The Playground Games That Children Like

By Enid Hinton


Children often learn a lot of life lessons while they are playing with other children during play time. Of course it is the job of the teacher to ensure that the students know how to play the playground games that were planned for them and to explain to them why the games were played. Here are a few of the most popular activities that kids just love.

Probably the most common of all the activities that a teacher to facilitate would of course be the famous tag. Tag is the game wherein there is one it who will try to tag another person so that the other person will become the it. This is a great game to tire out the students because it involves a lot of running and it also teaches them cooperation.

Of course another classic playground game would be none other than tug of war. In tug of war, the class is divided into two teams and both teams have to compete with each other by pulling a rope to their respective sides. Now this is a game that will teach children that no man is an island and teamwork is very important.

Of course there is also the game that is known as monkey in the middle. Now in this game, there are two groups of people in opposing sides and there is a person between them. The objective is to hit the person in the middle and the one in the middle has to avoid getting hit by the ball otherwise he will be out.

Now claim the flag is a very fun game that would not only teach teamwork but strategy as well. Now the class will first form two teams with each team having their own team flag. The objective of the game is for one team to get the flag of the other team and not to get tagged by any opposing team member otherwise they will be sent to jail.

A less strenuous game but equally as fun one is known as croquet. Now croquet is all about the players being able to hit certain colored balls through colored hoops with a hammer. This will teach kids how to think tactically in order to make them smarter.

Now dodgeball is another very fun game but it is more for the older kids because it can get a little rough. Now just for those who do not know, the objective of this game is for one team to hit the members of the opposing team in order to take out the members. Basically, the balls will be placed in the middle of the two teams and the teams have to collect the balls used for playing.

Now if one would want to plan some great activities for children, these games are really good. However, a teacher should never forget that the students must also learn the purpose of playing these games. It is important that the teacher would tell them what values are learned while playing.




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