Every year the Western Heritage Centers hosts "Playapalooza" as family entertainment and a fund raiser for their educational programs. Every year I think that this year I will finally get there, and every year I miss it.
What is a Playapalooza? An event where you and your children or grandchildren can go and learn and play vintage games. Games like checkers, tiddlywinks, jacks, hopscotch, marbles, pickup sticks.
As a kid I played checkers, hopscotch, jacks, and a little marbles. I never learned to play tiddlywinks - imagine my surprise when I learned there are still tournaments and associations.
I know that Western Heritage have many of these games in their gift shop year round. As I sit her writing I'm thinking about complex text - yah right. What I was actually thinking was how directions are often very complex and confusing. I wonder what my kids would think about having a mini Playapalooza - reading the directions to figure out how to play the game. Then letting them try. I wonder if YouTube has anything on these games?
What is a Playapalooza? An event where you and your children or grandchildren can go and learn and play vintage games. Games like checkers, tiddlywinks, jacks, hopscotch, marbles, pickup sticks.
As a kid I played checkers, hopscotch, jacks, and a little marbles. I never learned to play tiddlywinks - imagine my surprise when I learned there are still tournaments and associations.
I know that Western Heritage have many of these games in their gift shop year round. As I sit her writing I'm thinking about complex text - yah right. What I was actually thinking was how directions are often very complex and confusing. I wonder what my kids would think about having a mini Playapalooza - reading the directions to figure out how to play the game. Then letting them try. I wonder if YouTube has anything on these games?
