Great Games for Children: Part 4 “Chinese Jump Rope”

This game is really fun and enjoyable for not only children but also adults who want to do some more exercise.

First thing is to find a rope and put it around the ankles of two people.

Second, another person jumps in the rope and then jumps out with both legs outside of rope.

Another “exercise” is to jump from one side to another having rope between your legs.  Finally, the child takes the rope, crosses it using their legs, so that the feet are in side of an x. Then the child or an adult has to jump out and straddle the rope.

If a person who makes a jump lands on the rope, then they are out.

With each jump if they land on the rope when they are not supposed to, then they are out. Or if they are trying to land on it and miss they are out. Once you accomplish the ankles, you move up to the waist, then below the arms, then finally the neck (I have never seen it go that far.) With each sequence you say, “in, out, side, side, on, in, out.”

Contributed by Alicia

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