Easy Peasy

Playbook

Contents Page1 Foreword

2 Apple Apple Banana Basketball

3 Elastics

4 Four Square 40, 40!

6 Frisbee Golf Hacky Sack

7 Hopscotch KING!

8 Mouse Trap Musical Statues

9 Poison Ball Rounders

10 Scoop Ball Skipping

11 Stocking Ball Tag (Tiggy)

12 Tennis

13 Walking Wall Bounce What’s the time Mr Wolf?

ForewordPhysical activity is important in a child’s life. Children require at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity and no more than two hours of screen time each day. Screen time includes TV, computer and electronic games.

Physical activity does not have to be a chore and it can be quite fun.

Some ideas for getting active around Frankston City:

• TeamGames–whetheritbeplayingwithfriendsorjoiningaclub,FrankstonCity has plenty to offer with netball, tennis, swimming, soccer, basketball and much more

• Beactiveasagroup–gatherthefamily,evenneighboursandfriends,andthrowafrisbeeorballtogetherorflyakitealongthebeach

• Walktoschoolorrideyourbiketoyourfriendshouseortheshops

• Takethestairsinstead

• Exploreandtrynewthings–gobushwalkinginoneofourbeautifullocalnatural reserves.

• Dancing,rollerskating,swimming,orawalkalongtheforeshoreareotherfunways to get active

This Playbook has been developed with the assistance of Ballam Park Primary School andFrankstonFamilyDayCare.Therearemanywaystobeentertainedandactive.Included are a range of activities for different weather conditions, weekends, holidays and celebrations for children, families and even teachers to participate in.

Enjoy!

Family and Youth Department

Frankston CitY CounCil

ProducedbyAndreaBortolin,HealthPromotionOfficer,withtheassistanceofFrankstonFamilyDayCareandBallamParkPrimarySchool2008.

Frankston City CouncilCorner Young and Davey streets, Frankston ViC 3199Phone: (03) 9768 1653 E-mail: andrea.bortolin@frankston.vic.gov.au Printed on environmentally friendly Sovereign Offset paper

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Apple Apple BananaWhat fruit are you?

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Yourself

How to play: All players are to sit around in a circle. One player is to walk around and tap others calling them either an Apple or Banana. IF you are an APPLE, stay sitting. IF you are a BANANA stand up, chase the player around the circle and tag them. The player who succeeds becomes the new standing player. If you fail, the same person remains and continues to call everyone an Apple or Banana.

BasketballSome of the kids at Ballam Park Primary School love getting active by playing basketball

Age: Upper primary

Myfavouriteactivityisbasketballbecauseitisexciting,vigorousandhard.

The equipment you need:

• Ball • Court

• Hoop • People

Jack Lansley

Basketballisfun,excitingandyoucanplaywithyourbestfriends.Youcanplayfinalsand get other friends to come along and support your team.

Michael Harvey

IgotinvolvedinbasketballbecauseIsawthatmyDadplayedforabout28years. Iwantedtobejustlikehim,thatishowIgotinvolved.ThethingIlikeaboutbasketballis that it is the most fun game and challenging too because you have to try to keep the other team from scoring points. They have to try and stop the other team from scoring points too.

Brandon Hart

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ElasticsStretch out and have fun

Players: Unlimited

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Long elastic

How to play: Grab a really long piece of elastic. Both feet are placed under the elasticandstretchedout.Playersaretojumpinandoutoftheelasticwithouttouching the sides. If a player touches the sides, they are OUT! The winner is thelastpersonstanding.Youcanjumptosongsorrhymesanddoall sorts of moves.

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Four SquareA ball game set inside a square court, which is divided into quadrants

Players: 2-4

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Tennis ball, four-square court, chalk (if no four-square court is available)

How to play: Bounce and hit a tennis ball with one hand between four squares. The game varies from school to school but one way of playing is by naming the squares, King,Queen,JackandDunce.Kingisthehighestrankwhoservestheballandmakesthe rules. Every time there is an error or the ball is OUT this allows players to move up or downinrankingonthequadrant.IfyouareDunceandmakeanerror,youareinstantlyoutofthegame.ThisallowsanewplayerwaitinginlinetotaketheopenDunceplace.

Errors and elimination of Four Square

• Theballishitoutofbounds(outsidethequadrant)byaplayer

• Theballbouncestwiceinthesquare

• Theballisnothitproperlyintoanotherplayer’ssquare

• Theballiscaughtbyaplayerinhis/hersquare

40, 40!40, 40 save all!

Players: Unlimited

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Yourself

How to play: Similar to tag but this time there is a home base. The IT player counts to 40onthehomebasewhilsttheotherplayershide.Whenhe/shefinishescounting,theyhunt for hidden players. If the IT player sees another player they must run back to base and shout “40, 40 I SEE (Players name)”. That person is then OUT. The rest of the players are still able to participate. A player in hiding can reach the base and shout “40 40 SAVE ALL”. This saves all players. If there is no one OUT the IT person remains in the game. IfallplayersareeliminatedthenewITpersonisthefirstplayerwhogotOUT.

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Frisbee GolfTee off with a Frisbee

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Frisbee, witches hats or posts

How to play:Createandmarkoutagolfcourseonagrassfieldorcourtwithtrees,witcheshatsorposts.Theyarethe“holes”.Theobjectofthegameisforaplayer to throw the frisbee until a target (“hole”) is hit.

The player can record how many throws it took to hit the “hole” on a scorecard, justlikegolf.

Hacky SackA foot bag called Hacky

Players: 1-5

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Hacky sack

How to play: The aim is to keep the hacky sack off the ground with a player’s feet or hands. Players should stand in a circle and kick the foot bag around to other players.Differenttrickscanbeperformedwiththehackytokeepitofftheground.Sometimes it is hard for players to kick so you can play with your hands instead. The same principles apply but the players are still not allowed to catch the hacky sack.

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HopscotchA fun hopping game that can be played on driveways or any level surface

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Hopscotch court, chalk (if there is no court), stone or beanbag.

How to play: Using chalk, mark out a hopscotch pattern with 8-10 sections and number them. Using a marker, (like a stone or a beanbag) the player tosses it into the firstsquare,hopsoveritandpicksituponthewayback.Theaimisfortheplayertotry to complete all the numbered squares.

KING!It is a lot of fun!

My favourite sports are running and playing games with friends. I like to play King becauseitisfun.ThethingIlikeaboutKingisthatyouneedtorun,jumpandshoota lot. To “Alihoop” you need to shoot out of the hoop. You also need to catch the ball before it goes in and hits the ground.

Players: Unlimited

Age: Upper primary

What you need: Basketball court, one basketball ring, and a basketball.

To win you need to shoot the ball in without the other player “Alihooping” it or the ballhittinganobject.Thisisotherwiseknownas“Intoe”.

In actual basketball if you shoot inside the yellow semi-circle you get one point. On the yellow semi-circle, two points and on the white semi-circle, three points. There are no “Alihoops”. To win you need to have the most points at the end of the game. There are no in toes either. It is my favourite sport ever.

BenjaminRichardson,BallamParkPrimarySchool

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Mouse TrapBe careful don’t get trapped

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Yourself

How to play:About5-10playersneedtojoinhandstoformacircle.Thisiscalledthe“trap”. One player is the cat and the remaining players are the mice.

First, the cat must close their eyes and quietly count to 20 while the mice run in and out of the trap. Players who form the circle can open and close the trap by lifting their arms up and down.

Whenthecatreaches20he/sheshouts“SNAP”andplayersclosethetrapimmediately.There may be players caught inside the trap. They then become part of the circle. This continues until there is one mouse left. The last mouse then becomes the cat.

Musical StatuesDance, dance, dance

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Roomorhall,CD

How to play: As soon as the music starts players must dance. When the music stops, players must freeze in the position they are in. They become a statue and if you move, you are OUT!

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Poison BallDo not get hit, or else your out

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Basketball sized soft ball

How to play: Poison ball can be played on a basketball court, tennis court or a grass field.Bothteamsfaceoppositeeachother.Onepersonononeteamisallocatedtheball and must aim to hit other players in the other team.

Players are OUT if: • Theygethit • Catchtheball • Stepintotheotherteamsterritory

RoundersSimilar to baseball, it is a simple bat and ball game

Players: Two teams, minimum of 9 players each.

Age: Upper primary

What you need:Tennisball,bat,rounders/baseballfield

How to play: Thefieldhasfourbases(1stbasehomebase,2nd,3rdand4th). Theobjectofthegameistohittheballthrownbythepitcher.

Rules: • ThebatterisOUTIF: • Theballhitiscaughtbyafielder, • Therehavebeenthreeballswithoutitbeinghitand • Thebatteriscaughtoutonabasebeforereachingit. • Noballiswhenthepitcherthrowstheballtothebattertoohigh,

low or wide. The batter can run on a ‘no ball’ but does not have to.

Type of players: Batter First located on home base they have a bat and have to hittheballtoruntofirstbase.Pitcher They pitch the ball to the batter. They are located at least three metres away directly from the batter. Backstop This player stands behind the batter to catch the ball and calls the play. Base players These are areaswhereaplayercannotgetOUT.Thereisafielderinchargeofeachbase.Abaseplayer can get the batter or player OUT by standing on the base, ball in hand, arm raised before the player arrives.

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Scoop BallNo hands, lets scoop

Players: 2 or more

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: two 2-litre plastic milk bottles, scissors, and a tennis or small plastic ball.

How to play: Make scoops out of old two litre milk bottles. Cut off the bottom leaving the handle as the holder.

The bottles now look like scoops to catch tennis balls. No hands are to touch the ball.

ProvidedbyFrankstonFamilyDayCare

SkippingJump over a rope that passes under your feet and over your head

Players: Unlimited

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Skipping rope

How to play: Bothfeetarealittleapartandjumpatthesametimeovertherope.

Therearemanytrickstoskipping.OnealternativeisDoubleDutch.

How to play:DoubleDutchrequirestwolongskippingropesheldateitherendbya person. Both ropes are turned at the same time in opposite directions. This type of skippingisalittleharderasitrequiresthepersontojumpintotwoskippingropesthatare moving at the same time.

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Stocking BallEasy, simple, fun!

Players: 1-2

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Tennis ball, small bat and stocking

How to play: Put a tennis ball into an old stocking. Hang the stocking from the clothesline and hit the ball with a small bat.

ProvidedbyFrankstonFamilyDayCare

Tag (Tiggy)TAG your it!

Players: Unlimited

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Yourself

How to play: One person is IT and tries to tag another player with his or her hands. The person who is then tagged becomes IT and then goes on to tag another player.

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WalkingWalking, a great way to exercise

Players: Unlimited

What you need: Yourself

How to play: Walkingdoesnothavetobeboring.Nexttimeyougoforawalkmaybe draw a map afterwards. The map may include:

• Anydogsorcatsseen

• Anybinsout

• Treesonnaturestrips

• Bikeriders

• Workers

Wall BounceBouncing off the walls

Players: 1-2

What you need:Tennisball,flatverticalwall

How to play: Two players stand in front of a wall and bounce a tennis ball. An alternative to the game is one player can catch the ball after once bounce. Tricks to the game include clapping, clicking or touching your knees before catching or hitting the ball.

What’s the time Mr. Wolf?Dinnertime

Players: Unlimited

How to play: Players stand at one end of the court and shout, “What’s the time Mr Wolf?” to the one player who is standing on the other side of the court. This lone player is the WOLF. He or she replies with a certain time like “one o’clock”. The players then take one big step in the direction of the Wolf. As the players step closer, at some pointtheWolfwillshoutDINNERTIMEinsteadofthetime.Theplayersmustrunforsafety (back to starting point) before being tagged by the wolf. If a player is tagged, theyjointhewolfintaggingplayers.

TennisTennis is fun and can be played all over the world!

Players: 2

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Tennis court, a ball, a racquet, net, scoreboard, umpire, singles and pairs.

I love tennis. My Mum played tennis when she was a teenager and has taught me a couple of pointers. Mum started playing when she was 14 years old and stopped when she was 15 years old. I would say she has 20 trophies in the shed.

At school, we were learning how to play bat tennis. The rules are simple. One of the rules iswhenyouserveyouhavetostandbehindthebaseline.Itkeepsyouhealthyandfit.

I love to watch tennis on television. You have to hit the ball with a tennis racquet over the net without hitting it. I would love to be in a tennis club but I can’t as I am too busy. I have a tennis racquet at home in which I love to get a tennis ball and hit it for my dogs to fetch. They go and fetch it more to play.

Rachael O’Keefe, Ballam Park Primary School

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WalkingWalking, a great way to exercise

Players: Unlimited

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Yourself

How to play: Walkingdoesnothavetobeboring.Nexttimeyougoforawalkmaybe draw a map afterwards. The map may include:

• Anydogsorcatsseen • Bikeriders • Anybinsout • Workers • Treesonnaturestrips

Wall BounceBouncing off the walls

Players: 1-2

Age: Preschool, Lower primary and Upper primary

What you need: Tennisball,flatverticalwall

How to play: Two players stand in front of a wall and bounce a tennis ball. An alternative to the game is one player can catch the ball after once bounce. Tricks to the game include clapping, clicking or touching your knees before catching or hitting the ball.

What’s the time Mr. Wolf?Dinnertime

Players: Unlimited

Age: Lower primary and Upper primary

How to play: Players stand at one end of the court and shout, “What’s the time Mr Wolf?” to the one player who is standing on the other side of the court. This lone player is the WOLF. He or she replies with a certain time like “one o’clock”. The players then take one big step in the direction of the Wolf. As the players step closer, at some pointtheWolfwillshoutDINNERTIMEinsteadofthetime.Theplayersmustrunforsafety (back to starting point) before being tagged by the wolf. If a player is tagged, theyjointhewolfintaggingplayers.

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