Playing games is recreational
activities especially enjoyed by every child. My son, Vito, really likes
playing games, I usually choose the educational ones. Any attempt to classify
games is difficult because of their great number and variety, children enjoy
active games as well as passive ones. There are games of skill or chance, games
which played indoors or outdoors, and games which played by one child alone or
even more. Some games are structured, played according to formal rules, and
generally with prescribed equipment, others are unstructured which “made up”
spontaneously as the game progresses.
Psychologists believe that the
basis of most children's play, starting with a simple infant amusement such as
peekaboo, is imitation of adult life, particularly that of parents or other
significant figures. Play is thus a learning process and a means of adapting to
or coping with life situations. Universally favorite children's games involve
pretending teachers or doctors, or kings and queens, creatures from outer
space, or movie stars. Commonly this is the favorite games for girls.
Children's games are spread
and perpetuated by this same propensity to imitation. Many popular games are
orally transmitted from child to child, often accompanied by traditional verbal
formulas, rhymes, or counting devices as in jumping rope that vary from culture
to culture and may possibly conceal references to events in the remote past.
Examples of games played around the world are spinning tops, playing with
marbles, and hide-and-seek.
Games come in and out of
fashion, and new games are constantly being devised. Lately, electronic games
operated by remote control became favorites of children as well as adults,
while the traditional games seem today to be unpopular.
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