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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1981
Page
11
More children join soccer and ballet lessons as recreation centers and parks grow crowded. With free time structured, many youths spend hours watching TV, while organized sports teach teamwork and competition for future life.
The piece notes that computer games are popular with children and that play fosters skills useful in adulthood. It emphasizes how early interaction with electronic games can prepare youngsters for future technology and problem solving.
The article explains new games where the goal is to keep the ball from touching the ground. These games require full player cooperation and prioritize participation over competition, highlighting social interaction and group play.
Report notes that girls are entering sports traditionally for boys with many sports fielded by girls and almost no football programs for girls. An expert says girls now compete in a wide range of sports, reflecting expanding opportunities.
The Mini Page asks three schools across the country to name popular non sport games passed down through generations. The lists reflect old favorites and traditions shared by students beyond organized athletic play.
California De Portola School in Mission Viejo hosts a student activity round featuring tetherball red rover jacks jump rope four square and tag games like cat and mouse Willow Brook School and Oak Ridge participate with kickball hide and seek tag frisbee and checkers Cops and Robbers red light and other board and reflex games also appear Skyline Elementary Stillwater offers seek chess Atari Old Maid Monopoly and racquetball as part of a school sports day.
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