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Children Game Jump Boxes Competition Prizes Play Special

Id ESLPod_0594_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 594
Episode Title Competition and Prizes
Title Competition and Prizes
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Toy stores sell many "elaborate" (fancy; with many pieces) games for children to play with, but many of the best children's games are played with little or no special equipment.

Most American children grow up playing "tag," which is a game where one child is "designated" (named, called) "It" and the other children try to run away. In a basic game of tag, the person who is It "chases" (runs after) the other children, and if It touches them, they have to leave the game until only It and one other child are left. In other versions, whoever is touched by It becomes the next It. In "freeze tag," children have to "freeze" (stop moving; stay in one position) if they are touched by It.

Many children also grow up playing "hopscotch," which requires only a piece of "chalk" (a small, colored stick that can be used to write on blackboard or pavement) and a small rock. The children draw a series of connected boxes labeled with numbers 1-9 on the ground and have to throw the rock into particular boxes and jump into those boxes in special ways on one or both feet.

Other children like to play with "jump ropes," which are long pieces of heavy "rope" (thick thread), often with "handles" (something to hold onto) at each end. A child can jump rope alone, or with others. When two children each hold the ends of two jump ropes and a third child stands between them, jumping over the ropes as they pass under, the game is called "double Dutch." Children have many songs and "chants" (words that are repeated many times) that they use as they see how long they can jump without "tripping" (hitting something with one's foot and falling) over the ropes.

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