The Book of Traditional Games

TRADITIONAL GAME DEFINITION HOW TO PLAY

ULAR NAGA Collecting members from 5 – 15
children and choose 2 children to
One of the traditional games that famous at Early Childhood become aleader and make a tunnel
Education is Ular Naga. Games of Ular Naga is a traditional with their hands.The member will
game from Yogyakarta, Indonesia with specific activities be choosing 2 children to become
such as singing, playing, and dialogue. Within have some tunnel and the mother or leader of
various activities and complicated this game can develop the group. Every mother or leader
many aspects of early childhood. Ular Naga is one of the decided their group’s name.
traditional games played without tools and these games only When the children start to play
need outdoor spaces or field. Playing these games need 5 they sing the Ular Naga's song. The
until 15 children and will be more fun if the members more tunnel will catch one of the
than that. The movement of these game mostly copying children when the song is stopped.
snake's move. The children who traped on the
tunnel will be asked from the
mother or leader to pick one of
them. This step will be containing
until all the children have a group.
After all the members have a
group, the group with the less
member will be the one who
attacks another group and take
one member who they can be
caught to be their group.
The winner is the group with the
amount of the members more than
another group.

TRADITIONAL GAME DEFINITION

LOMPAT TALI

This is a very popular game which elementary school girls
play at recess time. It is much like skipping rope however the
rope that the girls use is made from hundreds of elastic
bands that are looped together to form a large ring. The girls
take turns trying to jump over the elastic rope which is held
by two girls at each end.

HOW TO PLAY

The height of the rope normally starts low, such as
at ankle height, and gradually moves higher up the
bodies of the children after the jumpers have
successfully jumped over the lower height.
Experienced jumpers can often jump over ropes
that are neck high! A good thing that comes from
using a rope that is made from rubber bands, is
that if a jumper is not successful in jumping over
the rope, the rope will give and the jumper will not
be hurt in her unsuccessful attempt. Thus, a lot of
skinned knees are avoided.

TRADITIONAL GAME DEFINITION

ENGKLE

This traditional game can be played by both boys and girls by
2-5 people. How to play that is by making the boxes on an
empty page. The box can be in the form of letter T, 3 vertical
boxes, then 3 horizontal boxes, 1 vertical box, and 2 horizontal
boxes.

HOW TO PLAY

Each player must jump through each box by
using 1 foot and should not exceed or out of the
box line.
If any player is dropped or violated, then the stone
should be placed in the last box as a sign to start
the next turn. Have you experienced to play it
when you were a kid?

TRADITIONAL GAME DEFINITION

LEMPAR KARET

This is traditional games using a rubber band advantages,
increase students' concentration and control students'
emotions, Able to make students establishing relationships,
collaborating, and being able to practice social maturity with
their peers.

HOW TO PLAY

Children traditional game that plays by using
wrinkle rubber band that throw into the drawing
number box on the ground.

TRADITIONAL GAME DEFINITION HOW TO PLAY

SEMUT, Face your partner with your
ORANG, GAJAH hand in front of you in a fist.
Then, count to three
This game is popular throughout Asia, just as it is throughout together, open you hand
the world in all its variations. I remember playing a paper, and make one of the three
scissors, stone game of similar design. In Indonesia the game hand signs. If both of you
is also known as suwitan or pingsut and is played by young make the same sign, start
children to see who goes first in play, or just for fun to see who again.
wins. The Winner:
The semut wins over the
gajah because the semut
can crawl in the gajah's ear
and tickle him to drive him
crazy.
The orang wins over the
semut because the orang
can stomp on the semut
and squash it.
The gajah wins over the
orang because the orang
can get trampled by the
gajah.