M. Sołtysiak „Barabasz” Primary
School in Daleszyce
POLISH GAMES
Polish Children’s
Playground Games
Here is the description of a couple of games which
children from Poland play. The games are very
simple, easy to prepare and learn and they give lots
of fun. Of course, in the present times it seems that
all the outdoor social games are replaced by either
computer or the cable TV. But it is a good idea from
time to time to encourage the kids to play outdoor as
well and to come back to some traditional simple
games.
Klasy
The participant starts by throwing a rock into the field
with name "1" - then she/he jumps with one leg and picks
the rock up; continue jumping on the same one leg
through all the sections keeping the balance, making sure
that the leg does not touch the line. If the participant
would make this fault - the next person starts and she/he
needs to repeat it after waiting for her/his tour again. After
a participant finishes a tour succesfully, she/he can
continue by throwing the rock into the field number "2"
and repeating the same thing until she/he succesfully
finishes all 6 rounds. The first one who finishes the all
rounds wins.
The game can be modified - if the paricipant would throw
the rock in the halfcircle niebo (heaven) instead of section
"3" he would have one extra round, if he would throw the
rock into pieklo (hell) instead of "6" he would lose one
round.
This rectangual game is called klasy, which can be translated as
sections or classes
Farmer boy
The game is similar to the previous one - the
participant jumps on one leg through the blocks
"1", "2", "3", then she/he may rest by putting
her/his both legs on the pavement - the left on
number "4" and the right on "5" , then jumps on
"6" and "7" + "8" with both legs, then she/he
flips the legs turning 180 degrees and repeats it
again.
There are some variations of these two games the participant can jump in more difficult
versions with only left leg or with the crossed
legs.
These two games described above were mainly
for girls up to 7-8 years old .
The shape of the figure resembles a boy, so the name is chlopek - in literal
trabslation it means farmer boy.
Hide-and-seek
It is a children’s play
played in a spacious area,
such as outdoors or in a
large room, in which one
player covers his or her
eyes and starts counting.
At this moment the rest of
the children has to hide
somewhere. The person
starts looking for other
players. The person who
will be found as the last
one wins the game.
Two Fires
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Two Fires means a game in which players try to hit other players with a ball and
avoid being hit. This game is typically played in elementary schools, but has
emerged as a popular middle school, high school or college sport as well. It is
also popular in informal settings and is often played on a playground, in a gym,
or in organized recreational leagues.
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To play it we have to divide the
playground into two the same parts.
There is one team on each part. Each
team chooses a leader who has to
stand behind the line of the
opponents’ part. There are many
variations of the game, but generally
the main objective of each team is to
eliminate all members of the
opposing team by hitting them with
thrown ball. If a player catches a ball
thrown by the opposing team he or
she isn’t eliminated. The leader and
the players can throw the ball to
eliminate the players from the
opponent team. The person who was
hit with a ball is eliminated from the
game. Once all the players from one
team are eliminated, the game ends.
Players
Four to 15 players start on each
team's side of the court, though six
players per side is most common
Two Fires in our school
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