Recess Games


  • Dodge Ball
  • Drop the Handkerchief
  • Farmer in the Dell
  • Fetch the Bacon
  • Hide and Seek
  • Keep Away
  • London Bridge
  • Ring Around Rosy
  • Paper, Rock, Scissors
  • Tag (Shadow, Freeze)

  • Hop Scotch
  • Crack the Whip
  • Jump rope
  • Jacks
  • Marbles
  • Kick the Can
  • Red Light, Green Light
  • Red Rover
  • Blind Man's Bluff

Some indoor recess games included:

  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Button, Button, Who's got the Button?
  • String games - Cat in the Cradle
  • Hide the Chalk
  • Musical Chairs
  • Hangman
  • Checkers
  • Dominos
  • Puzzles
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