Have four contestants to a team and as many teams as there is space for. Two lines are drawn upon the floor about ten yards apart. Two members from each team line up opposite to an...
This is a good active game thoroughly enjoyed by the children. The teacher selects one pupil to be "It," and another to be chased. The one chased can stand at the rear of any aisle...
Six matches are given to an individual and he is requested to make with them four equilateral triangles. The Trick--Three matches are laid upon the table, forming an equilateral tr...
A maid and youth each places a chestnut to roast on fire, side by side. If one hisses and steams, it indicates a fretful temper in owner of chestnut; if both chestnuts equally misb...
The pupils of each aisle constitute a team. Each pupil in the aisle is given a number. The one in each front seat is Number 1, the one behind him Number 2, and so on back. The teac...
The chief participator in this game must be ignorant of the trick about to be played. He is told to kneel down whilst a lady knights him, naming him "Knight of the Whistle." During...
(Numbers Change; French Blind Man's Buff) _10 to 30 or more players._ _Parlor; gymnasium; playground._ One player is blindfolded and stands in the center. The other players sit in...
Place the boys on the left and the girls on the right. The class marches in a double circle. One child acts as miller, standing in the center. With the completion of the song the b...
Scales and weights are required for this game. Before commencing let the children see the different weights, and hold them one after the other in their hands. The following rhymes...
Card games proper, such as Bezique and Cribbage and Whist, do not come into the scope of this book. Nor do games such as Chess, Draughts, Halma and Backgammon. It is not that they...
Players in couples, right hands joined, marching in a circle counter clock wise. For convenience call outside circle number two, the inner circle number one. Odd player in center....
Opponents are given a stick, like a broomstick, which is grasped with both hands. Each endeavors to break the grasp of the other upon the stick.
Any number of persons may play this game. One is sent out of the room while the rest choose some proverb. Then he is called in and asks each player in turn a question. In the answe...
_20 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ The players sit in their seats facing toward the aisles, so that each two adjacent lines have their feet in the same aisle and face each other. Th...
For this game a long piece of string is required. On this a ring is threaded, and the ends of the string are knotted together. The players then take the string in their hands and f...
Contestants take a deep breath and whistle. The one who can whistle longest on one breath, wins.
The players sit in a circle with one in the middle for leader. The leader must be one who laughs heartily and is very quick. He begins the game by throwing a plain, white handkerch...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ The farmer in the dell, The farmer in the dell, Heigh-o! the cherry-oh! The farmer in the dell. The farmer takes a wife, The fa...
Lewis and Clarke [Footnote: Vol. II, p. 140.] describe a game among the Oregon Indians which can neither be called an athletic game nor a game of chance, but which seems to have be...
A piece of kindling wood is held in the fire until it is well lighted. It is then passed from one player to the other, each one saying in turn, "Jack's alive." The instant the stic...
_6 to 60 players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ Oats, peas, beans, and barley grows, Oats, peas, beans, and barley grows. Nor you nor I nor nobody knows How oats, peas, beans, and barl...
Look through your old newspapers and magazines and cut out all the pictures of the famous men and women of the century you find--everybody, from Decatur to Li Hung Chang, from Dani...
The Guests 1. A barrel maker.--Cooper. 2. A mixture of black and white.--Gray. 3. The baby of the flock.--Lamb. 4. A disagreeable fellow to have on one's foot.--Bunyan. 5. Joyous h...
One pupil is given the privilege of thinking of some object in the room, of which he discloses the color to the rest of the pupils. For example, if he sees a red apple he says, "I...
_2 to 60 or more players._ _Gymnasium; playground._ If there be but few players for this game, it may be played as a simple race, without the relay feature, as here described. For...
A lighted candle is placed upon a table. The players are blindfolded in turn, spun around, and instructed to blow out the candle. The time of each player is recorded and the one su...
Contestants are given some object like a quoit, a block of wood, etc. A small circle about eighteen inches in diameter is drawn upon the ground. The contestant places the object to...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Gymnasium; playground._ The players stand in a circle with arms stretched sideways, resting on each other's shoulders, thus making a wide distance betw...
In this game, also called Red Lion, the goal must be a straight line, such as the crack in a sidewalk or the edge of a road. The one who is "it" runs after the rest as in tag, and...
Two children act as captains, one of company A, the other of company B and each in turn choose a soldier until the children are evenly divided into two companies. Stretch a rope or...