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At a young age we all learn little games that stick with us for years. A good example of one of these fun games is Hopscotch. This is an excellent children’s game played in the U.S. by many but did you know France has their own version played by their children. Inspired by the United States simple boxed T shape hopping game the French took the idea and make it their own for their children. As stereotypical as it seems, the French teach their children this game but instead of the traditional T shape of the U.S. it is in the shape of a snail and they call it Escargot! Using the same square shapes as in U.S. hopscotch in a spiral. How to play: Each child hops from one square to the next on one foot one at a time. If you land on another person’s square or a line you may not move and must stay were you are. If you land in the middle defeating these two obstacles you may proceed. There are fifteen to twenty squares in this strange French Escargot as opposed to the ten in U.S. Hopscotch. That’s makes for a long outdoor game! Hope you Enjoyed this fun fact about France, Enjoy your Day!