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California Schoolchildren Will Try to Break Jump Rope Record

by Brett Singer, Posted Jan 28th 2010 3:00PM

School children skip rope in a gym in Sydney, Australia, Friday, May 9, 2008, in an attempt to break the Guinness World record for the amount of people skipping at the same time. Credit: Rick Rycroft, AP
California schoolchildren soon will be ...
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Hopscotch Voted Best Playground Game Ever

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 12th 2009 1:00PM

While too many schools today are nixing recess for more hours in the classroom, most of us grownups have oh-so fond memories of those 20 minutes each day on the playground. It was a time to let loose and have some fun, fun, fun. I remember anxiously ...
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Jump rope goes varsity!

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 28th 2008 10:00AM

Remember jump rope? Some of you, as I did, may have spent hours if not the equivalent of days hopping up and down between two friends and a couple of ropes, trying not to get tangled. Some of the more adventurous (and graceful) spent their time ...
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Third grader plans to hop into the record book

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 12th 2007 2:04PM

Sure, there's a problem with childhood obesity in America -- but not for one girl down in Georgia. Eight year old Nicole Malegni of Canton, Georgia, is pretty good at jumping rope. She's pretty good at riding a pogo stick too. In fact, she can do ...
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