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This is a list of games that are played by children. Traditional children's games do not include commercial products such as board games but do include games which require props such as hopscotch or marbles (toys go in List of toys unless the toys are used in multiple games or the single game played is named after the toy; thus "jump rope" is a game, while "Jacob's ladder" is a toy). Despite being transmitted primarily through word of mouth due to not being considered suitable for academic study or adult attention, traditional games have "not only failed to disappear but have also evolved over time into new versions."^[1]

Traditional children's games are defined "as those that are played informally with minimal equipment, that children learn by example from other children, and that can be played without reference to written rules. These games are usually played by children between the ages of 7 and 12, with some latitude on both ends of the age range."^[2] "Children's traditional games (also called folk games) are those that are passed from child to child, generation to generation, informally by word of mouth," and most children's games include at least two of the following six features in different proportion: physical skill, strategy, chance, repetition of patterns, creativity, and vertigo.^[3]

History

From the 18th century onwards, researchers have taken a greater interest in the value of traditional games in elucidating cultural values and identities. The modern Olympic Games were influenced by this thinking, and were founded by Pierre de Coubertin on the basis of "All games, all nations", though this aspect of the Olympics was never fully realised and quickly faded away after a few years, with mainly only Western sports being played. In some European countries, the revival of traditional games has served as a way for regional identities to be expressed in a political or educational way.^[4]

Tag games

Tag^[5]^[6]
- Ball tag
- Chain tag
- Cops and robbers (Cowboys and Indians)
- Freeze tag^[7]
- Ghost in the graveyard
- Kiss chase
- Stuck in the mud
Atya-patya
Blind man's buff^[6]
British Bulldog
Capture the flag (Stealing Sticks)
Duck, duck, goose
Duck on a rock
Kabaddi
Kho-kho
Kick the can
Langdi
Marco Polo
Monkey on Woodchips (Grounders)
Patintero
Pie
Poison
Puss in the corner^[7]
Ringolevio
Sharks and minnows
Statues (red light, green light; Grandmother's Footsteps)
Tumbang preso
What's the time, Mr Wolf?
Chor Police

Hiding games

Games with equipment

Jumping games

Ampe, from Ghana
Double Dutch (jump rope)
Jumping Jacks
Jumping rope^[5]^[6] (Skipping rope)
Jumpsies (also known as Chinese jump rope, elastics, or gummitwist)
Leapfrog^[5]^[12]

Hopping games

Memory games

Chinese whispers (Telephone^[5])
Concentration
Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay (Old Soldier)
I packed my bag
Kim's Game

Parlour games

Hunt the Thimble^[5] (Hot and Cold)
Huckle buckle beanstalk^[13] (Hot buttered beans^[13])
I spy
Truth or Dare?
Wink Murder

Hand games

Bloody knuckles
Chopsticks
Clapping games^[5]^[6]
- Concentration 64 (clapping, memory game)
- Double Double This This
- Down Down Baby
- Down by the Banks
Hand games^[5]
Mary Mack
Pat-a-cake
Pass the ring
Red hands
Rock paper scissors
Thumb war

Other traditional children's games

Buck buck (High Cockalorum)
Bulleribock (Sweden)
Button, button, who's got the button?
Counting out^[5]^[6]
Crack the whip
Game of dares^[14]
Floor is Lava
Follow the leader
Four corners (game)
House^[15]
Hurray
Jinx
Keep Away (Monkey in the middle)
Knock, Knock, Ginger (Ding dong ditch)
Knucklebones^[6] (jackstones,^[5] Jacks^[6])
Limbo
London Bridge
Mother May I?
Oshikura Manju
Paper fortune teller
Pencil fighting
Piljke
Pitching pennies
Poohsticks
Push-pin
Red Rover
Ring a Ring o' Roses
Seven Up
Simon says^[15]
Singing games
Skully
Skyscope (Poland)
Sleeping lions
Stone skipping
Tic-tac-toe
Tip-cat
Tsere tsere^[16]
Wrestling

Notes

^ This game may be considered inappropriate by some^[who?]

References

^ Lindon, Jennie (2001). Understanding Children's Play, p.83. Nelson Thornes. ISBN 9780748739707.
^ Sierra, Judy and Kaminski, Robert (1995). Children's Traditional Games, p.xii. Oryx. ISBN 0897749677.
^ Sierra and Kaminski (1995), p.3.
^ Hardman, Ken; Green, Ken (2011). Contemporary Issues in Physical Education: International Perspectives. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. ISBN 978-1-84126-312-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Gryski, Camilla (1998). Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood, p. 5. Kids Can. ISBN 1550744976.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Sierra and Kaminski (1995), pp. v-vi.
^ ^a ^b Gryski (1998), p.10-11.
^ Gryski (1998), p.15.
^ Newell, W. W. (2010). Games and Songs of American Children, p. 189. Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1-145-39322-6.
^ Foster, Edna Abigail; ed. (1916). Something to Do,—Boys!: A Book for Wide-Awake Boys, p. 222. W. A. Wilde. [ISBN unspecified].
^ Gryski (1998), p. 26.
^ "Leapfrog", Merriam-Webster.com. Accessed June 27, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Gryski (1998), p.16.
^ Jennifer Moore-Mallinos (15 December 2018). When Competition Goes Too Far. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-5383-9033-7.
^ ^a ^b Schaefer, Charles E.; Reid, Steven E.; eds. (2004). Game Play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games, p.10. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471437338.
^ Sahana Charan. "Not just the written word". Bangalore Mirror, 7/24/2011.

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