Traditional games are those typical games of a region or country, which are performed without the help or intervention of technologically complicated toys, it is only necessary to use your own body or resources that can be easily obtained from nature (stones, branches, earth, flowers, etc.), or household objects such as buttons, threads, ropes, boards, etc.
Traditional games allow children to learn a little more about the cultural roots of their region; contributing to the preservation of the culture of a country, and where the collective experiences of generations are summarized, creating a beautiful teaching environment where the child is enriched by playing. They are a source of transmission of knowledge, traditions and culture of other times; the fact of reactivating involves delving into the roots and to better understand the present.
Consequently his practice in the community and at school, is considered as a manifestation of child independence cooperating with the development of skills and capabilities motor to promoting the game active and participatory among children, compared to a technological culture encourages physical sedentary lifestyle and which drives the increase in childhood obesity.
Their objective can be variable and they can be executed individually or collectively, although they are commonly based on the interaction of two or more players; their rules are basically simple.
Within the traditional games you can find wide recreational modalities such as guessing games, children's games such as spinning top and metras, those for girls such as jumping rope, among others.
Among the characteristics of traditional games are:
They originate seasonally. There are games with preferences regarding sex, children are inclined towards games like the spinning top, the parrot, the straws; while girls prefer to play dolls, jump rope, blind man, etc.
They are games made by children for the simple pleasure of playing, they themselves decide when, where and how to play. They do not need the use of many materials and the necessary ones are not very expensive.
Among the traditional games that use objects are: the whirligig, the yoyo, the gurrufío, the spinning top, the metras, sack race, jumping rope, the stick, etc. while the traditional games that do not use objects are: the cat and the mouse, the blind man, hide and seek, lemon ale, tealight, etc.
