The students pair up, standing facing each other while holding hands, and are scattered around to form “nests.” One player is designated as the “tagger” and another as the “runner.” The tagger starts chasing the runner, who can hide in any of the nests. Upon entering a nest, the runner grabs both hands of the player standing opposite them, causing the player behind them to be pushed out of the nest. That player must then run and becomes the new runner. Roles switch when the tagger touches the runner before they manage to enter a nest.

Skill focus

Primary Skill Focus

• Resilience

Complementary/Secondary Skill Focus

• Emotional awareness, regulation, and communication
• Empathy
• Flexibility
• Problem-solving

Age group	Student number	Duration
6 +	minimum 10 and maximum 30 children	5-15 minutes

How to play – brief game rules

Game rules:

• Tagging can be passed back.
• Tagging is only valid outside the nests.
• Hiding in the nest must not be obstructed.
• It is not allowed to return to the same nest twice in a row.
• Occasionally, the partner facing the previous runner, whose hands haven’t been grabbed yet, might mistakenly start running; in that case, this player becomes the new tagger.
• When the number of players is odd, the game can be played with two runners and one tagger.