One, two, three…. NOT IT! How many times have you started an exhausting game of tag with those words? In this week’s GenXGrownUp Backtrack we remember playing outside. Sometimes because we wanted to and sometimes because our parents banned us from the house! We talk about playing in the dirt, playing alone and other uses we found for “unstructured” time.

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Show Notes

• The death of Recess » thebestschools.org/magazine/death-of-recess/
  


• Is playing in the dirt a good thing? » bit.ly/2NcM5r0
  


• Army men on Amazon » amzn.to/2n0TZ8I
  


• Biking freedom » www.grcycling.com/stories/cycling-sense-freedom/
  


• MLB Kids » mlb.mlb.com/mlb/kids/index.jsp
  


• Best basketball courts in NYC » cbsloc.al/2M1i5Kg
  


• Kickball leagues » www.kickball.com/kickball
  


• The basics of stickball » www.streetplay.com/stickball/introduction.shtml
  


• Skelzies (It’s real!) » itshotlinks.com/games/skelzie.php
  


• Tag the movie » www.tagthemovie.com/
  


• Twists on hide and seek » www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/23/13
  


• What is Manhunt? » www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=manhunt
  


• How to play kick the can » www.wikihow.com/Play-Kick-the-Can
  


• Why playing alone is good for kids » bit.ly/2HcpWHa
  


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