Questions & Answers about Когда дети играют в мяч во дворе, я сижу на скамейке.
Yes. In this sentence, Когда дети играют в мяч во дворе means When the children are playing / when the children play in the yard.
Here когда introduces a time clause, so the sentence has:
- a subordinate clause: Когда дети играют в мяч во дворе
- a main clause: я сижу на скамейке
Very often, когда works exactly like English when in sentences like this.
Also notice the comma:
- Russian normally uses a comma before or after a subordinate clause.
- Since the когда clause comes first, the comma appears before the main clause.