Maiden is PE and youth sport manager with Fife Council, which last year sent out around 10,000 manuals to parents of newborns, three-year-olds and five-year-olds.
The guides give practical instructions to parents showing them how to teach traditional playground games, such as hopscotch, skipping and hide-and-seek.
"It's not rocket science, and a lot of it is things previous generations would have done without thinking," Maiden told The Observer. He points out that a lot of parents today haven't been taught games or nursery rhymes.
So they're stuck when it comes to playing peek-a-boo and can't pass Ring-a-ring O'Roses on to their children. As for The Hokey Cokey, "You put your right leg in, and..." What's next anyone?
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