Running around games
Channel: British Library
Date: 2021-09-13

Visit any playground and you’ll see trails of children weaving, dodging and darting their way around each other. These running around games can have very complicated rules. Games of ‘tig’ (also known as ‘chase’, ‘tag’, ‘catch’, ‘it’ or ‘he’) often involve detailed story lines and colourful characters. The chaser might be a monster trying to eat his victims; a witch ready to infect someone with poison, or a child with the worst punishment of all: a kiss! Schoolyards or stretches of field are turned into new worlds which might include safe points, prisons, bases and lairs. Running around games are very exciting and are well-liked by children.

Illustrated by pupils from Monteney Primary School, Sheffield.

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