Outdoor Childhood Games

on June 10, 2009 at 8:00 AM

"Red Rover, Red Rover, send Jessi right over!!!"

That game brings back fond memories and I absolutely love seeing kids play these simple outdoor games today, even in this high-tech world.

kerrysmom asked The Newcomers Club what their favorite outdoor games were growing up. Here's what they had to say:

sherry132: I loved four square, tether ball, playing Star Wars in the fields, Little House on the Prairie at the playground, hide and seek, red rover, and red light green light.

StrBryBlnde: I loved playing four square, tag, house (we would make mud pies), hide-and-seek, and riding our bikes with a card in the spokes pretending we were riding motorcycles.

nandbsmom: Hop scotch, jumping rope, horse, around the world, and I loved red rover.

Oh ladies, these bring back so many memories!! We had to rely on our imaginations so much back then!

What was your favorite outdoor game growing up? Do your kids play any of these?

Filed Under: activities, summer break, summer vacations

Comments (2)

justanotherjen

on Jun 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM

We played 2 square (our version of 4 square) and had compititions with brackets and everything...kept track of with chalk on the sidewalk, lol. When I was little we lived down the street from the railroad tracks (they ran over our street on a viaduct) and we played there most of the time. Obviously not something I recommend but I have such fond memories of playing army up there and avoiding being caught by neighbors and the cops.

My kids mostly play soccer with their friends or wrestle or just run around crazy. They also have frisbees, tennis rackets and a set of plastic Lacrosse sticks that come out from time to time. They broke all the jump ropes and can't catch a ball worth a damn.

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FIVEHAPPYHEARTS

on Jul 5, 2009 at 8:34 PM

well we in spanish have a couple of games that we loved la vivora de la mar and canpanitas de oro and a ring around the rosy it was so fun then freeze tag was so cool