CHILDREN'S GAMES by ludovica

HIDE - AND - SEEK RULES

ludovica_maffei — 2016-03-18 13:20:12 UTC

It is an old and popular children’s game in which one player closes his or her eyes for a brief period (often counting to 10) while the other players hide. The seeker then opens his eyes and tries to find the hiders; the first one found is the next seeker, and the last is the winner of the round. In one of many forms of the game, the hiders try to run back to “home base” while the seeker is away looking for them; if all of the hiders return safely, the seeker repeats as seeker in the next round.
Hide-and-seek appears to be equivalent to the game apodidraskinda, described by the 2nd-century Greek writer Julius Pollux. In modern Greece hide-and-seek is called kryfto.
There are many variants on the game. For instance, the Igbo children in Nigeria play oro, a combination of hide-and-seek and tag in which the seeker stands in the centre of a large circle that has been drawn in the sand and tells other players to hide. The seeker then steps out of the circle, finds, and then chases the other children, who must run into the circle to be safe. The child touched before reaching the circle must be the next seeker.

WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN..

ludovica_maffei — 2016-03-18 13:25:17 UTC

...WE PLAYED LOTS OF GAMES WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE GARDEN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL LIKE HIDE-AND-SEEK. 
...WE PREFERRED OUTDOOR GAMES INSTEAD INDOOR ONES.

CHANGES OF GAMES IN THE CENTURIES

ludovica_maffei — 2016-03-18 14:32:14 UTC

Children’s game, based mostly on fantasy and imagination, or organized games with set rules are the pastimes of children that may involve spontaneous, unstructured activity. Many games are derived from everyday life and reflect the culture from which they developed. Technological innovations have greatly influenced the history of children’s games for better or for worse. The discovery of rubber, for example, led to the creation of new types of balls, which in turn increased the number and frequency of ball games played so it’s a fantastic innovation! Video and computer technology has also spawned a new generation of electronic games: they prefer to play indoor and don’t play outside anymore. Many games like quizzes are played by children and adults together.

ludovica_maffei — 2016-03-18 15:20:22 UTC