The Games We Play - partnership with Nepal

In February 2020, my students from grade 2A researched and demonstrated some of the games they play in their spare time. These games will be sent to our partners from the Anapurna Vidya Sadan Banasthali, Kathmandu - 15, Nepal. When we get the games from our Nepalese friends, we will try them out. Here are so me of the games we are sending them:

ISA PROJECT FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION

2020

ROMANIAN GAMES

ICE CAT (Romanian title: "Mâță gheață")

This game is played outside by a larger group of children. The “cat” is chosen by the children after using a certain little poem to choose. They keep their fists closed and one of them recites the poem touching each child’s fists for each syllable of the poem. (example:” From the Pacific Ocean a small fish came out and, on its tail, it was written that YOU should get out.”). The last child to remain is the “cat”. The CAT chases the other children. The child who has been touched by the cat freezes (that means he/she cannot move) until other children touch him/her to defrost him/her (then he/she can move again). If the frozen child is not touched by anyone within 10 seconds, he/she is out of the game and becomes the CAT in the next round of the game.

(Informers: Indre Andrei, Ștef Alex and Alex Barbul, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială “Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

(The game in the video.)

https://youtu.be/4IvwJ03cUZI

Colored CAT (Romanian title: "Mâță colorată")

This game is played outside by a larger group of children. The “cat” is chosen by the children after using a certain little poem to choose. They keep their fists closed and one of them recites the poem touching each child’s fists for each syllable of the poem. (example:” From the Pacific Ocean a small fish came out and, on its tail, it was written that YOU should get out.”). when one of the fists of any child is touched last in the numbering, he/she puts that fist behind him/her and the numbering continues. The child whose last fist remains un-numbered is the “cat”. The CAT chases the other children. The children say a color when the CAT tries to touch them, but they mustn’t say the same color. If the CAT touches any child before saying a color, that child becomes the CAT.

(Informer: Gabriel Coteț, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială “Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

The LASER(Romanian title: "Laser")

This game can be played outdoors or indoors. The LASER holds his/her hand horizontally and tries to touch other players with his hand. The other players stay each in one place and are not allowed to run, but they can bend down or rise up top avoid the LASER touching them. The first player touched by the LASER becomes the LASER.

(Informant: Lucas Indrecan, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

The Pheasant (Romanian title: "Fazan")

It’s an indoors game played by any number of children. One of them says the alphabet in his/her mind and other child says Stop. The child thinking the alphabet stops and has to say the letter he/she has got to. The next player has to say a word starting with that letter. The next player has to say a word starting with the last syllable of the last word spoken before him/her. When a player cannot say a word starting with the last syllable from the last word, that player gets an “P” (from the words “Pheasant”). The player who get the whole word “Pheasant” gets out od the game. The game ends when most of the players get the “Pheasant” word.

(Informer: Lucas Indrecan, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

DUCKS AND HUNTERS 
(Romanian title: "Rațele și vânătorii")

It’s an outdoors game played by minimum 4 players. Two hunters are chosen, and the other players are the ducks. They draw on the ground the playing space as a rectangle. One hunter stays in each end of the rectangle. They are not allowed to enter the rectangle. The HUNTERS must throw the ball to touch the ducks who can run within the rectangle. The Ducks must try not to get hit by the ball. When a Duck gets hit by the ball, it exits the game. If they get out of the rectangle without being hit by the ball, they are out of the game. The last Duck in the rectangle must be hit as many times as its age (e.g.: if the child is 8, he/she must be hit 8 times.)

(Informer: Darius Man and Alex Barbul, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

The Blind Old Woman
(Romanian title: "Baba oarba")

This game can be played indoors or outdoors by as many players as they want. One player’s eyes are blinded with a scarf, is turned around 4 times and then “The Blind Old Woman” has to catch other players. The player who is caught, becomes the Blind Old Woman.

(Informer: Iulia Nechita, Alisia Cirț and Natalia Danci, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

The Dinosaurs (Romanian title: "Dinozaurii")

This game can be played indoors or outdoors by minimum 3 players. The DINOSAUR is chosen from amongst the players. The DINOSAUR chases the other players and has to catch and eat them. The player who is caught by the DINOSAUR goes to his side. The game ends when the DINOSAUR catches all the other players.

(Informer: Iulia Nechita, Alisia Cirț and Natalia Danciu, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

HIDE AND SEEK

(Romanian title: "Tupu" or "De-a vați ascunselea")

This game can be played indoors or outdoors by at least 3 players. One player closes his/her eyes facing a wall and numbers loudly up to 30. The other players hide in places from where they can see the Seeker, but the seeker can’t see them. The SEEKER must find the players hiding. The first player that the SEEKER finds becomes the SEEKER.

(Informer: Iulia Nechita, Alisia Cirț and Natalia Danci, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)

TRUTH OR DARE

(Romanian title: "Adevăr sau provocare")

This game can be played indoors or outdoors. The players sit down and one of them asks another player if he/she chooses Truth or Dare. If the player chooses Truth, he/she is asked a question and he/she has to answer with a truth. If the player chooses Dare, he/she has to perform the daring action the group ask the player to do.

(Informer: Iulia Nechita, Alisia Cirț and Natalia Danci, grade 2A, Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Alecsandri”, Baia Mare, Romania)