Street signs provided material for alphabet games, spelling challenges, or treasure hunts. Children memorized names, distances, or symbols. They combined observation with creativity to invent new rules or competitions. Games improved literacy, memory, and problem-solving. Some groups assigned secret meanings to signs, creating codes or navigation systems. Parents occasionally encouraged these games for educational benefit. Street signage became a multifunctional learning tool in the urban landscape.
Street sign games promoted literacy, observation, and strategic thinking.
It shows how children turned urban infrastructure into interactive learning tools.
Did you know some children created competitive “sign races,” where teams identified signs in the correct order for points?
[British Library, britishlibrary.uk]