1. Our favorite game was Suicide. This is a variation on handball where you must keep the ball in play. If you "boggle" or drop the ball, you need to run to the wall or risk getting thrown out. In Suicide, btw, you are thrown out when the person who grabs the ball after you dropped it throws it HARD at your back.
2. My kindergarter teacher, Mrs. Mayer, allowed us to play with saws and hammers.
Fresh air, dodgeball and soccer...these are the memories that grade school recess is made of.