Hello everyone,
It's me, your fun SUMMER guide here to talk about task 37 (Learn games of the past- like kick the can!) from the must-read SUMMER fun guide. I just want to point out that this task in incredibly non-specific, which is a blessing and a curse. You could take the opportunity to learn about any game that has been played previously, ever. That is good news for us, as we come from diverse backgrounds and might enjoy learning about some games more than others! Feel free to learn about any game that tickles your fancy, unless it's one you are inventing right now! Then you will have to wait a few minutes for it to be a game of the past! I digress.
Today, I will focus us in on the recommendation within the parentheticals: "like kick the can!" Games of the past like kick the can... Where can we go with this!? I direct your attention to the online resource Wikipedia for the completion of this task. Their list of traditional "children's" games serves as a great catch-all for anyone wanting to learn about "games of the past" (and present and future, as it were). The list is presented through the framing of "children's" games, which is a bit of a misnomer. Don't be fooled, these are games for anyone and everyone. I must admit that this page of Wikipedia was poorly cared for and disastrously organized, so I reorganized it and added jumping jacks to the list (a terrible omission). I guess I am going a bit above and beyond being a guide for just the FNB community this summer, as I originally intended. I'm sort of a guide for all of humanity now, if you think about it. Pretty big contribution.
Some of my favorite games that I learned about were basketball, baseball, football, kickball, tennis, etc--the classics. There were a few I had never heard anything about, such as Ampe and Poohsticks. Those are good games I would like to play.
As your fun SUMMER guide I encourage you to also learn about these games, even if you aren't going to play them right now. Maybe you will have the opportunity to play them later, so it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Sure, some of them may seem like childish "playground" games, but if you think you're too good for playground games, you've forgotten where you've walked. (Yes, even you were a kid once, unless you are an A.I. program reading this entry for data analysis.) Learning about them will both broaden your horizons and add the potential of having a dream where you play these games, which could be a lot of fun. Worth a shot.
Always yours, xxoo
-Frank
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