We would all like to think our children are getting enough exercise, but in this day and age most of them are not. It’s hard for kids today to find something that is more interesting than virtually running around a space station shooting anything that moves and everything that doesn’t, being able to fly around a virtual world, that is just like this one or to just drive around a track in a banana.

Children of all ages find the playgrounds boring, out of date and just not up to the their challenging minds. Well that is all going to change, because some one has done it, they have actually gone and done it. What? You might be thinking, what have they done? (more…)

It is likely that wherever you are in the world, there will be a playground game, or derivative of, which has been played by children in playgrounds all over the world.

One such game is Duck Duck Goose, where children sit in a circle facing one another, and one is appointed ‘it’. ‘It’ walks around the circle touching people on the head and saying out loud whether they are a duck or a goose. When a goose is picked, that child gets up and chases ‘it’ around the circle and tries to get to the empty seat first, whoever is left standing becomes (or remains) ‘it’ and has to select a new set of ducks and a goose.

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Let’s do a little reminiscing, and cast our minds back to the games we used to play in the playground. We probably remember all the chasing, all the kicking and throwing balls about and the universal doctors and nurses, but do we remember the actual names of the games?

What about Red Rover?

Remember this one? It is where a group of friends split into two groups. In one group, everyone holds hands, and the other group wait to hear the words – “Red Rover, Red Rover, we call Simon over”, and then “Simon” would have to run at the group holding hands to try and break the link.

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