Red Light/Green Light
In this game, one person plays the "stop light" andthe rest try to touch him/her.
At the start, all the children form a line about 15 feet awayfrom the stop light.
The stop light faces away from the line of kids and says "greenlight". At this point the kids are allowed to move towardsthe stoplight.
At any point, the stop light may say "red light!" andturn around. If any of the kids are caught moving after this hasoccurred, they are out.
Play resumes when the stop light turns back around and says "greenlight".
The stop light wins if all the kids are out before anyone is ableto touch him/her.
Otherwise, the first player to touch the stop light wins the gameand earns the right to be "stop light" for the nextgame.
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[This is one basically the same except that IT is always facing the players]
We had another way of playing"red light/ green light".
Find a large field, or yard, aboutthe size of a tennis court to a football field.
All the kids line up on one side. theperson who is "it" stays in the middle of the field. When"it" says green light, all the kids run as fast as they can. When "it" says red light, everyone stops. whoever doesn't stop is out."it" keeps saying red light or green light until all the kids are outor has gone from one end of the field back to where they started from.
Remember, don't run too fast or when"it" says red light, you won't be able to stop.
The rule we used is you have twoseconds to come to a complete stop or hit the ground.
Another hint is to always wear pants.you can kneel or flop down on red light to stop yourself. Just be careful.
The last person to make it back tothe starting line is "it".
Contributed by Nicole Jones
Related to: What's the Time Mr. Wolf
