Who Remembers the games you played in the schoolyard during your early years?

[Ruth n Jersey]

We played Red Light,Stop! Rattlesnake, Giant Step, some called it Mother May I. Jump rope, sometimes with 2 ropes. In the classroom we played, The Farmer in the Dell, Simon says. Eraser on the head,loved that one. The boys played marbles and brought pen knives to school, I think they made a circle in the sand and somehow flipped them. There never was a problem. During recess we had relay races. I was knocked out doing that. Bent down at the same time the kid laid down the stick for me to pick up.. I'm sure there were many more.

 

[SeaBreeze]

We played Red Light Green Light 123, Giant Steps, jump rope/double-dutch/Chinese jump rope, Handball, Stoopball, Hit the Stick, more I can't remember. Not in my school's yard during a regular day, but just in the neighborhood in the streets and in a schoolyard nearby during evenings and weekends.

 

[oldman]

Kickball, I loved playing Kickball.

 

[Ameriscot]

Hopscotch, jump rope, freeze tag.

 

[Bobw235]

Kickball, I loved playing Kickball.

Absolutely Kickball! My favorite.

 

[Pappy]

Kickball, tag and marbles.

 

[jujube]

Red Rover. Tag....lots and lots of tag. Hide and seek. Dodgeball was fun unless the big bullies were involved; then you got the ball thrown really hard at you (usually your head) every time. Mother May I. Simon Says.

 

[Guitarist]

Hopscotch, kickball, dodge ball, Red Rover, Capture the Flag

I loved hopscotch but really preferred the lower grades when we weren't organized into teams for games and could play freely, on the swings, monkey bars, jungle gym and slide, and pipes, or could be a herd of wild horses and gallop around at liberty. JFK's physical fitness kicked in when I was in 5th grade and put an end to recess and brought in PE.

 

[Pinky]

I loved doing all the fancy footwork and curtsy with the indian rubber ball. Hopscotch, I was good at, and jumping double-dutch.

 

[clover]

Many hours of fun playing this

 

[Lon]

Y'all forgot KICK THE CAN

 

[Pinky]

Speaking of cans .. walkie-talkies made from 2 cans with a string attached to them.
Speaking of string - that game where you alternate taking the string from one another hands. Anyone know what it's called?
Pick-up-sticks. Hula hoop. I love the yo-yo and can do quite a few fancy tricks with it.

 

[Butterfly]

Many hours of fun playing this

We played jacks using a golf ball. Many hours playing jacks on summer evenings out on the porch. I loved it.

 

[Butterfly]

Anybody remember crack the whip? Fun! Dodgeball, Red Rover, Simon Says, baseball out in the street.

 

[Ruthanne]

We played Hopscotch, Tag, jump rope with songs, Simon Says, Hide n Seek. That's all I can recall right now.

 

[fureverywhere]

Rattlesnake, Keep Away...No rules one kid had the ball and everybody ran the yard to get it by any means needed. You know kids were in better shape in those days.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Monkey in the Middle, two kids threw the ball to each other and the guy in the middle tried to jump up and catch it.

 

[AuntieV]

Jacks and Hopscotch. Used golf ball too. For Hopscotch we used a special rock or the chains from our "Dog Tag" type ID necklace.

 

[Bonzo]

Marbles conkers add football rounders

 

[Cookie]

At recess and lunch time at school in the spring/summer I loved to play marbles. Hopscotch sometimes too.