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Jump Roping
Jump RopingBack "in the day", many tribes and communities used to jump rope in very similar ways. For example, the Egyptians jumped over vines, aborigines used bamboo to skip, and the people from the medieval period had pictures depicting the children of jumping through hoops. -
Hopscotch
HopscotchThere are apocryphal stories of hopscotch being invented by Romans or Chinese,[2] but the first recorded reference to hopscotch dates back to 1677. In an entry of Poor Robin’s Almanack for that year, the game is referred to as "Scotch-hoppers." -
Jacks
Jacks the gameThe game originated hundreds of years ago, when the only playthings boys and girls had were materials they found near their homes. They collected small stones and animal bones and learned to use them in a game. They tossed them into the air in a way similar to today's version of the game -
Marbles
Thinkquest In 1848 a German glass blower invented the marble scissors (a mold to make marbles) that revolutionized the process of making marbles. In 1890 the first machine made marbles were made in Germany and later that year in the U.S.
