Vietnam Folk Games

The limited means of production caused the games to be simple. Children in the medieval times had ring toss, tic tac toe and skittles. The toys they had were spinning tops, dolls and hoops. Some sports they played were tennis, hide n seek, and tag. More games they played were Marbles, hammer throwing, Queek, Shinty, king of beans, stoolball, mob football, pick up sticks, nim, tic tac toe and chess. A lot of the games/toys are

At this, among other corn festivals, marriage arrangements were made. In addition, the game of chunkey as well as the ball play was extensively practiced by them. Conflicts between villagers, and sometimes with other tribes, were generally settled by sport rather than war. The stickball game (a forerunner of the modern game of lacrosse) pitted teams from different villages against each other. Winning was a matter not only of skill but of the power of the villages' spiritual leaders to influence the outcome through their prayers and powers.

Cars are used in Vietnam but they aren’t very popular because most places are close by, but boats are because of the water and monsoon season sow when it floods it’s easier to get around with a boat rather than a car. Vietnam has eight different regions and a few decades ago Vietnam was split into two, North and South Vietnam. The eight regions are Northwestern, Northeastern, Southeastern, Central Highlands, Mekong Delta, North Central Coast, and South Central Coast. As for Physical regions Vietnam contains the Anamite Mountain Chain, Red River, and the Annam Mountains. Vietnam’s official language is Vietnamese and their main religions are Taoism, Confucianism, and they also hold a strong tradition of

This game is a number computation game and has rules like any other games. It became a very important game to me. In the process of playing this game, I acquired the skill to count in numbers, self- discipline, and self-control. Also interacting with other children assisted me to learn good social relationships, and social norms. (Fletcher et.al., as cited in Berk, 2007).

We always regard “GAMES” as “pastimes”, but in reality the functions of games are more than that.

If you were playing there will be a card called named ¨la pera¨ (the pear) if someone has that on their mat then they put a bean on it . so you keep filling in the spaces when the card on your mat is called. Then when you fill up your whole mat you yell out ¨bingo¨ or ¨I win¨ that's what the kids get to say if they win. Also in some games you get to place money in the middle, so when someone wins they earn money.

The display of the resources respecting different areas of play (relax corner, building games, reading corner, art table, dolls, fancy dresses, tents,....)

A mini game of this nature is also perfect as a learning tool, if you choose to download the country flag app for instance, than this would offer a fun, interactive method to get to learn the flags from hundreds of countries across the world. In the same way, you could learn the

I went home and I asked my children to play one of the games and they liked it. The game had the students engaged because I was engaged when I was playing and so were my kids. The interesting part is that the game is that it could be challenging but that will power of passing to the next level make you keep going. The game is also fun to play and you learn at the same time. Math being a concept that many children hate because of misconception this game can make them change their mind about math concepts. It also can be great for children to interact with one another as they help each other out when they get stuck in a particular section. This activity was so fun and interesting, that I am sure that many children will like it as

Native Americans are known for many different qualities they had as a part of their lifestyle. The games and sports they created to play that are now used in today’s society, lacrosse being the most famous. Some of the games played in the early times are either drastically changed or no longer played. When it came to having leisure time and spending it exercising the Native Americans were the masters. The games were more than just fun and leisure. The games meant something to the Native Americans. They built their body and embraced their spiritual side. Many of the games are rooting in things that reinforced group cooperation and sharpened their survival in new environments. For the men who went into combat their games were geared more towards readiness for combat and fighting skills (sourceA). Today these games have shifted because of the current day sedentary lifestyle is to reawaken exercise into the youth. Promoting games and sports that keep kids active and out of trouble is an important part of the well being of the youth of our country.

Back then there were no movies, skating, and going out to restaraunts in there time. But the kingdom had games and sports to play for entertanment. Most games were mostly outside because some games had fire involved in it. Therefore, some strategy-based games of the old include the ‘Fox and Geese’, ‘The Philoshers Game’, ‘Shove Ha’penny’ and the ‘Shovel’ was another game. Dice games are also played like the (Knucklebones) and the (Hazard). These games and sports were events that were played or did every day.

With the war there are some new games that are becoming popular with the kids and adults of the colonies, these games are football, baseball, ice skating, and batmittion, these games are popular with people of all ages across the colonies. Toys that are mostly played with by Children are Jacobs ladder, building blocks, and pull toy wagons with tiny animals on them. Games that children played by themselves or at school where marbles, jacks, tops, and Hoops. These games were particularly popular because they could easily be transported and played with anywhere. children like to play Jumprope, tennis, hopschoch, tag, and hide and seek, with other people and big groups.

First, If children play war or shooting games, they will understand war or shooting is a bad thing, and they will try to avoid them when they are adults. Some people think if children play these games, they will like them and become troublemakers, but actually, children know what is right, they want to know about

Mahjong is a traditional Chinese game that requires skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck in order to defeat your opponents. It is a good leisure for people relieving boredom and gathering with friends. However, Mahjong is also popularly played as gambling which may lead to plenty of issues. Therefore, playing mahjong has always been a debate among people. The aim of this paper is to discuss the pros & cons of playing Mahjong in order to figure out whether playing mahjong is a good entertainment or not.

They need to gain exposure to “comprehensible samples of language and they need chances to play with and communicate with the language themselves” (Scrivener, 2011: 23). Students need to talk themselves, they need to communicate with a variety of people, they need to do a variety of different language-related tasks, they need feedback on how successful or not their attempts at communication have been. Using games in teaching creates the opportunity for every learner to use the language much more than in traditional teaching. By creating group work, pair or individual work, the teacher can ensure “that each and every learner has optimum opportunity for oral practice in using language, going beyond what is possible in class work” (Wright, Betteridge & Buckby, 2006: