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Traditional Games/Games of old times

Name of the game Country, country, we want a soldier!

Objectives Running, the chosen child tries to brake the chain

of hands.
 The practice of running
 Developing the basic motor skills, speed and
strenght
 Satisfies the need of outdoor mouvement

 The stimulation of will and courage

Materials Does not require

Number of 6 or with many players

players

This game is played by two teams of children.

Brief explanation
Each team has from 5 up to ten members. The
two teams hold hands, as hard as they can, in
order to make a “chain”. One team starts the
game by saying: ”Country, country, we want a
soldier!”. The other team answers: “Who?” .one
member of the opponent team is chosen by
calling out him/her name. The chosen one must
run as fast as he can and try to break the “chain”
of the opponent team. If the chosen one breaks
the “chain” he goes back to his team taking with
him one “prisoner”, if he doesn’t break the
“chain” , he becomes the “prisoner”. The winning
team is the one with the most players/soldiers.
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Name of the game The bottle filled with poison

Objectives When the chosen children says ,,The bottle filled

with poison”, he/she runs to catch the other players.

 The practice of running.

 Developing the basic motor skill/ skills
 Knowledge of some liquid substances
 Stimulating interest in outdoor play.

Materials Does not require

Number of 3 or with many players

players

This game should be played by a big number of

Brief explanation
children. One child is the “chief”. He calls out: “my
bottle is filled with….. water”, for example. If he
calls out “my bottle is filled with poison”, all the
children must run. The one who doesn’t get caught
becomes the new “chief”.

Name of the game 9 Stones

Objectives The children throw the ball at the stone tower to drop
it, then they have to rebuilt it.
 Practicing the throw with the ball at the target
 Enhance of hand-eye coordination
 Skill development and teamwork
 Following the rules of the game

Materials 9 stones and one ball

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Number of players 4 or with many players

The game is played by 2 teams. Each team must

Brief explanation
have at least 2 kids. They need 9 stones and one
ball. The kids stack the stones to form a tower. The
purpose of the game is to break down the stack of
stones (the tower) with the ball. One team throws
the ball and tries to destroy the tower. The
opponent team will try to repair the tower, while
the members of the other team try to hit them with
the ball.If they get hit, they lose, if they repair the
tower before getting hit, they win.

Name of the game Leapșa (Alergatelea)

Objectives The children run and try to touch an opponent.

 The practice of running
 Developing the basic motor skills, speed and
strength.
 Following the rules of the game
 Meeting the need of movement and of the
interrelation with children of the same age.

Materials Does not require

Number of 3 or with many players

players
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One player is the "chaser", trying to tag the

Brief explanation others. When he/she does that, the tagged player
doesn't become the new chaser, but they form a
pair together. They continue to chase the others,
holding hands. After they tag other two players,
the newly tagged children also form a chasing
pair. And so on, the number of the chasing pairs
increases. The game is appealing, the untagged
players have more space to move than the
chasing pairs.
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Name of the game Countries

Objectives The children manage to catch the ball and hit a

player with it to take him/her out of the game.
 Practice the catch and throw the ball
 Knowledge of some names of countries.
 Skill developement
 Following the rules of the game

Materials A ball and a piece of chalk.

Number of 3 or with many players

players

Brief explanation
For this game the kids need one ball and some
chalk. At least 3 kids can play this game. Each
child chooses a country. They draw one big circle
and write the name of the countries in it. One
player , standing in the middle of the circle, takes
the ball and calls out: “the country where no one
wants to go is……” and throws the ball in the air.
The player whose country was called out must
catch the ball as fast as he can , bring it in the
circle and say STOP. Meanwhile , the other players
run as far away from him as they can. Once they
hear STOP, no one is allowed to move. The player
with the ball tries to hit another player with it. He
is allowed to take three steps towards the player he
wants to hit. If he manages to hit the other player,
he can have a piece of his country, if not, he loses a
piece of his own country. The game continues until
one single player remains owning all the countries.
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