Childrens Zone: Playtime - Traditional Games

ORANGES AND LEMONS
The players sing this song as they pass under an arch made by two people. On the last line they catch a person by dropping their arms. They have to whisper oranges or lemons and join behind the team of their choise.

"Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of
St. Clements.
I owe you
five farthings Say the bells of St. Martins.
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
When I grow rich
Say the bells of Shoreditch.
When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.
I do not know
Say the great bell of Bow.
Here comes the candle
To light you to bed.
Here comes the chopper
To chop of you head.
Chip, chop, chop chop,
The last ones dead!"

TAG GAMES

STUCK IN THE MUD
-Choose 1 or 2 catchers.
-Everybody runs around and the catchers try to tig them.
-Anybody who is caught ha to stand still with their arms and feet apart as if they were stuck in the mud.
-The people who are stuck can be freed if someone goes through their legs.

MORE CATCHING GAMES

WHAT'S THE TIME MR. WOLF
-One person is Mr. Wolf.
-The wolf stands at one side of the playground.
-The others stand behind a baseline or against a wall.
-The players ask: "Whats the time Mr. Wolf?"
-The wolf replies with a time e.g."two oclock"
-Each time the players get nearer to the wolf.
-When the wolf is ready they reply"dinner time"
-The wolf then turns and chases the players back to their base.
-The first one to be caught becomes the next Mr. Wolf.

CIRCLE GAMES

DUCK, DUCK GOOSE
-Everyone sits or squats in a circle.
-one person is chosen to be 'on'.
-they go round the outside of the circle touching everyone on the head saying 'duck' each time.
-when they are ready they choose someoe and touch them on the head and say: 'goose'
-the goose gets up andruns round the outside of the circle in the opposite direction to the person who is 'on'.
-they both try to get the empty space first.

BALL GAMES

CO-OPERATIVE SQUASH
2 Players hit a ball against a wall counting every time to see how long each rally lasts. The object is to try and improve their score by working together.