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Across the Fence:  Games we played  |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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 Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 08:36:18 AM
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A little 1st grader asked me this yesterday. (I work on the playground at recess at our local school)
She asked me "What kind of games did you play when you were a little girl?"
You should have seen her eyes light up when I told her "I jump roped with friends, roller skated, played tag, hide and seek, had picnics with my friends....."
What games did you play when you were a little girl?
Farm Girl #790
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 08:53:15 AM
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"Hopscotch", "Red Rover", "What Time is it, Mr. Fox?","freeze tag", "Duck, Duck, Grey Duck", "Fox and Goose"(in the snow),"Four Square"
(on the playground), Tether Ball, "Work Up"( basically soft ball when we didn't have enough people for teams, we loved "Swinging Double"(one person sat on the seat and another straddled their lap and stood to pump.
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
Edited by - Cindy Lou on Mar 02 2010 08:55:22 AM |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 09:02:48 AM
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Hide and seek, baseball/softball,touch football, races, jumping from the hayloft into a HUGE pile of hay, simon says, differant card games, checkers.......
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2899 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 09:22:19 AM
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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KayB
True Blue Farmgirl
540 Posts
Kay
Del City
Oklahoma
USA
540 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 10:16:00 AM
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I have played just about all of these games and then I also played football, baseball and basketball with my 3 brothers and their friends. Not coordinated enough for bowling or tennis.
KayB
Life's a dance you learn as you go |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 4:43:56 PM
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In school we played kickball, four square, marbles, Chinese jumprope, and bombardment. At home we played a game called "light tag" that involved long summer evenings and flashlights. I'm sure we played lots of other games but I can't think of them now.
cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 5:52:40 PM
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Red light, Green Light
Kick the Can
Freeze tag
TV tag
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 6:14:26 PM
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Chinese Jump Rope, pick-up-sticks, red-rover, hide and seek, and some game where you use to jump over poles that were tapped on the ground twice then clicked together once and it went faster and faster. My sister and I can not remember what it was called. When I was younger we played with paper dolls alot. I still have some. Sure miss Betsy McCall.
Farmgirl Sister 572
When manure happens just say "WOO HOO Fertilizer". |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
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aunt boby
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
toby
polo
illinois
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 05:49:29 AM
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GI Joe!!! I have two older brothers. Not too long ago I got out my jacks. My kids thought it was pretty cool. I could only pick up four, though. Who knew I was so much more coordinated when I was little?
POOR IS THE MAN WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE- anonymous |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 06:10:11 AM
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Flashlight tag. Sort of a hide and seek at night with a flashlight.
Why not go out on a limb, that's where all the fruit is! "Mark Twain"
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 07:12:25 AM
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| We played a great game called Pie Man, which nobody ever seems to recognize when I tell them about it. Does anyone remember that one? |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 08:00:49 AM
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We played freeze tag, hot potato, red rover, red light/green light, kickball, dodge ball, hide and seek, duck,duck,goose, and loads of stuff.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/
An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.' |
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 08:21:26 AM
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I have played just about all of these games. But do I ever remember double swinging, you just couldn't get high enough could you! I loved playing hop scotch and played it with grand-daughers. I wasn't to fond of dodge ball. the boys would get to rough, I think! Do you remember running around to catch lightening bugs and then put them on as jewerly! Good old times!!! We need to get todays kids away from the computer more. My grandkids are pretty much outdoors kids even the 20 yr old. Macee is just 10 and goes down the street to play basketball. In the summer there is always a game of some sort going on. Hide and seek, now that was good. Thanks for the memories. As for winter playing my brother and I and all the neighborhood kids got together and built snow forts. We had about 6 of them built connected together. With little doors to go from one to the other. I'll be anxious to hear what our grandkids have memories of someday.
Blessings, Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13642 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13642 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 08:31:49 AM
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Yup . . . all those games!!!
I was one "mean" jacks playing kid . . . beat 'em all!!
I LOVE hopscotch . . . we had to play in the dirt!
I was one swingin' hula-hooper too!!! I still hula-hoop!!!
Those were the days, huh??
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
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From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 11:47:46 AM
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I loved freeze tag! I played badmitten when I was younger with my sister. We use to play Marco Polo in the pool. I also loved the board game Clue!
It's all good! |
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farmallgrl
True Blue Farmgirl
483 Posts
Angela
Westminster
MD
USA
483 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 6:04:31 PM
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I have a vivid memory of playing mother may I in girl scouts:)
Angela
Farmgirl Sister #337
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peafarm
True Blue Farmgirl
182 Posts
Penny
South Dakota
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 8:52:24 PM
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One thing I didn't play ... dolls! Fox and Goose in the snow was a favorite. I also remember my dad clearing a section of snow off the slough, placed a few straw bales around the edge so we had a spot to sit down and we had a neighborhood ice skating parties that winter. For some reason we only did it one season, but it was a lot of fun. We spent a ton of time playing in the hayloft especially in the winter - swinging on ropes, shooting hoops, and looking for litters of kittens. We were also big card game players especially Pinochle and I loved Scrabble.
Popular Games when we visited Grandma included Spoons and Old Maid.
Penny
www.peafarm.weebly.com |
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 03:31:35 AM
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Oh CeeJay, I forgot about the Hula Hoop! I could keep that thing going!!!! Remember how you could start at your neck and go clear down and back up again. What fun!!!!
Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 03:32:26 AM
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Hide and seek, freeze tag, kick the can and catching lightning bugs.
Summer growing up in our neighborhood was the best
There were about 5 of us who hung out.
I remember one summer (can';t recall the year exactally, but a niece of a neighbor came to visit from (sp) Peruto Rico and taught us all how to Disco dance. So the rest of that summer was spent listening to records and dancing on top of a picnic table |
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