Games and sports can help children develop physically and mentally. They learn skills like cooperation, sharing, and following rules by participating in traditional games like catching the handkerchief. This outdoor game involves two groups of 7-13 year olds competing to catch and return a handkerchief to their line without being tagged by the opposing player, with the group having more remaining players at the end declared the winner. Speed, intelligence and teamwork are key to succeeding in this longstanding game from Anatolia.

1. GAMES AND SPORTS
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7. ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GAME :
• It encourages physical and mental activities at the same time.
• Children learn to take part in a group.
• They learn sharing and helping each other.
• They learn to obey the rules.

8. CATCHING THE HANDKERCHIEF
This is an enjoyable traditional game played in
Anatolia for hundreds of years. What you need is
speed and intelligence.
We need a fabric handkerchief as the game material.
It is an outdoor game and it can be played with at
least seven players at the ages of 6 to 13.

9. CATCHING THE HANDKERCHIEF
We need two groups and a referee who holds handkerchief. Referee stands in
the middle of the groups. Each group will stand in a line side by side. Players
in group A stand approximately five or six steps far from the referee on the
right. Players in group B stand the same distance away from the referee, on
the left.
Referee counts until three and starts the game. First players in each group
run to catch the handkerchief when the referee starts the game. The aim is to
catch the handkerchief and turn back to your group without being tagged by
the rival player. At that time, the rival player tries to tag the player who
carries the handkerchief.
To win the game you should go back to your group without being tagged. If
the rival player catches the handkerchief first, you should tag him/her by
touching. The players who are tagged should leave the game.
The group which has more players at the end of the game becomes winner.

10. CATCHING THE HANDKERCHIEF

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