Some children's games include:

• Ball tag
• Blind Man's Bluff
• British Bulldog
• Butts Up
• Cat's cradle
• Chain tag
• Conkers
• Cops and robbers
• Doctor
• Dodge ball
• Duck duck goose
• Ducks and Drakes aka Skipping stones
• Flashlight tag
• Follow the Leader
• Four square
• Gite (Indian)
• Heads Up, Seven Up
• Hide and seek
• Hopscotch
• Jump rope
• Kiss chase
• Leapfrog
• Mary Mack
• Mother May I?
• Musical chairs
• Musical statues
• Postman's Knock
• Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball?
• Red Hands
• Red light, green light
• Red rover
• Sardines
• Simon Says
• Sleeping lions
• Smear the queer
• Tag

These are informal games, most often played by children without adult organisation, sometimes even despite the disapproval of adults. They are part of children's street culture. There is a list of children's party games in the article on party games. Women playing Blind Mans Bluff in 1803. ... British Bulldog refers to:- a popular emblem of Britain, and sometimes England, sometimes represented as a Bulldog in a Union Jack coat, and often pictured in British Churchillian spirit. ... Cats cradle is a well known string game or series of string figures. ... This page is about the fruit of the Horse-chestnut tree; Conker is also the name of a character from the Rareware video game universe (see Conkers Bad Fur Day). ... This article is about the game tag. For other uses of this word, like information processing and graffiti, see tagging. ... This article is about the sport. ... Duck duck goose is a childrens game often first learned in pre-school or kindergarten. ... This article is about the game tag. For other uses of this word, like information processing and graffiti, see tagging. ... The serve and first two hits in a Four Square game. ... Gite is a popular childrens game played all over India. ... Hide and seek (sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a popular tag variant that is best played in areas with lots of potential hiding spots, such as a forest or a large house. ... For the 1980 movie, see Hopscotch (movie). ... Jump rope, also known as skipping rope or skip rope, is a game played primarily by children and primarily by girls in which one or more children jump over a spinning rope so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. ... See also Leapfrog Enterprises Inc Leapfrog is a childrens game in which players vault over each others stooped backs. ... Mary Mack is a clapping game played by children in English language countries. ... Musical Chairs is a game played by a group of people, often in an informal setting purely for entertainment such as a birthday party. ... Red Hands is a childrens game which can be played by two players. ... Red light, green light is a game played mostly by children. ... Red Rover (also known as: Red Rover, Red Rover; Forcing the City Gates; Pom, Pom Pullaway; and Octopus Tag) is a game played primarily by children in which the players form two teams. ... Hide and seek (sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a popular tag variant that is best played in areas with lots of potential hiding spots, such as a forest or a large house. ... Simon Says is a game for 3 or more people (most often children). ... This article is about the game tag. For other uses of this word, like information processing and graffiti, see tagging. ... This article is about the game tag. For other uses of this word, like information processing and graffiti, see tagging. ... Childrens street culture refers the cumulative culture of rhymes, songs, jokes, taboos, games, and places (e. ... Trivial Pursuit is a popular party game. ...

See also

• clapping game
• singing game

A clapping game is type of cooperative (ie non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players. ... Singing games are games which pit multiple players against each other, or a single player against previous performances or a set standard. ...

External link

• America's Story from America's Library: Singing Games (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/sh/kidsongs/singame_1)