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The aim of this study is to explore the contribution of teachers who participate in the traditional children's games to the teachers and students, and to reveal their contribution and practice to other courses. The study’s sample group consists of 32 teachers who have participated and trained in the traditional children’s games tournament organized by the Kayseri Provincial Education Directorate, which serves in Kayseri. For the purpose of gathering deep information from the teachers involved in the research, the researchers prepared a semi-structured interview form, the teachers were visited in the schools and the opinions were taken. The responses given by teachers were analyzed by methods of quality research, content analysis and method. The study found that traditional children’s games have a positive impact on the student-learer relationships. On the contribution of traditional children’s games to other courses, teachers have mostly expressed the individual contribution of games to students, such as focusing, confidence and motivation. In the application size of traditional children’s games, they pointed out a number of disadvantages, such as the lack of time, the lack of the necessary tools for games, the limited playgrounds and the crowd of class presents. Traditional children's games should be more placed at every class level, teaching social values, promoting Turkish culture and geography, transferring social traditions, traditions and cultural values to future generations.

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