Hobbies And Interests
London Bridge
London Bridge is a nursery rhyme song that many preschool-age children will already know how to play. To play, two children stand facing each other with hands joined, forming an arch over their heads. The rest of the children form a line and pass through the arch while singing "London Bridge is Falling Down." At the end of each verse, when they sing, "my fair lady," the children playing the bridge drop their hands and the child who is trapped in the middle now becomes the bridge with a partner. If you want to make it more of a game, once a child is caught by the bridge, they are out and the game keeps going through all verses until you are left with one player who is the winner.
Pétanque
Pétanque is a game similar to the British game of bowls, or lawn bowling. Played with a set of metal balls on a smooth, gravel or grass area, one player throws the hollow, wooden target ball (sometimes called the piglet) down the bowling green. Each player must bowl their ball trying to get as close as possible to the target ball without hitting it. Whoever bowls closest to the piglet without hitting it wins and gets to throw the piglet for the next game.
Schokoladenessen
Schokoladenessen is a silly German game where kids race to eat chocolate, something all children love. Begin the game by seating all the children in a circle around winter accessories---a hat, gloves, and scarf. Wrap a chocolate bar, or another sweet treat of your choosing, in cling film, newspaper or even a resealable plastic bag, and place that, too, in the center of the circle. The children take turns rolling a set of dice, and when someone rolls doubles, they must race to the center of the circle. The children in the circle continue rolling the dice to get doubles while the child in the center hurriedly pulls on the gloves, hat and scarf and eats the candy. They must have the accessories on to unwrap and eat the chocolate, and when the next person rolls doubles, they put down the chocolate, remove the accessories and the next child has her turn. The game continues this way until all the candy is eaten.
Rounders
Rounders is a British game similar to baseball that dates back to the Tudor period. There are only a few key differences in: instead of three bases, there are four posts, the bat is much smaller than a baseball bat, and the batter must run to the first post even if they don't hit the ball. The rounders field is a pentagonal shape, with home base being the top of the triangular side. The batter is out after the bowler (pitcher) throws them three good balls and the opposition scores outs the same as in baseball.