Record details

• ISBN: 0897749677
• ISBN: 9780897749671
• Physical Description: xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
• Publisher: Phoenix, AR : Oryx Press, 1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Part 1: Games And Culture -- Chapter 1: Children and games -- Games are ancient, the pleasure is new -- Worldwide similarities among games -- Traditional games and cultural differences -- Games and child development -- Boys' games, girls' games -- Chapter 2: Types of traditional games -- Ball games -- Blindfold games -- Board games -- Category games -- Counting out -- Dice, Knucklebones, and games of chance -- Drama and pantomime games -- Forfeits -- Guessing games -- Hand-clapping games -- Hide-and-seek -- Hopscotch -- Jacks -- Jump-rope games -- London Bridge -- Marbles -- Memory games -- Number and counting games -- Racing games -- Shuttlecock -- Singing and chanting games -- Storytelling and word games -- String games -- Tag and chasing games -- Target games -- Tops -- Tug-of-war -- Part 2: Games -- Chapter 3: Games treasury -- Afghanistan -- Angola -- Argentina -- Native Araucanian -- Armenia -- Australia -- Austria -- Bangladesh -- Belgium -- Bolivia -- Bosnia -- Brazil -- Bulgaria -- Cambodia -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Native American-Cree -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Costa Rica -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Czech Republic -- Dahomey -- Denmark -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Ethiopia -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Ghana -- Greece (Ancient) -- Greece (Modern) -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Ivory Coast -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kenya -- Korea -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Liberia -- Libya -- Luxembourg -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Mali -- Mexico -- Native Tarascan -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Nepal -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Native Maori -- Nicaragua (Native American-Miskito) -- Nigeria -- Norway -- Pakistan -- Panama -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- Saudi Arabia -- Senegal -- Serbia -- Slovak Republic -- South Africa -- Spain -- Sri Lanka -- Sudan -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Syria -- Tanzania -- Thailand -- Tibet -- Togo -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Turkey -- Uganda -- Ukraine -- United Kingdom -- England -- Scotland -- Wales -- United States -- Native American-Apache -- Native American-Arapahoe -- Native American-Chippewa -- Native American-Comanche -- Native American-Crow -- Native American-Inuit -- Native American-Jicarilla Apache -- Native American-Kwakiutl -- Native American-Makah -- Native American-Nootka -- Native American-Omaha -- Native American-Pamunkey -- Native American-Pima -- Native American-Shawnee -- Native American-Sioux -- Native American-Teton Sioux -- Native American-Winnebago -- Native American-Yupik -- Native American-Zuni -- Native Hawaiian -- Puerto Rico -- Uruguay -- Venezuela -- Vietnam -- Yemen -- Zaire -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Part 3: Games And Teaching -- Chapter 4: Collecting and exploring traditional games -- Introducing traditional games to grades K-2 -- Introducing traditional games to grades 3-6 -- Traditional games collecting project for grades 3-6 -- Twelve classroom projects for grades 3-6 -- Using children's traditional games in the library -- Multicultural games festival -- Bibliography -- Resources for teachers and group leaders -- Bibliographic resources and indexes -- General sources -- Index to playing environments -- General index.

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Cross-cultural studies.