French playground games for kids

Log In Sign Up. Related Content. Lesson 5: Outdoor games in France. Popular content. Other subjects. The lights go on and if your thumb has been pressed down, you have to guess which of the 7 put your thumb down.

If you get it right you get to be one of the next 7. Hi Bettiann theswisswifestyle. Sometimes I daydream with my eldest boy that we could build a time-machine and go back to the time mummy and daddy were little so he could play with us!

Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Facebook 0. Twitter 0. Pinterest 0. There are several traditional games that are typically only played by children who live in France or who are of French descent, and most American children have probably never heard of them.

Upon closer inspection, however, we can see several similarities between these traditional French children's games and their American counterparts.

Escargot is one of the traditional European children's games from which American hopscotch draws inspiration. Instead of a linear diagram, French children draw the board in the shape of a giant snail, or an "escargot" in French, with 15 to 20 numbered squares leading towards the blank center square.

Throughout the game, players must hop on one foot to and from the center square without landing on any drawn lines or opponent's squares, or they lose a turn and can not claim a box.