Hand game

Game played using the hands
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

  • Chopsticks (sticks)
  • Clapping games
  • Mercy
  • Morra (finger counting)
  • Odds and evens
  • Pat-a-cake and variations:
    • Mary Mack
  • 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
  • Fingers (drinking game)
  • Jacks
  • Knife game
  • Spellbinder
  • Stick gambling
  • String games, such as cat's cradle
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Hand games
Endurance
  • Red hands
  • Mercy
  • Thumb war
Clapping gamesFinger-counting
  • Chopsticks
  • Morra
  • Odds and evens
Other

References

  1. ^ a b Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer, ed. (1977). Forms of play of native North Americans. St. Paul, Minnesota: West. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Catherine McLaughlin (2009). "Cultural hand games inspire students". Alberta Sweetgrass. 4 (16): 8.
  3. ^ Gluschankof, Claudia; Kenney, Susan Hobson (2011). "Music Literacy in an Israeli Kindergarten". General Music Today. 25 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1177/1048371311414880. S2CID 144182018.
  4. ^ Jacobi, Bonnie S (December 1, 2012). Opportunities for Socioemotional Learning in Music Classrooms. Vol. 99. pp. 68–74. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Lau, Wai-Tong (October 1, 2005). Twentieth-century school music literature in China: a departure from tradition. Vol. 17. p. 33. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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