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Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object, called a lagger, [1][2] into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces and retrieve the object. [3] It is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. [4]
Throw a small stone, twig, beanbag, or another marker into the first square. (If it lands on a line, or outside the square, you lose your turn. Pass the marker to the following player and wait for ...
Piko is the Philippine variation of the game hopscotch.The players stand behind the edge of a set of boxes (commonly in the shape of a cross or a little girl), and each throws their cue ball. The first to play is determined depending on the players' agreement (e.g. nearest to the markings of the moon, wings or chest).
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).
Traditional Indian games served various purposes throughout and had various connections to Indian history; for example, certain aspects of the Bengali hopscotch game of ekka-dokka may have represented concepts of social division of property, [20] kabaddi may have been used as a preparation for hunting, [21] and the Bengali tag game of gollachut ...
Various moves (creation of positions or figures) are combined to create patterns which are often accompanied by chants. Chinese jump rope combines the skills of hopscotch with some of the patterns from the hand-and-string game cat's cradle. The game began in 7th-century China. In the 1960s, children in the Western hemisphere adapted the game.
Paandi. Paandi, also known as Pandi or Nondi, is a regional hopscotch game traditionally played in rural parts of India (such as Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka and also in certain other countries with large numbers of immigrant Indians. [1][2] The game is played only for leisure and does not involve serious rules or regulations. [3]
Hopscotch (Spanish: Rayuela) is a novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar.Written in Paris, it was published in Spanish in 1963 and in English in 1966. For the first U.S. edition, translator Gregory Rabassa split the inaugural National Book Award in the translation category.