Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium

by Jessie H. Bancroft

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).

Playground				Schoolroom
PAGE				PAGE
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).

Playground				Schoolroom
PAGE				PAGE
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).

Playground				Schoolroom
PAGE				PAGE
				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).