Nursery World - Game plan

Shout out 'Oh la la' as a French bean! Traditional and modern games will give the children a chance to let off steam and plenty more, says Gail Bushell Do you remember games from your childhood such as 'Red letter', 'What's the time Mr Wolf?' or 'Grandmother's footsteps'? Here is the first part in a series on traditional and modern games that children can play inside or out, which playworkers can collect into a resource file.

Do you remember games from your childhood such as 'Red letter', 'What's the time Mr Wolf?' or 'Grandmother's footsteps'? Here is the first part in a series on traditional and modern games that children can play inside or out, which playworkers can collect into a resource file.

Knots

Everyone stands in a circle, shoulder to shoulder with closed eyes. Hold arms outstretched and move forward together towards the middle and wave arms around to shuffle them.

Take another person's hand in each of your own, and when each person has two hands, then open eyes. Now without dropping hands try to untangle yourselves. The group works together to try to untangle the knot.

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