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A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people with disabilities. A playground might exclude children below (or above) a certain age.
Childhood's Domain: Play and Place (1986). (In-depth advanced study of three small areas of England, with maps and photos). Iona Opie. The People in the Playground (1993) (In-depth study of children's playground lore and life). Iona Opie. The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959). Steve Roud, The Lore of the Playground, Random House (2010).
A young girl in Utah is thinking outside of the (crayon) box! Clearfield resident Rosili Olson, 12, used her crayons last year when she was 11 to draw a playground she imagined would be better ...
Butts Up or Wall Ball is a North American elementary school children's playground game originating in the 1950s or earlier. [citation needed].It is slightly similar to the game Screen Ball, and began in the 1940s or 1950s as a penalty phase of various city street games.
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The skully field of play, or board, is a large square approximately six feet (2 m) a side. This board is drawn on a flat surface, such as the pavement of a street or playground. At each corner and along the edges of the board are drawn 12 smaller squares, called boxes, of about six inches (15 cm) a side each (see diagram).
Originally, Red Rover was a regular tag and running game with several players on one side and one person (the "Red Rover" [3]) placed in the center of the playing field. The person in the center calls "Red Rover, Red Rover, let [player's name] come over!" to challenge and catch one of the players who tries to reach the other side of the playing ...
Tag (also called chase, tig, it, tiggy, tips, tick, on-on and tip) is a playground game involving one or more players chasing other players in an attempt to "tag" and mark them out of play, typically by touching with a hand. There are many variations; most forms have no teams, scores, or equipment.