Games by Nelly Stancheva

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project

GAMES

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“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project

Poland BEREK For this game at least five players are needed. Berek is a person who chases other players and tries to tap them on the back. The person who has been tapped takes Berek by the hand and they chase the other players. Now he/she is Berek too.

The other children run away and do everything not to get caught.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project The winner is the player that is caught as the last.

CYMBERGAJ It is a game for two contestants or two teams with contestants flicking coins in turns. They need two teams consisting of 6 players (big coins), a ball (a little coin) and a comb or a ruler. One team is “heads up” and the other is “tails up” (not to mix the coins during the game). Contestants play on a table with goal-posts marked with chalk or pencil.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project They are to flick the big coins in turns with a comb or a ruler and hit the ball (a little coin) trying to place it in the opponent‟s goalposts. If the ball falls off the table it is placed in the middle of the field. The game lasts two 15-minute halves. ZBIJAK (DWA OGNIE) It is a game for at least 10 players. Two mothers standing on two ends of a sports field try to hit the contestants from the opposite team with a ball.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project Each mother is separated from her team with the other team. The player that is hit walks off the field. The best tactics is to weary the players from the other team with a few quick passes between the mother and her team. The player who manages to catch the ball wins the right to hit one of the players from the opposite team. The team which has at least one player on the field wins.

Bulgaria NATION BALL There are two teams in the game. Each team is usually from six to eight players. They have a leader (consul). The leader‟s place is at the opposite side, This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project behind the other team. The game starts with

throwing a ball between the leader and the team. The ball has to pass over the other team‟s heads without they can catch it. If anyone of the other team catches the ball, the ball becomes theirs. So they start throwing it.

When this three times throwing are done, the game continues with throwing ball aimed to hit a player from the opposite team. When the player is hit, he is out of the court. His teammates can turn him back to the game by catching the ball. The ball can‟t touch the ground when it is thrown. If it happens, the other team can take it. If the ball touches the ground and then hit the player he doesn‟t leave the court. The ball can‟t touch the ground when it is thrown. If it happens, the other team can take it. If the ball touches the ground and then hit the player he doesn‟t leave the court. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project All players who are out of the court should help the leader to throw ball back to the team. The game finishes when all players of one of the teams are out of the court. The winner is the other team. TUG OF WAR For this game are needed two teams with equal number of players and a long rope. The players of the two teams stand at the opposite sides of the rope holding it. The rope is marked at the middle of it. There is a line drawn on the ground. The mark of the rope has to stay above it. When the referee gives a sign, all the players of the two teams start pulling the rope.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project

The winner is that team who manage to pull the other team in its side, behind the line. A KING-A DOORMAN This is an old informal game that is played mainly in the free time. There is no rule about how many players can take part in it. Two of the players hold their hands forming an arch with them. The other players walk in a line under the arch. At this time, the first two players sing a song: Kralyo, Portalyo, Otvori porti Da mine tsarya, Tsarya, gospodarya. Luzhichka, chiniyka, Tendzhera, kapak. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project When the song is at its end they start taking down their arms around each player passing under the arch. The one caught at the last word has to choose between two words. For example: red or green. In this way the players are divided in two teams and a game with two teams can start.

Greece THE WOLF AND THE LAMB The children take out to see who is the lamb and who is the wolf. After caught in a circle. Inside the circle is the lamb and out of the circle stands the wolf. The wolf is trying to get in, but children of-download their hands as it is caught and back. At some point in the cycle, but some children may decide to leave the wolf to enter. So lift the hands caught the wolf and passes through. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project The lamb constantly monitors the movements of the wolf and the moods of children. When we see the wolf comes to media, attempting to break it off immediately. The wolf tries again to get out, so the lamb again resort means. The game ends when the wolf catches the lamb. THE APPLES Children make two lines apart to 10-15 meters (depending on the number and age of players). By Kourbani Counting-out game or two down the kids who stand outside, one on each line, the other, a team will move into the space defined by two lines. The children who are out throwing the ball trying to hit one of the children inside. If you click no, the other child from catching the ball across and fast, before I n 'players This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project away, the casts, either marking or some indiscriminately into the crowd. As players who are in struggle with the ball, move the child to throw and gathered close to each other. But then the child with the ball instead of throw up their children is likely to send it straight to the opposite. What if the catch immediately, can easily find and view even hit not just one child but two or more, as they have gathered close to him not providing this strategic maneuver. Any child beaten and burned leaves the game. Any child catching the ball wins a 'apple', equivalent to a "life". If a child has already hit an apple, can buy this "life", ie remain, losing the apple. Generally, those apples are so often the player can escape. But it has the right to donate the apple of someone which is very frequent, as the most capable children may have two three a.m. apples. Usually a child remains in the final. If two children are outside shed a total of ten times the ball without being hit, This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project or if you achieve this but it has apple eliminates the burning, then the child and the whole team was in winning - and the children are forced to outside ever again. THE SCARF The children are divided into two groups. They take a position opposite to each other, at 8.10 meters.

In the middle distance makers 50 cm diameters circle around the circle and put a handkerchief.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project With the motto, comes a player from each team and trying to grab his handkerchief and turned his team not to catch the opponent player. Anyone caught is captured and left out of the game until you release him. Whoever gets the handkerchief a prisoner release.

The winning team will capture all the opponents.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project

Portugal THE MESH GAME On a flat ground, flat pins are placed in the same direction, at a distance of about 15/18 meters between them. Each team stays behind a pin. The first member of the team plays. Then the other player of the opposite team throws a mesh with one hand, aiming to knock down the pin or to throw the mesh as close as possible to the other team´s pin. A match can consist of three games. To be the winner, a team must win two games.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project SET OF CONES The goal of this game is to knock down as many cones as possible. The first team that scores 100 points wins. Each game can consist of three games; to win a team must win two games. On a flat ground three rows are made up by three cones with a distance of 15 cm between each one. A bigger cone is placed in the front of the central row with a distance of 30 cm and separated by a line drawn on the ground. Teams must stay away from the cones at a distance of about 6 or 8 meters. On each turn a player throws the ball so that it rolls on the ground, trying to knock down the cones. Note: The cone game is similar to bowling (traditional game of the United Kingdom)

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project THE ROPE TRACTION GAME Tie a scarf in the middle of the rope. Draw a vertical center line. Each team takes one side of the rope and players are separated within a same distance. Each team stretches the rope so that the scarf is over the center line. On command each team starts to pull the rope to their side. The winning team is the one who get to pull the rope so that the other team‟s players cross over the center line. It is forbidden to roll up the rope around the body or to make holes in the ground to sink players´ feet.

Romania MIME This game proves ingeniosity and team spirit. The rules are easy: two teams, each team is usually 4 players, one player in each team mimes a word told by the opponent while his/her This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project team has to guess the right word.

It counts a lot to have imagination and a good team which can make out your desperate signs and gestures. It is not only a game for children, we rediscovered it during high school when we used to propose difficult words, most of them abstract nouns. How would you mime, for example,”synchronization” or “choice”? HIDE – AND - SEEK It is played with at least three or four children. It is told a rhyme, for example:”ANDANTE”Un‟doi, trei, alege pe cine vrei!”, that is,” One, two, three, chose whoever you want (to be)”, or something This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project else similar (to it)! The children are placed in a circle while one of them starts saying the rhyme. The participants will be gradually cleared away by the one who tells the rhyme, that is a kind of counting. The last child remained is the first who starts. He/She chooses a place established before with the other participants, covers his/her eyes and starts counting by “ten” to “one hundred”. Meanwhile the other children hide. After the counting stopped, the “doer” has to find in turns all the children. The one found first is the “doer” in the next shift. THE SQUARE A square is drawn on the ground with chalk, looking like this : 8 5 1

6 4 7

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project Each child will need a small stone for this game. The children say a rhyme that establishes the order in which the kids throw the stone. So, the stone is cast away in the established order. If the stone touches the line of the square, then the throw repeats and if it gets out of the square, the child is out of the game. In the first stage, the stone is thrown in square number 1, then the child skips in one leg till squares number 8,from where he/she turns back, in the same way till the square where he/she has the stone. After taking it, he/she gets out of the square. From here he/she repeats the throw in square number 2. If This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project he/she doesn‟t make any mistake till the throw that reaches square number 8.the child is proclaimed the winner.

Turkey BLINDMAN’S BUFF This game is played with 10 or 12 children. First, the main player is chosen and than his/ her eyes blind with a piece of cloth. This game‟s name is „‟ BLINDMAN‟S BUFF‟‟ because of this. The players make a circle and the main player is in the middle of the circle. The aim is not to be caught by the blind main player. During the game, other players make tricks to the main player. For example, they touch the back of the main player or they shout „‟here I am‟‟. And the player who is caught by the main player becomes the main player. FISHER NET In this game, a main player is chosen. The main player runs after the other players to catch them. When s/he catches one of the players, two players start to run after This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

“Let’s share our culture” – Comenius project the others. Then, they start to run after the others with the players they catch hand in hand. So, it becomes the shape of the fisher net while they catch the players hand in hand. The game is over when the all players are caught. I SELL OIL,I SELL HONEY In this game, first, a main player is chosen among the players. They sit in the form of the circle on the ground. The main player holds a handkerchief in his/her hand and s/he walk around the circle waving the handkerchief .While walking, s/he says the song of the play: I sell oil, I sell honey...While walking s/he put the handkerchief behind one of the players. When the player whom the main player put the handkerchief behind realizes the handkerchief behind him/her, s/he takes the handkerchief and starts to run after the main player. If the main player sits the place where the other player was sitting before, the player who takes the handkerchief becomes the main player. But, if the main player is caught, s/he still remains the main player.