Nursery World - Get out!

Playing outdoors provides children with opportunities to develop physical co-ordination and social interaction. Lynne Garner has some ideas to get you started When the sun is out everyone wants to take advantage of it. With just a few pieces of equipment and an open space to play in, you can enhance children's experience of the outdoors with organised games. So here are some ideas for fun in the sun.

When the sun is out everyone wants to take advantage of it. With just a few pieces of equipment and an open space to play in, you can enhance children's experience of the outdoors with organised games. So here are some ideas for fun in the sun.

I love to fly

Players have to listen and react in order to avoid being knocked out.

You will need:

* Space to play

Number of players: The more the merrier

Object of the game: To be the last person still in

How to play:

1 One person is chosen as the caller and everyone else spaces themselves out around the play area and faces the caller.

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