I don't know who to thank for this, but someone deserves thanks.
When we visited MGM and were walking on the New York street, we were surprised to find 2 guys and a girl laying out masking tape in a big square in the middle of the street. My two grandsons gladly helped, walking along the tape. And they then divided the big square into 9 smaller squares about 5' or 6' on a side.
Then they had 9 people, including my grandsons populate the squares and learn the rules for playing the street game of 9-Square.
We went to all 4 theme parks for a full day at each one, but when I asked my grandsons after our trip what one thing they liked best about the time we spent at Disney World, the youngest one said, with no hesitation, that his favorite was 9-Square. And when we later had the pictures developed, the thing he wanted to see most was the game of 9-Square.
I've been down the NY Street many times, and it was always just a way of getting from somewhere to somewhere else. But whoever came up with the idea for playing street games there really hit on something that resonated with my grandson.
When we visited MGM and were walking on the New York street, we were surprised to find 2 guys and a girl laying out masking tape in a big square in the middle of the street. My two grandsons gladly helped, walking along the tape. And they then divided the big square into 9 smaller squares about 5' or 6' on a side.
Then they had 9 people, including my grandsons populate the squares and learn the rules for playing the street game of 9-Square.
We went to all 4 theme parks for a full day at each one, but when I asked my grandsons after our trip what one thing they liked best about the time we spent at Disney World, the youngest one said, with no hesitation, that his favorite was 9-Square. And when we later had the pictures developed, the thing he wanted to see most was the game of 9-Square.
I've been down the NY Street many times, and it was always just a way of getting from somewhere to somewhere else. But whoever came up with the idea for playing street games there really hit on something that resonated with my grandson.
