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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).
Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era Paintings of girl with dolls. The oldest toys for girls are dolls that date from around 2000 BCE in Egypt. [19] Children in Ancient Greece played with dolls made of rags, wood, wax or clay, sometimes with moveable arms and legs.
Dress-up is a children's game in which costumes or clothing are put on a person or on a doll, for role-playing or aesthetics purposes. In the UK the game is called dressing up. In the mid-1990s, dress-up games also became a video game genre in which customizing a virtual character's appearance is the primary focus.
Winnie the Pooh is a variation of Statues where the person playing "Pooh" (the Curator) usually leans against a wall and has to shout "1, 2, 3, Winnie the Pooh, stop!" (so it is long enough for the players to reach some distance and because of the rhyme it provides in Bulgarian, where this version comes from) before turning to face the players.
This category is for games played informally by children of all ages. ... Fight play (1 C, 9 P) G. Girls ... Girls' toys and games (6 C, 10 P) H. Hide-and-seek ...
Gingerbread Kids – Young gingerbread people seen in various editions of Candyland, usually as the player's pieces. Jib - Gingerbread Boy Jib is the main character and protagonist of Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure, but does not appear in the games. Ginga Ninja - an unknown character and child of Mama Ginger Tree.
Tag-like games have been played throughout history since as far back as the fourth century BC. The Greek poet Erinna, in her poem The Distaff, speaks of a tag-like game where one girl, the "tortoise", chases other girls, and the tagged girl becomes the new "tortoise". [6] Ancient Greek boys also played the Ostrakinda. [7]
Educational games are games explicitly designed with educational purposes, or which have incidental or secondary educational value. All types of games may be used in an educational environment, however educational games are games that are designed to help people learn about certain subjects, expand concepts, reinforce development, understand a historical event or culture, or assist them in ...