Children Seeker Light Stoplight Eslpod Games Person Run

During "recess" (breaks in the school day when children play outside) and "free time" (time without scheduled activities), children enjoy playing many different outdoor games. For example, there are many "variations on" (different versions of) "tag," or games of chase. For example, in basic tag, one person is "it" and has to "chase" (run after) the other children. If "it" touches another child, he or she becomes "it" and has to chase the others. In "freeze tag," anyone who is touched by "it" must "freeze" (stop moving) while the other children continue to run around their frozen playmates.

In "hide and seek," one child is "designated" (named; appointed) the "seeker" (someone who is looking for something). The seeker covers his or her eyes and slowly counts "aloud" (in a voice that can be heard by others) to 20 while the other children "hide" (go to a place where they cannot be seen). The seeker then seeks the other children, and the last one to be found then takes a turn as the seeker when the game begins again.

In "red light, green light," one child stands in the front as the "stoplight" (the colored lights that tell cars when to move or stop), and all the other children stand in a line facing the stoplight. When the stoplight turns and faces away from the children and shouts "green light," all the children run as fast as they can toward the spotlight." When the spotlight turns around quickly to face the children again and shouts "red light," the other children must freeze as quickly as they can. If the spotlight sees them move, they have to return to where they began. The first person to reach the stoplight becomes the stoplight in the next "round" (one time when the game is played).