Specific Game Rules for Playground
General:
- Walking or skipping only on blacktop, no running except when required in a game
- No "blasting" or kicking balls
- Play only with same grade level peers
Four Square
- Wait with your feet behind the line
- New person in square is the server
- New player tosses the ball to the number four player to start the game
- Open hand, underhand
- Ball is fair only if it bounces in the outer square
- Hitter is out if ball bounces on a line, if player misses the ball or if player hits illegally
- No "do overs," "teams" or "betters"
- No catching, holding, blasting or spiking
- Player in possession of the ball at freeze bell will return the ball
Basketball
- Third through fifth grade only; half courts only
- 10 players maximum
- Equal numbers on teams
- Grade levels stay in assigned areas
- Offense must pass three times before attempting a hoop shot
- 5-second possession only
- Loser gets ball at half-court at basket
- Ball at sideline in case of double dribble, traveling or out of bounds
- Game over at freeze bell
- Player in possession of the ball at freeze bell will return the ball
Tetherball
- Hit the ball with open hand(s)
- One player only per side
- Next player in line is the referee
- Game ends when rope is wound completely around the pole
- Winner chooses side or serve
- Game over at freeze bell
- Players are out when they:
- Touch the pole or rope
- Step out of side
- Stop and push ball
- Hold ball
- Double hit ball
- Dribble ball in the air
Wall Ball
- Two players at a time
- Incoming player serves by throwing ball a wall
- Ball must bounce once on ground before hitting wall
- Receiving player must hit the ball, open-handed, either before it bounces or after one bounce
- Play continues until the ball...
- bounces on a line or out of court
- bounces more than once before it is returned
- hits the wall without bouncing on ground first
- is caught before it is hit
- When player is out, they go to the end of the line and a new player comes in
Play Structure Bars
- Hold bar with both hands
- Wait your turn
- Do not "help" or touch anyone on bars
- Do not jump off or sit/stand on the bars
- One direction only
- Do not wait/linger on the bars or the slides
Play Structure Platforms
- No chasing or "tag" games
- Take turns
- No blocking others
Slides
- One person at a time
- Only go down the slide, not up
- Do not push or chase
Hopscotch
- Put the marker in the first space, and then go in order. Hop over marker
- You're out if you touch a space with a marker or step on a line
- Go to the end, turn and return, and pick up marker on the way
- Toss your marker to your next square
Swings (Kindergarten Yard Only)
- Only one at at time on the swing
- No standing on the swing
- Move forward and backward only
- No pushing, running between or standing in front of the swings.
- Stand in front of swing on green area to count
- Count as instructed
- Stop swing, and then get off. No jumping off the swing