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Spring into Action!
Finally Spring is here! Therefore, spring ahead, spring into action, and take a spring break from your everyday doldrums. This is an ideal time to begin taking advantage of the outdoors and later daylight hours. You may decide to take a walk after dinner or perhaps sit on your front porch chatting with a neighbor. But for more fun, grab your family and friends and play a game in your yard!
Try making your own scavenger hunt by forming groups of 2 or more and listing several common neighborhood items. For example list forsythia flowers, new spring leaves, or sight a bird’s nest. Offer a few hard to find items for more of a challenge. This is a great way for you to get to know your neighbors and have a lot fun. Offer everyone a cool refreshment afterwards by freezing some fruit juice for homemade popsicles.
Another game to try would be a modified form of ultimate Frisbee. You will need a Frisbee, a large rectangular space to play in, and some way to distinguish between teams, for example, everyone on one team wears white t-shirts. The aim of the game is to connect passes between teammates, there is no running with the Frisbee and once it is caught, you may only take 2 steps before throwing it to a team mate, and finally to catch the Frisbee in the endzone to score a point. There are usually 15 points in a round, but you may play for 5 before changing from offense to defense. Anytime the Frisbee hits the ground the teams switch from offense to defense. The Frisbee must be thrown, no hand-offs and the defense play is about a forearms length away, so there is no physical contact. Defenders may not grab the Frisbee out of an opponent’s hand, but may intercept it.
Everyone enjoy the weather, get outside and play some games!
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