Hand game
Mushi-ken, a Japanese hand game (1809)
Hand games are games played using only the hands of the players.[1] Hand games exist in a variety of cultures internationally, and are of interest to academic studies in ethnomusicology and music education.[1][2] Hand games are used to teach music literacy skills and socio-emotional learning in elementary music classrooms internationally.[3][4][5]
Examples of hand games[]
- Tic-tac-toe
- Chopsticks (sticks)
- Clapping games
- Mercy
- Odds and evens
- Pat-a-cake
- Red hands (or hand-slap game)
- Rock paper scissors
- Thumb war (or thumb wrestling)
- "Where are your keys?" (language acquisition game)
Less strictly, the following may be considered hand games:
- Bloody knuckles
- Jacks
- Knife game
- Spellbinder
- Stick gambling
- String games, such as cat's cradle
These three were added but are most likely variations of Pat-a-cake.
- Lemonade
- Slide Slippery Slide
- Mary Mack
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Reference[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer, ed. (1977). Forms of play of native North Americans. Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society. St. Paul, Minnesota: West.
- ^ Catherine McLaughlin (2009). "Cultural hand games inspire students". Alberta Sweetgrass. 4 (16): 8.
- ^ Gluschankof, Claudia, & Kenney, Susan Hobson. "Music Literacy in an Israeli Kindergarten". General Music Today. 25 (1): 45-49.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Jacobi, Bonnie S (December 1, 2012). Opportunities for Socioemotional Learning in Music Classrooms. Music Educators Journal. 99. p. 68-74.
- ^ Lau, Wai-Tong (October 1, 2005). Twentieth-century school music literature in China: a departure from tradition. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. 17. p. 33.
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