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Traditional Children's Games from Around the World Games We Played as Children: Around the world, children have one thing in common. They love to play games. Discover how children from Venezuela, Mexico, Korea, China, Germany, and many other countries play different versions of the same traditional games such as jump rope, marbles, tag, top spinning, hopscotch, jacks, card games. Photo by Thomas Peters Guatemala children jumping rope Photo by Thomas Peters Playing hopscotch in Michigan Photo by Sandy Peters Playng game of tag in Vermont Kinds of Games Jump Rope Games Hopscotch Games Games of Tag Games of Marbles Games Played with Balls Games with Tops Games Played with Sticks and Stones Games of Consequence Games Played with Shuttlecocks Games for Toddlers Games with Paper and Cards Special Photo Gallery International students from Brazil, China, Colombia, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan, Thailand, and Venezuela demonstrate how they played games when they were children  Return to: Issue 11 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2008 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics.mag@gmail.com