Game title:

La luna y las estrellas de la maana

Type of game: Group game, outdoors. Tag (pillapilla) Country where played: Espaa Cultural Background: Tag games are universal. This is yet another version of tag played in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. Source: Sidewalk Games from Around the World, Arlene Earlbach, Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT., 1997, p. 53 Language skills addressed: Games vocabulary, simple words, cultural study Number of players: 5-15 Materials needed: Game is played outside. Need a tree and a sunny day because a shady area is fundamental to the game. Object of game : To avoid being tagged by the "Moon". Key vocabulary: sortearse, sol, sombra, luna, estrellas, rbol, correr, pillarse, tocarse a uno, juego de carrera Description: This is a simple game of tag. Find a tree that casts a shadow. One person is La Luna (It) and the other players are Estrellas. The Luna has to stay in the shadow at all times. The Estrellas run in and out of the sombra (shade), running around the Luna, trying to avoid being tagged. If the Luna captures an Estrella, the estrella becomes the Luna. The tag games continues with the new Luna trying to capture the Estrellas.

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There are many ways to say TAG in Spanish, depending on the country. Here are a few: Espaa pilla-pilla Argentina jugar a la mancha Mxico la roa Uruguay la mancha Colombia la lleva Bolivia Pesca, pesca Resources: Street Play around the World Juegos y Canciones Xogos Populares Galegos

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