A9-Top 10 Common Traditional Games of Europe-France

Traditional games A9 questionnaire results

55 grandparents questionnaires distributed 60 returned Q. 1 ) Grandparents used to play: a) 26,3 % school playground, classroom b) 26,3% home c) 24,56% street d) playground, village, forest, public park

a) 43 % friends in the neighbourhoodb) 30 % brothers and sistersc) 17 % cousinsd) other: relatives’ children, nephews, nieces, alone

Q.2 Grandparents used to play with:

Q. 3 Most popular outdoor games a) 16% ball games b) 15 % hopscotch c) 12 % skipping rope d) other : castles of sand, swings, marbles,snowman, hide and seek, kite, knucklebones, etc.

Q. 4 Most popular indoor games a) 35% board games b) 16 % dolls c) 12 % cards d) other: drawing, table football, making of games, puzzles, electric trains, carsmodelling clay, etc.

Q. 5 How grandparents used to get toys a) 56% parents and grandparents bought them toys b) 36 % used to create their own toys c) 8 % didn’t get toys.

Top 10 Grandparents’ games

1.Open air games« Le Chat »

2. Ball games« Balle aux prisonniers »

3. Skipping rope games

To be continued