Project Gutenberg 2008-05-31 Public domain in the USA. 145 Bancroft, Jessie H. (Jessie Hubbell) 1867 1952 Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium" by Jessie H. Bancroft is a practical guide on various games, written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a comprehensive resource for educators and leaders involved in children's play, offering a diverse range of games suitable for various settings, such as schools, playgrounds, and camps. Its primary focus is to provide well-structured instructions for games that can promote physical activity, social skills, and character development among players of all ages. The opening of the book lays out Bancroft's intentions and the structure of the content that follows. It explains the purpose of the volume, which is to equip teachers and leaders with a practical manual containing active, quiet, and singing games that foster engagement in different environments. The introduction emphasizes both the educational aspects of games—such as enhancing physical abilities and social cooperation—and the gathering of material through diverse research methods, including original and bibliographical studies. The author highlights the significance of organized play in children's lives, actively detailing the appropriate conditions for different types of games, thus setting the stage for a rich collection that aligns fun and educational value. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Games GV Text Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Teaching & Education 1262950 1261038 2024-09-11T06:08:31.716363 2023-09-11T09:28:44.856574 text/html text/html 1187419 2021-01-03T16:50:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 5752813 2021-01-03T16:50:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6137688 2024-09-11T06:09:06.383198 application/epub+zip 6144078 2024-09-11T06:08:40.048334 application/epub+zip 443110 2024-09-11T06:08:35.857353 application/epub+zip 6502003 2024-09-11T06:09:21.061589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6421978 2024-09-11T06:08:59.279219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 750846 2022-09-12T05:22:14.565385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 931367 931304 2024-09-11T06:08:25.794373 2023-09-11T09:28:39.263529 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 931238 2021-01-03T16:50:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 287980 2021-01-03T16:50:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 931241 2021-01-03T16:50:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 287936 2021-01-03T16:50:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19684 2024-09-11T06:09:21.301586 application/rdf+xml 28790 2024-09-11T06:08:36.141312 image/jpeg 4079 2024-09-11T06:08:36.003323 image/jpeg 6080120 2024-09-11T06:08:32.264355 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog