(Join both hands with partner, skip around in place four steps.)
THE LEAVES
1. The leaves are green, the leaves are brown.
They hang so high they will not come down.
Leave them alone until frosty weather
And then they will all come down together.
Rhythmic—The above is an old English circle game. During the first 3½ lines skip or run around the circle, stretching arms high overhead, and on "Come down together," drop to the floor.
RUN FOR YOUR SUPPER
Players in a circle. One player chosen by teacher goes around inside, holds out his hand between two players and says, "Run for your supper." The two players run around opposite ways outside. The one who returns first to the vacant place wins, and may start the next runners.
Second Grade
SCARF RELAY
Divide the room into teams of three rows each. In front of each team, some six or eight feet distant, place a chair with a scarf tied to each. The first child in each team acts as leader. He runs to the chair, unties the scarf and returns with it to the child sitting back of him. That child in turn runs quickly to the chair and reties the scarf and returns to his seat. The next child runs to the chair and unties the scarf, runs back with it to the next child and the game continues. The object is to see which team finishes first. By keeping the feet under the desks and returning by the same aisle as they came forward, the game proceeds quickly and quietly.