ROCKS

Rocks were my favorite "toys"?.....

• Diketo

  Diketo is an indigenous South African game, also known as Magave or Uphuca. It's a hand-eye coordination game where players try to throw a stone in the air and, before catching it, scoop up as many other stones from the ground as possible. The player with the most stones scoops wins.

  


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  House/Shop

  Playing "house" or "shop" are types of pretend play where children act out various scenarios, often related to household activities or shopping. We use to use little stones as a form of money, food, or even props.



• Morabaraba

  Morabaraba is a traditional African board game for two players, often compared to Nine Men's Morris. It's played on a board with connecting lines and points where pieces/stones, called "cows" or "beads", are placed and moved. The objective is to create "mills" (three pieces in a row) and remove the opponent's pieces, eventually leaving them with no possible moves.

  


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  'South African' dogdeball or Mathashana

  Mathashane is a common South African game played by many kids across the country. We normally take a stone, wrap it around in about 5 or more plastics to make it a bit soft. Then one person has the ball tries to touch someone else using the ball (hit someone with a soft ball). It's kind of like dogde ball, but played with a homemade ball. The stone is typically to put some weight to the ball so that it is not blown away by the wind mid throw.



• Hopscotch

  Hopscoch is probably a wordly know game played by many kids around the world. Hopscotch is a playground game where players toss a marker (like a stone) into a series of numbered squares or rectangles and then hop or jump through the spaces, retrieving the marker. It's a classic children's game that can be played individually or with multiple players. The goal is to successfully toss and retrieve the marker from each square in numerical order, with the first player to complete all squares without stepping on any lines winning.

  


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  Jacks/5 stone

  The 5 stone game, also known as Fivestones, Jacks, or Knucklebones, is a traditional children's game of dexterity and hand-eye coordination. The game involves throwing and catching five small objects, typically pebbles or plastic jacks, with the goal of completing a series of moves without dropping any. Okayyy...............Not actually my childhood game but I actually discovered this game from watching Squid Game recently, and to say I find it hard would be an understatement

There are a some games that I haven't talked about, and a lot more that are unknown to the internet out the in the world, that kids who grew up just like me or more disadvantaged have fun playing. We use stones, papers, plastics, sand, cans, or even old clothes to play games or make up our own. We do all of this just to have fun and spend time with loved ones. It's a way of bonding with friends and family, a way we use our imagination and use critical thinking to solve problems that we didn't know existed. That is how I grew up, and I can proudly say that I am the way I am today because of the little things that contributed to my childhood. It's amazing what lack can do but that shouldn't be the requirement in this case. So, let's get out more and see what the world......what nature has for us!