GAMES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

This grading of the games for schools indicates the lowest grade in which, on an average, a game is found to be suitable, its use being intended in any succeeding grade also. The so-called "quiet" games are not necessarily noiseless, but are distinguished from the games in which there is running or much moving around. Most of the quiet games are intended for schoolroom use, many of them for small groups that may assemble before the opening of a session.

1A. First Year (first half), (6-7 years old).

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Duck Dance, The[264] Cat and Mice[59]
Itisket, Itasket[268] Changing Seats—I[63]
Jack be Nimble[114] Did you ever see a Lassie?[261]
Kitty White[274] Good Morning[99]
Looby Loo[280] Hide the Thimble[104]
Muffin Man[282] Jack be Nimble[114]
Mulberry Bush[283] Looby Loo[280]
Railroad Train[164] Muffin Man[282]
Ringmaster[167] Mulberry Bush[283]
Round and Round went the Gallant Ship[170] Railroad Train[164]
Ringmaster[167]
Slap Jack[178] Slap Jack[178]
Snail[292] Squirrel and Nut[184]
Squirrel in Trees[185] Squirrel in Trees[185]

1B. First Year (second half), (6-7 years old).

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Charley over the Water[65] Circle Seat Relay [71]
Crossing the Brook[74] Crossing the Brook[74]
Did you ever see a Lassie?[261] Do this, Do that[75]
Do this, Do that[75] Farmer in the Dell[265]
Farmer in the Dell[265] Huckle, Buckle, Bean Stalk[109]
Jacob and Rachel[115]
Kaleidoscope[122] Kaleidoscope[122]
Leaves are Green[276]
Lost Child, The[130] Lost Child, The[130]
Round and Round the Village[290] Round and Round the Village[290]
Teacher and Class[316] Teacher and Class[316]

2A. Second Year (first half), (7-8 years old).

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Automobile Race[48]
Bird Catcher, The[52] Bird Catcher, The[52]
Buying a Lock[58] Buying a Lock[58]
Hand over Head Bean Bag[310]
Cat and Rat[60]
Hand Ball Drill—I (Elementary)[380] Hand Ball Drill—I (Elementary)[380]
Moon and Morning Stars[133]
Midnight[133]
Oats, Peas, Beans[287] Oats, Peas, Beans[287]
Puss in the Circle[164]
Ring Call Ball[399]
Wee Bologna Man[204] Wee Bologna Man[204]

2B. Second Year (second half), (7-8 years old).

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Bean Bag and Basket Relay[303]
Bean Bag Board[304] Bean Bag Board[304]
Center Catch Ball[355]
Circle Ball[356]
Changing Seats[63]
Drop the Handkerchief[80] Drop the Handkerchief[80]
Flowers and the Wind, The[87]
Frog in the Middle[96]
Fox and Squirrel[93]
Hunting[267]
Let the Feet go Tramp[276]
Letting out the Doves[129] Letting out the Doves[129]
London Bridge[278] London Bridge[278]
Simon Says[235]

3A. Third Year (first half), (8-9 years old).

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Bean Bag Circle Toss[305] Bean Bag Circle Toss[305]
Bean Bag Ring Throw[306] Bean Bag Ring Throw[306]
Center Base[354]
Draw a Bucket of Water[263] Draw a Bucket of Water[263]
Have you seen my Sheep?[102] Have you seen my Sheep?[102]
Hill Dill[105]
Hopping Relay Race[106] Hopping Relay Race[106]
I say, "Stoop!"[113] I say, "Stoop!"[113]
Nuts in May[285] Line Ball[384]
Puss in a Corner[163] Puss in a Corner[163]
Single Relay Race[175]
Tommy Tiddler's Ground[197]
Water Sprite[203]

3B. Third Year (second half), (8-9 years old).

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Bean Bag Box[305] Bean Bag Box[305]
Ball Chase[324]
Call Ball[338]
Chinese Chicken[68] Chinese Chicken[68]
Dodgeball (Informal)[363]
Follow Chase[88] Flower Match[220]
Follow the Leader[89] Follow the Leader[89]
Fox Trail, Single Rim[95] Horns[223]
Jumping Rope—I[118]
Lame Fox and Chickens[124]
Line Zigzag[421] Line Zigzag[421]
Prisoner's Base—I[157] Old Man Tag[142]
Shadow Tag[173]
Shuttle Relay[173] Schoolroom Tag[172]
Stoop Tag[190] Tag the Wall Relay[192]
Weathercock[204]
Who goes round my Stone Wall?[206]

4A. Fourth Year (first half), (9-10 years old).

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All-up Relay[45] All-up Relay[45]
Animal Chase[46]
Arch Ball[321] Arch Ball[321]
Bag Pile[303] Bag Pile[303]
Corner Spry[360] Corner Spry[360]
Farmer is Coming, The[85]
Guess Who[100] Guess Who[100]
Home Tag[106] Naughts and Crosses[229]
Hunt the Fox[110]
Slap Catch[178]
Roley Poley[399]
Slap Catch[178] Target Toss[315]
Stealing Sticks[188]
Target Toss[315] Vaulting Seats[202]

4B. Fourth Year (second half), (9-10 years old).

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Bear in the Pit[50] Balloon Ball[325]
Bunch of Ivy[57] Blackboard Relay[53]
Captain Ball—II or III341-4
Catch of Fish[61]
Catch the Cane[62] Catch the Cane[62]
Criss-cross Goal[307] Criss-cross Goal[307]
Cross Tag[75]
Home Run[384]
High Windows[104]
Hunt, The[110]
Leaf by Leaf[225]
Leapfrog Race[129]
Numbers Change[139] Thimble Ring194
Pass Ball Relay[395] Observation[139]
Potato Race, [151] or [152] or
Potato Shuttle Relay[154] Potato Race[151] or [152]
Step[188]
Tip Tap Toe[237]

5A. Fifth Year (first half), (10-11 years old).

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Arch Goal Ball[323]
Basket Ball Distance Throw[329] Buzz[210]
Club Snatch[72]
Blackboard Relay[53]
Drive Ball[375]
Dumb-bell Tag[83] Dumb-bell Tag[83]
Fire on the Mountains[86]
Fox Trail, Double Rim[93]
Going to Jerusalem[98]
Japanese Tag[116]
Jumping Rope—II[119] Kaleidoscope[122]
Leader and Footer[127] My Lady's Toilet[138]
(See also Spin the Platter)
Over and Under Relay[392] Over and Under Relay[392]
Stride Ball[407] Scat[234]
Third Slap[195] Schoolroom Dodgeball[369]
Triple Change[200]
Wall Ball Drill[416]

5B. Fifth Year (second half), (10-11 years old).

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Ball Puss[327] Ball Puss[327]
Balloon Goal[326] Balloon Goal[326]
Baste the Bear[49]
Black Tom[54]
Circle Dodgeball[364] Blackboard Relay[53]
Hound and Rabbit[107] Cat Party[217]
How Many Miles to Babylon?[108]
Jump the Bean Bag[311]
Kaleidoscope[122] Kaleidoscope[122]
Last Man[126]
Leaf by Leaf[225]
Passing Race[312] Passing Race[312]
Pebble Chase[145]
Stone[190]
Toss Ball[412]
Three Deep[196]
(See also Third Man and Last Man)
Wood Tag[209]

6A. Sixth Year (first half), (11-12 years old).

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Beast, Bird, or Fish[215]
Ball Stand[328] Blackboard Relay[53]
Body Guard[56] Catch Basket[307]
Double Dodgeball[365] Desk Relay[309]
Every Man in his Own Den[83] Hands Up, Hands Down[221]
Fist Ball[376]
Garden Scamp[97]
London[226]
Jumping Rope—III[121]
Last Couple Out[125]
Line Zigzag—II or III[422]-[3] Recognition[233]
Partner Tag[145]
Spin the Platter[183]
Prisoner's Base—II, III, or IV[158] (See also My Lady's Toilet)
Skin the Goat[176] Vaulting Relay[317]

6B. Sixth Year (second half), (11-12 years old).

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Barley Break[48] Blackboard Relay Race[53]
Center Club Bowls[355]
Chickidy Hand[67]
Curtain Ball[361]
Progressive Dodgeball[366]
Duck on a Rock[81] Schoolroom Dodgeball[369]
Football Tag[379] Find the Ring[220]
Hand Football[382]
Indian Club Race[112]
Jumping Relay Race[117] Jumping Relay Race[117]
Jump the Shot[122]
Old Woman from the Wood[143] Old Woman from the Wood[143]
(See also Trades) (See also Trades)
Red Lion[165]
Round Ball[401] Round Ball[401]
Sun Dial[190]
Stake Guard[186]
Zoo[242]

7A. Seventh Year (first half), (12-13 years old).

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Black and White[52] "B" Game[213]
Bombardment[334] Blackboard Relay[53]
Black and White[52]
Fence Tag[85]
Keep Moving[270] Keep Moving[270]
Last Man[126]
Oyster Shell[143]
Poison[148]
Nimble Squirrel[230]
Rolling Target[169]
Saddle the Nag[171]
Slipper Slap[179] Slipper Slap[179]
Third Man[194]

7B. Seventh Year (second half), (12-13 years old).

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Corner Ball[359] Bend and Stretch Relay[50]
Dead Ball[362]
Dumb Crambo[219] Dumb Crambo[219]
Emperor Ball[346]
Forcing the City Gates[89]
Fox and Geese[92]
Hand Ball Drill—II[381]
Line Club Bowls, Double[385] Line Club Bowls, Double[385]
Mount Ball[387] Literary Lore[225]
Odd Man's Cap[140]
Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line)[313]
Pinch-o[146]
Volley Ball[413] Schoolroom Volley Ball[402]
Wand Tug of War[203]
Whip Tag[205]
Zigzag Overhead Toss[424] Up, Jenkins![239]

8A. Eighth Year (first half), (13-14 years old).

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All Run[321] Blackboard Relay[53]
Battle Ball[331]
Catch and Pull Tug of War[60]
Chinese Chicken[68] Cross Questions[219]
Circle Race[69] Hen Roost[223]
Circle Relay[70] Minister's Cat, The[227]
Line Zigzag—III[423]
Maze Tag[131]
Nine-court Basket Ball[388]
Overtake[393] Overtake[393]
Poison Snake[149]
Round Ball[401]
Schoolroom Captain Ball[353]
Square Ball[404]
War[417] Sketches[236]

8B. Eighth Year (second half), (13-14 years old).

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Bound Ball[336] Author's Initials[213]
Boundary Ball[335] Blackboard Relay Race[53]
Chinese Wall[68] Crambo[218]
Circle Club Bowls[357]
Circle Zigzag[419]
Double Relay Race[76] Double Relay Race[76]
Japanese Crab Race[115]
Line Club Bowls, Single[386] Line Club Bowls, Single[386]
Master of the Ring[131]
Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line)[314]
Pig in a Hole[397] Prince of Paris[232]
Stool Ball[406]
Tossing Wands[198]
Wand Race[202] Wand Race[202]