Traditional games Italy – France – Poland – Romania s. y. 2006/07 Comenius Project “To cooperate for the unity in the difference”

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS Scuola Primaria Chico Mendez Roma - Italia Ecole Maternelle P. L. Courier Cinq-Mars-La-Pile France Zespol Szkolno Przedskolny W Lobodnie Kamik - Poland Gradinita cu Program Normal 10 Vaslui - Romania

TRADITIONAL GAMES The Game of the Goose (Italy) Loto (France) Hopscotch (Italy) The Mouse and the Cat (Romania) The Turk (Poland) The Farmer in the Dell (Romania) The Wolf (France) Two People Want Dance (Poland) EXIT

(IL GIOCO DELL’OCA) The game of the goose

LOTO Table games for 6 players Exists in different topics:numbers, animals, vegetables and fruits, flowers etc.Exists in different topics:numbers, animals, vegetables and fruits, flowers etc. It contents:It contents: – 6 cards (each cards is devided in 6 cases, rapresenting 6 animals for istance). –36 pictures of different animals. Objective of this game:Objective of this game: –To learn the vocabulary. –To pronounce the words correctly.

LOTO - How to play Each player has a card. The pictures are returned on the table. One of the players starts; he takes a picture, announces what it is and ask: “Who has the …?” The player who has the picture puts it on his card. Each player, at his turn, announces the pictures. The winner is the player who completes his card the first. But the game continues until there are no pictures on the table.

HOPSCOTCH (CAMPANA)

THE MOUSE AND THE CAT The cat wants to catch, a mouse who is stealing cheese. She’s walking very slow closing up by him. (Şoarecele şi pisica)

THE MOUSE AND THE CAT The kids are sitting in a circle. In the middle of the circle „The Cat” „is building up” a fire by sticks. „The Mouse” is staying outside the circle watching for „The Cat”. „The Cat” go outside to collect more sticks for fire, and meanwhile „the Mouse” is coming to break the fire.

THE MOUSE AND THE CAT After he breaks the fire, „The Mouse” is hiding behind a kid by the line of the circle. „The Cat” comes back and she asks the kids: –Who broke my fire? –The Mouse are answering the kids. –Where is he living? –On The Potato street, at The Shoe number.

THE MOUSE AND THE CAT „The Cat” go to find „The Mouse”, she founds him and starts to run to catch him. Meanwhile, the kids are claping their hands sazing: –What a lazy cat, She can’t catch a mouse. After the catch of „The Mouse”, the game is repeted with other kids.

The Turk (Children are sitting in the circle in a Turkish manner. In the middle sitting the Turk). Children are saying: Children: A Turk is sitting in a Turkish manner still for himself thinks. The Turk: If only some guests came to me. (Children sayng and they tap to floor) Children: Tap, tap, tap, tap. The Turk: Who is it? Children: Guests from a far country. The Turk: Which? Children: Kindergarten pupils. (Turek)

The Turk (The Turkis answering and covering eyes hands) The Turk: So, I please one here. (Teacher indicate child, which quietly stepping up behind the Turk, tapping him finger in back and asking) Child: Tap, tap, who I’m? (The Turkafter voice identify child talking him name and changing places. This Child is the Turk, those child going to circle).

THE FARMER IN THE DELL (ŢĂRANUL E PE CÂMP)

THE FARMER IN THE DELL The kids are dressed like the characters in the verses and they are sitting in a circle singing the song above. „The Farmer” is walking in the circle and picks up a child to play the „wife” roll. Game’s explanation

THE FARMER IN THE DELL... „the wife” a „nurse”... „the nurse” a „child”... „the child” a „dog”... „the dog” a „cat”... „the cat” catches „ mice”... and the „mice” to „ the cheese” The game is repeted with other kids dressed in the costumes.

THE WOLF In door and out door game A room 15m x15m Some benches or carpets to materialize the sheeps’s houses. A place for the wolf. A tambourine. (Le loup)

THE WOLF The game The wolf wears a scarf (for example)to be recognized. He must catch the sheeps. Sheeps can get their houses (benches or carpets). When the wolf catches a sheep, this one becomes the wolf.

THE WOLF How to play At the beginning the wolf is in his house, so the sheeps can go out and they run or walk. Wolf announces he’s going to get out playing on the tamburine. He arrives. Sheeps run becouse they are afraid to be catched. They can get their houses.

Two people want dance Words song Two people want to dance, want dance, but them aren’t succeeding, fa ri, fa ri, fa ra. They brawled from myself, from myself, I’m not wanting for you, fa ri, fa ri, fa ra. I will serch other, other, to dance the best fa ri, fa ri, fa ra. (Dwum tańczyć się zachciało)

Two people want dance Children creating a circle, holding for hands. In the circle standing two children – a boy and a girl. Children singing, circle is turning. A boy and a girl in the circle dancing. On words “…they brawled from myself…” they waving hands on change.

Two people want dance On words “…I haven’t dancing with you…” releasing and leaving. On words “…I will search other…” they choosing for them new person to dance.