Games Played as a Child

Instructions● Each slide will have different games that you may have played as a child● There will be discussion questions that you can use to reminisce on the game● For some games, there will be slides about how you can play the game at

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Hide n Seek ● Did you play hide n seek when you were a child? ● Who did you play with? Friends, siblings? ● Do you remember the spots where you used to hide? Which was your

favorite?

Tag

● Did you play tag when you were a child?

● Who did you play tag with? Friends, siblings?

● Were you a fast runner?● Did you ever play other kinds of

tag, such as freeze tag?

Marbles ● Did you play marbles when you

were a child? ● Who did you play with? Friends,

siblings?● Where did you play? ● Were you good?

Hopscotch

● Did you play hopscotch when you were a child? ● Who did you play with? Friends, siblings?● Did you draw the squares with chalk? If not

what did you use?● What did you use to throw on the squares to

determine which number you got? A rock?

Hopscotch● How to make a hopscotch game at home: - You can make hopscotch squares by taping or glueing pieces of construction paper together and writing

numbers on each piece- You can put your hopscotch squares on the table - You can use a coin to throw onto the hopscotch squares to determine which number you get- You can play a musical version of hopscotch where each number corresponds to a song and when you

land on that number you listen to the song- I have made a list of numbers with songs that you can use, the links are attached for each song- There are multiple songs under each number in case you land on the same number twice

HopscotchHopscotch songs: 1-

● Hound Dog- Elvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHJ12Vhpyc

● Blue Suede Shoes- Elvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaqC4HDgMsQ

● Jailhouse Rock- Elvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpsUOOfb-vE

2- ● Great Balls of Fire- Jerry Lee Lewis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt0mg8Z09SY● Blueberry Hill- Fats Domino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo● Rockin’ Robin- Bobby Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LklFP1IG9KY3.

● Brown-Eyed Girl- Van Morrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfmkgQRmmeE

● Build me up Buttercup- The Foundationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvluBVhfGcw&list=PLv_6HKp35BP2v1NPShTuJm0UcUmxn1KmV

● Respect- Aretha Franklin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

4. ● Bad, Bad Leroy Brown- Jim Croce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwDohEEQ1E● Peggy Sue- Buddy Holly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUesbTObC9A● Satisfaction- Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIPxlFzDi05.

● Whatever Will Be, Will Be- Doris Dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhAfMor9BM

● Stayin’ Alive- Bee Gees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vj092UgKwQ

● Billie Jean- Michael Jacksonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmIOu-kPYc

6. ● Wake Me Up Before You Go Go- Wham!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A● The Birds and the Bees- Jewel

Akenshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAPoxEdwLJM

● Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAPoxEdwLJM

Hopscotch7.

● Lucille- Kenny Rogers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvr5Z0NsDm8

● Mountain of Love- Johnny Rivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8nolWWMpO4

● Honky Tonk Woman- Rolling Stones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61jfm219ArA

8. ● Three Little Birds- Bob Marley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ind7BEZgWJU● Here Comes the Sun- The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O1QKQCsGs● Surfin’ USA- Beach Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDb303T-B1w

Kickball ● Did you play kickball as a child?● Who did you play with? Friends, siblings,

classmates?● Where did you play?● Did you play at school?● When you were playing did you ever

catch the ball to get someone out? ● Did you ever get a “homerun”? How did

you feel when that happened?● Were you ever the pitcher?

Kickball ● How to play kickball at home: ● You can blow up a balloon and use it as a ball if you are playing in the house● You can kick the balloon back and forth or you can set goals for the distance to

kick the ball● For example, you can stand in front of them and have them kick the ball to you.

You can keep stepping further back each time so that they have to kick each further each time

Soccer ● Did you play soccer when you were a

child?● Who did you play with? Friends,

siblings?● Where did you play soccer?● Did you play on a team?● If you played on a team do you

remember what position you played?● Were you ever goalie?

Soccer ● How to play soccer at home: ● You can blow up a balloon and use it as a ball if you are playing in the house● You can pass the balloon back and forth ● You can also set up a “goal” for participants to kick the ball into● You can make an object the goal such as a chair or table in the room or to

make it a little more challenging you can set up two objects next to each other such as two pieces of paper or two cans and have them kick the balloon in between the objects to score

Volleyball● Did you play volleyball as a child?● Who did you play with? Friends,

siblings?● Where did you play?● Did you play on a team? ● Did you ever spike the ball over the

net? ● Did you ever play beach volleyball?

Volleyball● How to play volleyball at home:● You can blow up a balloon and use it as a ball if you are playing in the house● You can hit the ball back and forth ● To make it a little more difficult you can hit the ball across something such as

a table; to act as a net

Basketball● Did you play basketball when you were

a child? ● Who did you play with? Friends,

siblings?● Where did you play?● Did you play on a team?● Did you ever dunk the ball?

Basketball

● How to play basketball at home: ● You can blow up a balloon and use it as a ball if you are playing in the house● You can also crumple up pieces of paper to use as a ball ● You can pass the balloon back and forth● You can use a basket or trash can as a net to throw the ball in

Jacks● Did you play Jacks when you were a

child?● Who did you play with? Friends,

siblings?● Where did you play? At home? At

school?● Were you good? ● Did you bounce the ball high when you

played?

Jacks ● How to play Jacks at home: ● If you don’t have a game of jacks you can use items around the house and

make your own materials to play● You can rip up tiny pieces of paper and ball them up to use in place of the

jacks● You can ball up a big piece of paper and throw it in the air to act as the ball

Duck Duck Goose

● Did you play duck duck goose when you were a child?

● Who did you play with? Friends, siblings?● Where did you play? At home? At school?

Dodgeball

● Did you play dodgeball when you were a child?

● Who did you play with? Friends, Siblings?

● Where did you play? School?

Dodgeball● How to play dodgeball at home?● You can use balled up pieces of paper as a substitute ● You can use these to throw at each other and try to dodge getting hit