow the Leader
89
Fox and Geese92
Fox Trail93-95

Going to Jerusalem
98

Have you seen my Sheep?
102
Hide the Thimble104
Hill Dill105
Hound and Rabbit107
Hunt, The110
Hunt the Fox110

I Spy
113

Jacob and Rachel
115
Japanese Tag116

Keep Moving
270

Last Couple Out
125

Maze Tag
131
Menagerie132
My Lady's Toilet138

Odd Man's Cap
140
Old Woman from the Wood143

Partner Tag
145
Pebble Chase145
Pinch-o146
Pitch Pebble147
Poison148
Poor Pussy150
Potato Shuttle Relay154
Potato Spoon Race155
Prisoner's Base—I-V157-161
Puss in a Corner163

Ring-a-lievio
166
Rolling Target169
Run, Sheep, Run!170
Russian Hole Ball401

Sardines
172
Single Relay Race175
Slap Catch178
Slipper Slap179
Snow Dart181
Snow Snake182
Spin the Platter183
(See also My Lady's Toilet.)
Stage Coach185
Stake Guard186
Stealing Sticks188
Still Pond, No More Moving189
Sun Dial190

Tag
190-192
Tether Ball409
Thimble Ring194
Third Man194
Three Deep196
Trades199
Tree Party199
Triple Change200

Wee Bologna Man
204
Who goes round my Stone Wall? 206
Wood Tag209


QUIET GAMES

PAGE
Author's Initials213

"B" Game, The
213
Bargain Counter214
Beast, Bird, or Fish215
Buzz216

Cake Sale
216
Cat Party217
Crambo218
Cross Questions219

Dumb Crambo
219

Find the Ring
220
Flower Match220

Grass Blade
221

Hen Roost
223
Horns223

Initials
224

Leaf by Leaf
225
Literary Lore225
London226

Minister's Cat, The
227
Music Box228
My Lady's Lap Dog228

Naughts and Crosses
229

Penny Wise
230
Planting a Garden231
Prince of Paris232

Recognition
233

Scat
234
Seeking for Gold234
Shakespearean Romance, A235
Simon Says235
Sketches236

Tidbits Farmer
237
Tip Tap Toe237

Up, Jenkins!
239

What is my Thought Like?
240
Woodland Lovers, The241

Zoo, The
242

GAMES FOR CHILDREN'S PARTIES