BY JESSIE H. BANCROFT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION (2)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TO THE TEACHER OF GAMES
COUNTING-OUT; CHOOSING SIDES
COUNTING-OUT; CHOOSING SIDES AND TURNS; "WHO'S IT?"
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES (2)
QUIET GAMES
QUIET GAMES (2)
FEATS AND FORFEITS
FEATS AND FORFEITS (2)
SINGING GAMES
SINGING GAMES DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE?
BALLS AND BEAN BAGS plate: BALLS BALLS 1. Medicine ball 7.
BALLS AND BEAN BAGS SPECIFICATIONS FOR BALLS, BEAN BAGS, MARKING GROUNDS, ETC.
BEAN BAG AND OAT SACK GAMES BAG PILE
BALL GAMES
BALL GAMES ALL RUN
INDEX
GAMES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
GAMES FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
GAMES FOR PLAYGROUNDS, GYMNASIUMS, AND LARGE NUMBERS
GAMES FOR BOYS' AND GIRLS' SUMMER CAMPS
HOUSE-PARTY AND COUNTRY-CLUB GAMES
GAMES FOR CHILDREN'S PARTIES
SEASHORE GAMES
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
APPENDIX END BALL
[Transcriber's Note:
1) Gaps in page numbers exist where there were blank pages in the printed text.
2) Files have been added (midi format) for the songs included in the singing games section. Click (Listen) link under the music image to hear them. For Oats, Peas, and Beans, there appears to be a printing error in the image. For the midi, the last bar was coded as 2 dotted quarter notes.]
plate: Children playing Ring A' Roses
RING A' ROSES From the painting by Fred Morgan
Frontispiece
GAMES
FOR
THE PLAYGROUND, HOME, SCHOOL
AND GYMNASIUM