During ancient times, children didn’t have smart phones, iPads or computers to ______. Instead, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood. Let’s take a look.

During the Qing Dynasty (1644—1911), kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in winter to keep ______. In 1999, the sport was ______ in the competition items (项目) in the 6th Traditional Sports Meeting held in Beijing.

Kites have quite a ______ history. About 2000 years ago, the first kite was made by Chinese people. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own features. Kites are ______ popular in China now. Every spring, you can find many people flying kites on the grass.

Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes when other kids ______ to tease (逗) him or, more commonly, some children hide and one child must try to ______ them.

The closest thing to watching a film or television for fun during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. Folk artists play puppet s(木偶) ______ the screen, telling stories along with music. People in front of the screen can see the shadow of the puppets. People like shadow plays ______ they are interesting and lively. During the Qing Dynasty, shadow plays were so popular that people could enjoy it in every corner of China. Shadow plays were listed as a national intangible cultural heritage (遗产) in 2006. It was the ______ of the Chinese art and culture.

Here is a timetable of science activities in the Children’s Palace of Chongqing.