Earthbound Versions of Quidditch Are Popular with Kids of All Ages

Earthbound versions of Quidditch are popular with kids of all ages.

Oop 707 Ab Little did Jodi Palmer, a physical education instructor at Windermere Elementary School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, realize back in 2001 the effect Harry Potter would have on her career. While she was chaperoning her son's third-grade class trip to see the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," young Cody leaned over during the Quidditch scene - a polo-style game played on flying broomsticks by students of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - and whispered in her ear: "Mom, that looks really cool. We should play that in gym class."

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