Games

Contests Of Skill.
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Bees
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The Circus
All ready for the big circus parade. Choose what you want to ...

Squash
This game is similar to racquets, but is less violent or seve...

Gardening
We read in the sacred records, that when man was created, he ...

Double Relay Races
_10 to 100 players._ _Schoolroom; playground; gymnasium....

Blind Man's Wand
Here the blind man has a stick, one end of which is grasped b...

Hold Fast! Let Go!
This is a very confusing game of contraries for five players....

Polly Flinders

Source: Games Without Music For Children
Category: GAMES FOR THE PLAYGROUND





The children form a ring, joining hands, and one child sits in the
middle. Those who form the ring walk round singing to the tune of 'The
Keel Bow.'

Here's Polly Flinders,
She sits on the cinders,
Waits for a fairy to come and bring her news.
Stand upon your feet, dear,
Take a look around here,
Kiss the one you love best, the one you like to choose.

At the word 'stand' the child in the centre rises to her feet, and when
the rhyme is ended she chooses a child to take her place in the centre
and returns to the ring. All the children stand still while the choice
is being made.

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