Administrative manual New Haven-Adams Township Park and Recreation, New Haven, Indiana

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JACOB AND RACHEL I sa::-. __
Equipment: A cut-off or shortened large paper bay #6 which
can be slipped over t he head 01: the child as a
blindfold.
This game is played in circle formation. Two players are
r.1a.ced in the center; one of them is "Jacobtl
, the other is
'Rachel". Jacob is blindfolded 0 The object of the game 1s for
Jacob to catch Rachel, by the sound of her voice; but to avoid
being caught by Jacob, even though she must answer his questions.
Jacob begins the game by asking "Rachel. where art thou?"
Rachel must reply, "Here am I, Jacob", and immediately tiptoes
to some other place in the circle, trying to evade Jacob's out­stretched
ha...'1ds as he r;ropes for her. Rachel may stoop to evade
being caught. or may dash tram one side of the ring to the other~
or resort to any tactics except leaving the circle. Jacob may
repeal'tt his question whenever he wishes and Rachel must answer
each time. Rachel may disguise her volceo It Jecob touches
Rachel she Is considered caught and then Jacob guesses who she
Iso The game continues with the new Jacob and Rachel chosen by
the couple just having played those parts.
-P:=DDLER.
Equipment: Five or six objects
One child is given five or six objects, which he sells or
distributes to the others as he walks among thamo As soon as a
buyer gets a~ object t he hides it about his persono When all
aresold, the seller must collect them, asking each tor the thing
he sold to himo If he remembers correctly, the buyer gives him
the object~ but i£ not~ he must try until he is successful,
although he may collect from the others before doing BOo The
leader records the number of mistakes he makeso ~ben all are
collectedl' another player may tryo Perhaps it would be well to
use but three objects in the younger age group and increase the
number fOl~ the oldeI: childreno
STORE
This game 1s played in circle tormatlono One child is
chosen to leave the group. while the remaining children decide
what kind of store they would like to represento After they have
made a cholce~ each child takes the name ot some article in that
st~reo The child who has lert the roam 1s called in and attempts
to guesswhat kind of a store the group choseo He takes a position
in the center of the circle and says, "Say itl onee two, threel"
The children in unison say the n81US of the article they represento
If not he may say~ "V/plsper it! one, two. threel" At that the
children in unison whisper the art1cle~ He may then try to guess
it., If not, he may say, rtShoul it! one~ two, threet" Be may ask
for a repetition of say variety of choruses until he guesses the
right st~reo The game continues with a different child to leave
the room as the new guessero