One child is counting, and the others hide. This was probably the number one hide and seek game when I was a child that we played pretty much daily. Keep taking in turns, and see who is able to hide for the longest. Then someone else could have a go of hiding. Older children (probably from about 6 upwards) could have some kind of timer for this game, and time how long it takes to find them. One person hides, and a whole team of people try to find them. There are all sorts of benefits to ‘risky play’ such as this that you can read about in this article that I wrote. They can then all run away and hide again.Īs long as the seeker doesn’t see this, then everyone is back in the game. However, children that are hiding can ‘free’ people in the jail by sneaking over to the jail and tagging anyone in there. The aim for the ‘seeker’ is to get everyone into the jail. Whenever the seeker finds someone, they have to go and stand in the ‘jail’. If you are indoors, it could be a particular room in the house. It could be a tree or next to a fence, for example. They count next to a designated spot that will also be the ‘jail’.
This is another one that they really enjoy. If the ‘seeker’ sees the person hiding doing a wave, however, then they are found and come and join the seeking team. If the new ‘seeker’ is able to spot another child that is hiding before the main seeker sees them, then the two children (seeker and hider) can do a secret wave to each other.Īs long as the original seeker does not see this, the child that was hiding to begin with can now run away and hide once again. The seeker goes off to look for the others, and when they find anyone, that person will join them on the seeking team. One child is the ‘seeker’, closes their eyes and counts. This is a fun variation of classic ‘hide and seek’. Hide and seek games can take place pretty much anywhere – indoors, outside, in the park – you name it!
#The take the hider full#
I’ll give a full rundown of these fantastic fifteen games, so that you can start playing them either at work or at home. ( source)Īlso these are games that they can play over and over again, developing social skills and positive relationships with others as they play them.
Research suggests there are many cognitive and emotional benefits to playing hide and seek.
#The take the hider how to#
I have taught children from the ages of 3 to 5 over the last ten years, and in that time I have tried on many occasions to harness the power of ‘Hide and Seek’ by showing children how to play different versions of this wonderful game. Everyone knows the classic children’s game ‘Hide and Seek’, but did you know there are at least 15 variations that children will be able to understand very easily, and that they will quite simply love to play.
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