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.)
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)
