{{Short description|None}} {{Redirect|Children's games|the painting|Children's Games (Bruegel){{!}}''Children's Games'' (Bruegel)}} [[File:US Navy 110301-N-4920H-107 Chief Operations Specialist Steven Rowlands avoids a tag during a game of nap lungdy during a community service event at.jpg|thumb|A child playing [[Tag (game)|tag]].]] This is a list of [[game]]s 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 (toy)|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."<ref>Lindon, Jennie (2001). ''Understanding Children's Play'', p.83. Nelson Thornes. {{ISBN|9780748739707}}.</ref>
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."<ref>Sierra, Judy and Kaminski, Robert (1995). ''Children's Traditional Games'', p.xii. Oryx. {{ISBN|0897749677}}.</ref> "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.<ref>Sierra and Kaminski (1995), p.3.</ref>
== History == {{See also|Traditional Sports and Games}}
[[File:Old-Egyptian Kubb.png|thumb|[[Ancient Egypt]]ian sports game]]
[[File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Children’s Games - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Children's Games (Bruegel)|''Children's Games'']] (1560)]]
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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hardman |first=Ken |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sVK7BN7q-bsC&pg=PA162 |title=Contemporary Issues in Physical Education: International Perspectives |last2=Green |first2=Ken |date=2011 |publisher=Meyer & Meyer Verlag |isbn=978-1-84126-312-0 |language=en}}</ref>
== Tag games == {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Tag (game)|Tag]]<ref name="Gryski"/><ref name="Oryx"/> ** [[Ball tag]] ** [[Chain tag]] ** [[Cops and robbers (tag game)|Cops and robbers]] (Cowboys and Indians) ** [[Freeze tag]]<ref name="GryskiTag"/> ** [[Ghost in the graveyard]] ** [[Kiss chase]] ** [[Stuck in the mud]] * [[Atya-patya]] * [[Blind man's buff]]<ref name="Oryx"/> * [[British Bulldog (game)|British Bulldog]] * [[Capture the flag]] (Stealing Sticks) * [[Duck, duck, goose]] * [[Duck on a rock]] * [[Kabaddi]] * [[Kho-kho]] * [[Kick the can]] * [[Langdi (sport)|Langdi]] * [[Marco Polo (game)|Marco Polo]] * Monkey on Woodchips (Grounders) * [[Patintero]] * Pie * [[Poison (game)|Poison]] * [[Puss in the corner (children's game)|Puss in the corner]]<ref name="GryskiTag">Gryski (1998), p.10-11.</ref> * [[Ringolevio]] * [[Sharks and minnows]] * [[Statues (game)|Statues]] (red light, green light; Grandmother's Footsteps) * [[Tumbang preso]] * [[What's the time, Mr Wolf?]] * [[Chor Police (game)|Chor Police]]
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== Hiding games == * [[Hide-and-seek]]<ref name="Gryski"/><ref name="Oryx"/> * [[Peekaboo]] * [[Sardines (game)|Sardines]]<ref>Gryski (1998), p.15.</ref>
== Games with equipment == {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Ball game]]s<ref name="Gryski">Gryski, Camilla (1998<!--1995-->). ''Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood'', p. 5<!--index-->. Kids Can. {{ISBN|1550744976}}.</ref><ref name="Oryx">Sierra and Kaminski (1995), pp. v-vi<!--index-->.</ref> * [[Ball in a Cup]] * [[Baseball]] * [[Basketball]] * [[Beanbag toss]] * [[Blow football]] * [[Catch (game)|Catch]] * [[Chinese handball]] * [[Conkers]] * [[Downball]] * [[Forms of cricket#Non-stop (continuous) cricket|Continuous cricket]] * [[Dandy shandy]] * [[Dodgeball]] * [[Football]] * [[Four Square]] ([[Kingey]]) * [[French cricket]] * [[Gaga (sport)|Gaga]] * [[Handball]] * [[Handball_(schoolyard_game)]] * [[Hoop rolling]] * [[Horseshoes (game)|Horseshoes]] * [[Hula hoop]] * [[Kickball]] * [[Kick-to-kick]] * [[Lagori]] * [[Marbles]]<ref name="Gryski"/><ref name="Oryx"/> * [[Minkey]] * [[Mumblety-peg]]<ref>[[William Wells Newell|Newell, W. W.]] (2010). ''Games and Songs of American Children'', p. 189. Nabu Press. {{ISBN|978-1-145-39322-6}}.</ref><ref>Foster, Edna Abigail; ed. (1916). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=q69iAAAAMAAJ&dq=knife+game+fingers+-chess&pg=PA222 Something to Do,—Boys!: A Book for Wide-Awake Boys]'', p. 222. W. A. Wilde. {{pre-ISBN}}.</ref>{{efn|name=Warning|This game may be considered inappropriate by some{{who|date=August 2021}}}} * [[Musical Chairs]] * [[Paddle ball]] * [[Paper football]] * [[Patball]] * [[Punchball]] * [[Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball?|Queenie]]<!--Ball/guessing game--><ref name="GryskiBall">Gryski (1998), p. 26.</ref> * [[Silent ball]] * [[Soccer hockey]] * [[Spinning top]] * [[Spud (game)|Spud]] * [[Stickball]] * [[String games]]<ref name="Oryx"/> ([[cat's cradle]]) * [[Stoop ball]] * [[Tennis]] * [[Tetherball]] * [[Tug of war]] * [[Wallball (children's game)]] }}
== Jumping games == {{Main cat|Jumping sports}} * [[Ampe (game)|Ampe]], from [[Ghana]] * [[Double Dutch (jump rope)|Double Dutch]] (jump rope) * [[Jumping Jack]]s * [[Jumping rope]]<ref name="Gryski" /><ref name="Oryx" /> (Skipping rope) * [[Jumpsies]] (also known as Chinese jump rope, elastics, or gummitwist) * [[Leapfrog]]<ref name="Gryski" /><ref>"[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leapfrog Leapfrog]", ''Merriam-Webster.com''. Accessed June 27, 2015.</ref>
=== Hopping games === {{Main cat|Hopping games}}
* [[Hopscotch]]<ref name="Gryski" /><ref name="Oryx" /> * [[Langa (game)]] * [[Squid (game)]]
== Memory games == {{main cat|Memory games}} * [[Chinese whispers]] (Telephone<ref name="Gryski"/>) * [[Concentration (card game)|Concentration]] * [[Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay]] (Old Soldier) * [[I packed my bag]] * [[Kim's Game]]
== Parlour games == {{main|Parlour game}} * [[Hunt the Thimble]]<ref name="Gryski"/> (Hot and Cold) * [[Huckle buckle beanstalk]]<ref name="GryskiThimble"/> (Hot buttered beans<ref name="GryskiThimble">Gryski (1998), p.16.</ref>) * [[I spy]] * [[Truth or Dare?]] * [[Wink Murder]]
== Hand games == {{main|Hand game}} {{columns-list|colwidth=60em| * [[Bloody knuckles]] * [[Chopsticks (hand game)|Chopsticks]] * [[Clapping game]]s<ref name="Gryski"/><ref name="Oryx"/> ** Concentration 64 (clapping, memory game) ** Double Double This This ** [[Down Down Baby]] ** [[Down by the Banks]] * [[Mary Mack]] * [[Pat-a-cake]] * [[Pass the ring]] * [[Red hands]] * [[Rock paper scissors]] * [[Thumb war]] }}
== Other traditional children's games == {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Buck buck]] (High Cockalorum) * [[Bulleribock]] (Sweden) * [[Button, button, who's got the button?]] * [[Counting out]]<ref name="Gryski"/><ref name="Oryx"/> * [[Crack the whip]] * [[Game of dares]]<ref name="Moore-Mallinos2018">{{cite book|author=Jennifer Moore-Mallinos|title=When Competition Goes Too Far|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPGCDwAAQBAJ&q=%22game+of+dares%22&pg=PA30|date=15 December 2018|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-1-5383-9033-7|pages=30–}}</ref> * [[The floor is lava|Floor is Lava]] * [[Grouping game|Mingle]] *[[Follow the leader (game)|Follow the leader]] * [[Four corners (game)]] * [[House (game)|House]]<ref name="Therapeutic">Schaefer, Charles E.; Reid, Steven E.; eds. (2004). ''Game Play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games'', p.10. John Wiley & Sons. {{ISBN|9780471437338}}.</ref> * [[Hurray (game)|Hurray]] * [[Jinx (children's game)|Jinx]] * [[Keep Away]] (Monkey in the middle) * [[Knock, Knock, Ginger]] (Ding dong ditch) * [[Knucklebones]]<ref name="Oryx"/> (jackstones,<ref name="Gryski"/> [[Jacks (game)|Jacks]]<ref name="Oryx"/>) * [[Limbo (dance)|Limbo]] * [[London Bridge Is Falling Down|London Bridge]] * [[Mother May I?]] * [[Oshikura Manju]] * [[Paper fortune teller]] * [[Pencil fighting]] * [[Piljke]] * [[Pitching pennies]] * [[Poohsticks]] * [[Push-pin (game)|Push-pin]] * [[Red Rover]] * [[Ring a Ring o' Roses]] * [[Seven Up (game)|Seven Up]] * [[Simon says]]<ref name="Therapeutic"/> * [[Singing game]]s * [[Skully (game)|Skully]] * [[Skyscope]] (Poland) * [[Sleeping lions]] * [[Stone skipping]] * [[Tic-tac-toe]] * [[Tip-cat]] * [[Tsere tsere]]<ref>Sahana Charan. "Not just the written word". ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'', 7/24/2011.</ref> * [[Wrestling]] }}<!-- == Games that were added but are unknown, and could not be found in brief search == --> <!-- * [[Asteroids (playground game)|Asteroids]] --> <!-- * Deadman --> <!-- * [[Feather game]] --> <!-- * [[Jump Roster Jump]] --> <!-- * [[Zombie (game)|Zombie]]{{citation needed|date=September 2018|reason=dead link}} --> <!-- == Games that probably do not belong, but were on the list prior to 2019-06-03 == --> <!--* [[Apple bobbing]]--> <!--* Egg Toss--> <!--* [[Hot potato]]--> <!--* [[Musical chairs]]--> <!--* [[Musical statues]]--> <!--* [[Paper soccer]] paper and pencil game--> <!--* [[Peekaboo]] more of a game for infants?--> <!--* [[Pick-up sticks]], [[snakes and ladders]], [[Hi Ho! Cherry-O|Hi ho cherry-o]], [[Tiddlywinks]], [[Fox and geese]]<ref name="GryskiTag">Gryski (1998), p.10-11.</ref>, [[Dice]]<ref name="Oryx"/>, [[KerPlunk (game)|Kerplunk]]. board games--> <!--* [[Pin the tail on the donkey]]--> <!--* Tower puzzle (Perhaps Tower of Hanoi?)--> <!--* [[Knife_game|Knife]]--> <!--* [[Playing Doctor|Doctor]]--> <!-- A note on various sports on the list: I felt initially that they wouldn't be considered part of "traditional children's games" as "organized sports", but looking at the criteria from the definition: 1. 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, 2. are those that are passed from child to child, generation to generation, informally by word of mouth, and 3. include at least two of the following six features in different proportion: physical skill, strategy, chance, repetition of patterns, creativity, and vertigo, I found no reason why they shouldn't be included. The "unorganized" neighborhood/playground versions of the sports deserve mention. -->
==See also== *[[Game]] *[[List of open-source video games]] *[[Outline of games]] *[[Paper-and-pencil game|Papers-and-Pencils game]]s *[[Street game]]s *[[Children's toys and games (disambiguation)|Children's toys and games]] *[[List of skill toys]]
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