Mr Lavelle has been interested in playground games for years and has been collecting them from friends across the globe. Here are 40 games for you to see how children around the world have fun! You can print them off as individual sheets to learn them if you have Adobe Acrobat software on your computer. If you don't have it you can download it from this link.

But remember - different cultures consider different things acceptable so not all of these games may be considered suitable for your playground! Ask your teachers / parents before you play them!