A person who regularly plays sports develops a healthy body, develops better body strength and better coordination. The physical benefits also include maintaining a healthy weight, preventing chronic diseases and learning the skills necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
We can never undermine the importance of physical games as they are not only a source to keep us healthy but also a wonderful source to keep us entertained while keeping the sipirit of the competition alive. It teaches our kids sportsmanship which is very important thing to learn in life.
We all and our kids are aware of the internationally played games like soccer, badminton, tennis, basket ball, base ball, volly ball, cricket, table tennis, hockey, squash and the list goes on. But we have stopped playing our traditional games that our parents and grandparents grew up playing such games include
Shtappu, pithu garam, addi charappa, kikli, rassa kashi, kabaddi,rassa phlangna, kokla chapaki. Beaconhouse school system kindergarten branch faisalabad arranged a traditional games day where kids practiced all these games before the final day, the whole school was beautiful day which was so super traditional, the ambience was set with charpai, huqqa, moray were also there, it all gave the old times feel of haveli. Thursday, 17thMarch,2022 was the traditional games day at BFKG, each level was given a specific games which they played among their friends.
Pre nursery classes played the game kikli among peers, nursery classes played kikli in which whole class participated and selected students played kokla chapaki. KG students opted for several games some sections played kho kho, some played aankh macholi, some went with pitho garm and the rest played addi charappa and KGs had inter section rassa kashi competition which filled the air with cheering sounds. Now comes the class 1s, they played shatappu, it was a treat to watch them all play the traditional games which they had no idea about their existence. And that’s not the end, at home time school arranged few traditional snacks for the adults like “khoey wali kulfi”, “Gol gappy”, “Dahi bhallay”, and “lassi”. Parents when came to pick up their kids enjoyed the whole thing while grabing a bite of their choice snack and were very thankful for the Administration for arrnging such a great day to chrish.
