Childhood Games

Don’t miss Sophie´s favorite

games and her favorite toys.

I was born in 1982, in San Salvador

El Salvador. I live with my mom. My

parents get divorced when I was 14

years old. I am the youngest of 4. I

have 2 brothers and one sister, all of

them are married and have children. I

am studying and working at the same

time.

I miss when I was a little girl because I

like to play all the time. I used to

play with my brothers and my sister

too…

But even if I was alone, I

was playing. What I loved

the most was playing with

my dolls, I used to play

sports too. Also I used to

play video games like

Sega and Nintendo. My

childhood it was really

funny and nice...

Hopscotch is a children's

game that can be played

with several players or

alone. Hopscotch is a

popular playground game

in which players toss a

small object into numbered

spaces of a pattern of

rectangles outlined on the

ground and then hop or

jump through the spaces to

retrieve the object.

Skipping rope

Jump rope or skipping

rope is the primary tool

used in the game of

skipping played by children

and many young adults,

where one or more

participants jump over a

rope swung so that it

passes under their feet

and over their heads.

Tug of war

Tug of war, also known

tug war, rope war, rope

pulling, or tugging war, is a

sport that directly pits two

teams against each other in

a test of strength.

Yo-yo

The yo-yo in its simplest form is

an object consisting of an axle

connected to two disks, and a

length of twine looped around

the axle, similar to a slender

spool. It is played by holding the

free end of the string allowing

gravity or the force of a throw to

spin the yo-yo and unwind the

string, then allowing the yo-yo to

wind itself back to one's hand,

exploiting its spin.

Checkers

Checkers is a group of

strategy board games for

two players which involve

diagonal moves of uniform

game pieces and

mandatory captures by

jumping over opponent

pieces.

Chess

Chess is a two-player

strategy board game

played on a chessboard, a

checkered game board with

64 squares arranged in an

eight-by-eight grid.

Playing Outside With Chalk

All kids love to play with

chalks. Paint walls and

floors.

Chinese Checkers

Chinese Checkers is a

strategy board game which

can be played by two,

three, four, or six people,

playing individually or with

partners

Hide and Seek

Hide-and-seek or hide-and-

go-seek is a game in which a

number of players conceal

themselves in the environment,

to be found by one or more

seekers.

Rock-paper-scissors

Rock-paper-scissors is a

hand game usually played

by two people, where

players simultaneously form

one of three shapes with an

outstretched hand. The

"rock" beats scissors, the

"scissors" beat paper and

the "paper" beats rock; if

both players throw the same

shape, the game is tied

Snakes and Ladders

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient

Indian board game regarded today

as a worldwide classic. It is played

between two or more players on a

game board having numbered,

gridded squares. A number of

"ladders" and "snakes" are pictured

on the board, each connecting two

specific board squares.

Clapping game

A clapping game (or hand

game) is a type of usually

cooperative game which is

generally played by two

players and involves

clapping as accompaniment

to a singing game or

reciting of a rhyme, often

nursery rhymes.

Tag

Tag (also known as tip, tig,

tiggy, dobby, dob, it,

chasey, and many other

names is a playground

game that involves one or

more players chasing other

players in an attempt to

"tag" or touch them, usually

with their hand.

Marco Polo

The game Marco Polo is a

form of tag played in a

swimming pool.

Childhood Games