REWIND: Playing Outside

One, two, three…. NOT IT! How many times have you started an exhausting game of tag with those words? In this week’s GenXGrownUp Backtrack we remember playing outside. Sometimes because we wanted to and sometimes because our parents banned us from the house! We talk about playing in the dirt, playing alone and other uses we found for “unstructured” time.
 
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Show Notes

The death of Recess » thebestschools.org/magazine/death-of-recess/

Is playing in the dirt a good thing? » bit.ly/2NcM5r0

Army men on Amazon » amzn.to/2n0TZ8I

Biking freedom » www.grcycling.com/stories/cycling-sense-freedom/

MLB Kids » mlb.mlb.com/mlb/kids/index.jsp

Best basketball courts in NYC » cbsloc.al/2M1i5Kg

Kickball leagues » www.kickball.com/kickball

The basics of stickball » www.streetplay.com/stickball/introduction.shtml

Skelzies (It’s real!) » itshotlinks.com/games/skelzie.php

Tag the movie » www.tagthemovie.com/

Twists on hide and seek » www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/23/13

What is Manhunt? » www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=manhunt

How to play kick the can » www.wikihow.com/Play-Kick-the-Can

Why playing alone is good for kids » bit.ly/2HcpWHa

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