Choose one player as a colourleader. ď‚ž Other players go behind the line (10 metres away.) ď‚ž
Leader doesn’t watch other players and starts to say things like: ”Who has red in his or her clothes can come three steps forward.”
Leader says always a new colour and he/she can decide what kind of steps others can take. Steps can be called: Chicken steps Bear steps Jumps Giant steps
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Player who reaches the leader first, will be the new leader.
Nelimaali ”four bases”
Pesäpallo and nelimaali
Pesäpallo (=Finnish baseball) is a Finnish national game Pesäpallo is a very popular school game in Finnish schools Nelimaali = four bases is a school version of pesäpallo
What you need?
a playing area a ball, for example a tennisball a bat (you can also use a wooden board, or a tennis racket or… feel free to improvise OR if you don´t have any, you can throw the ball) two teams of players (baseball mitts, or caps or just your hands to catch the ball)
Playing area you can draw it on the ground or mark it otherwise
third base
second base
first base fourth base
waiting area
home
Teams team A team B
team B is hitting the ball everyone on their own turn
team A is catching the ball
one player is pitcher/fireman
Pither (team A)throws the ball to the player (team B) whose turn it is to hit the ball The player has three changes to hit the ball If he hits the ball, he can run to the first base, then to the second and so on If he doesn´t hit the ball, he goes to the waiting area and can run if and when the next player hits the ball
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Team B is catching the ball and throwing it to the pitcher as fast as they can When the pitcher catchs the ball, all the players that are not at bases are burnt and they have to come home
If the player reaches the fourth base the team gets a run the game goes on until there are three players burnt (or more if agreed) Then the teams change places