GAMES

Turkey

• 1st Meeting Games
• 2nd Meeting Games
• 3rd Meeting Games
• 4th Meeting Games
• 5th Meeting Games

North Macedonia

1st Meeting Games

1.Sol -makaron

Sol-makaron is a game that we play with a group of several kids. We stand in a circle and we position one hand on top of the other, and the other one on the bottom and we sing a really easy song:

Sol-makaron, sol fe re don,

marion, marion

Leo, Leo,

tip, tip, tip.

Leo, Leo,

tip, tip, tip.

one, two, three,

Sega mavas ti.

When we say the last lyric, which in Macedonian means ‘Now you slap my hand’, the person that says the last lyric slaps the next person’s hand. The person whose hand is about to be slapped can take the hand away and the ‘slapper’ is out. But if the person’s hand is slapped, than he is out and the ‘slapper’ stays in the game.

2.Elastic

Elastic is a game played in a group of 3-4 people. For this game we need an elastic and 2 pepole hold the elastic on their feet. The other 1-2 players jump over and between the elastic, in some rules counting to ten

1. First jump is over the elastic.
2. The second jump is first you jump trying to get the one foot between the elastic and the other one in the outside – that is one count, the second count is when you do the same thing (one foot in the middle and one on the outside but this time it`s reverse if the first tiem was the right in the middle, left in the outside than the second time is the right on the outside and the left on the middle) and than you get at the side of the elastics you started jumping.
3. The third jump is the same as the second but you jump and count to three.
4. The fourth is the same as 2-3 but you count to 4.

The fifth is the same as 2-3-4 except you count to five. There are diferent rules for 10 steps, and if the person who jumps makes a mistake someone other starts jumping.

3.Gazenka

This game can be played with as many persons as you want, but if you want it to be more fun than you should play with at least 7 people, more people more fun.

First, those who play they hold hands in a sircle, and they jump on the left or the right (it doesn`t matter) and on every jump they say „GA-GA-GAZEN-KA!“  After they say that, they let go of each other and jump around, and the first one to sais „FIRST“ gets the first turn.

Than the first one jumps trying to step some of the players on their foot, trying to eliminate them. When the person who has the turn jumps all of the players can make 1 jump in the same time as the player on the turn is making the jump. Than when he/she jumps he/she sais someone`s name from the players, and than he/she is on turn. That continues until someone gets stepped on his/her foot. Than the player who got stepped is eliminated.

In the next turn than the players who are left get in a sircle holding hands and again the jump and say „GA-GA-GAZEN-KA!“ and they repeat the same thing and again someone gets eliminated. The players repeat this until ONE (THE WINNERr) is left.

1.The wolf and the lamb

This is a game played with at least 6-7 people, or more.
The game starts when the players choose 1 player to be a wolf and 1 player to be a lamb. All of the players form a big circle and the wolf’s job is to catch the goat. The players that formed the circle can let the lamb in the circle and out, but if the wolf needs to enter the circle to catch the lamb he needs to get in or out with force. The game ends when the wolf catches the lamb, or gives up.

2.Day & night

This game has 1 player calling day or night and other players who need to follow his instructions to stay in the game, the last one who didn`t make a mistake wins.When the player calls day the players need to stand up, or if they are already up they stay that way, but if the player says night the need to sit down, or keep sitting if they were already set down.

3.Traffic light

Traffic light  is a game about a policeman telling the cars (other players) how they should move. The policeman can shout three colors: red, yellow or green. If the policeman says red, you should stop walking or running. If the policeman shouts yellow, you should walk. But if the policeman shouts green, you run. If you make a mistake, you go back to where you started. The person that makes it to the finish is the winner.

3rd Meeting Games

1.Bomb

There have to be 4 to 6 players. Lets say 6 players, 2 stand on the opposite side facing each other and the other four in a line in the middle. That is when the game starts. One of the 2 players gets a ball and says these three orders, BOMB, TUNNEL or LIFE. If he says tunnel he slides the ball on the ground and the players in the middle need to spread the legs so the ball can pass as if in a tunnel and the ball must not touch their legs. If the ball touches someone’s leg he is out. If the ball passes untouched it is the other player of the opposite side  that turns if he says bomb he turns around and throws the ball high. If someone is hit he is out if not they are still in the game and the ball is passed again on the opposite player. Then if he says LIFE the players that ate out come in the game and the player turns and throws the ball. If someone that was out catches it he is in the game again. But if someone that was in the game catches it he switches place with the ball thrower. The goal of the game is the last remaining player in the middle is the winner.

2.A broken phone

Children sit next to each other in a circle. The first child whispers a word to the child next to him/her. And that child whispers the same word to the child next to him/her. And the word is transmitted by whispering to the end circle. The last child says the word out loud. If the word is wrong the child is out. 

3.The stork asks for a color

A group of children is gathered and one child volunteers to be the stork. And the other children say ,, The stork wants color, guess which color? Then the child being the stork tells a color and the rest of the children run around to find that color ant touch it. The child that doesn’t find the color is out of the game.

4th Meeting Games

1.A blind cat

One child is chosen to be he blind cat  and is blindfolded. The other children make a circle. And by touching the children the ,,blind cat,, needs to guess which child is it. 

2.Strength game (chairs)

For this game 4 children and 4 chairs are needed. The children put the chairs to make a square. The children sit on the chairs but they put the head in the lap of the child next and they lean on the lap of the next child. Then the chairs are removed but the children stay in the same position as long as they can. The first one that gives up is out. Then the chain is broken.

3.Tic Tac Toe

You have to have 2 teams blue and red and each team has ,2,3,4  or more players. For the game you need to draw with a chalk or have a field the X/O  board/field it has to be big and the teams have the discs, and you need 2 soccer balls. The teams stay behind the lines opposite each other and they have a soccer ball in front of them. The first kids of the two teams have to go around the cones/discs grab one put it in the field and go back with the ball so the next kid goes ,the first team that scores 3 discs in a row is the winner.

5th Meeting Games

1. Hot cold

In this game an object is hidden from a child. When the child is far away from the object the other children say ,,cold, cold, cold,,. As the child approaches the object the other children say ,,warm, warm, warm. And when it gets really close they say ,, hot, hot, hot,,. The aim of the game is to find the hidden object.

 2. Marble game

This game is played with glass or porcelain like little balls. It can be played with 2,3,4 or more players. The players can have 1,2,3, or more of these balls. The aim of the game is to hit a hole in the ground and conquer it or there can just be balls put on the ground and the payers need to try to hit them. The player that hits more balls is the winner and gets all the balls.

 3.  Paper, stone, scissors

In this game can be played with 2 or 3 students. The students with their right hand make the ,paper, or the, stone,, or the scissors,, . The stone can break the scissors and cut the paper. The scissors can cut the paper and the paper can cover the stone. The child that has the stronger sign is the winner.   

Spain

1st Meeting Games

1. BLIND MAN’S BUFF

OBJETIVE OF THE GAME

To guess the person that the blind man tag.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Delimited space.
• Blindfold.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• People play individually (not a very big number of players).
• Everyone is in the delimited field.
• One person wears the blindfold, moving around has to tag someone and try to guess who that player is.
• If he or she fails, tries again with a new player, if he or she succeeds, the blindfold goes to that person. 

RULES:

The players around are allowed to dodge but not to move.

2. BUTTER TAG

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

To get all players sitting down on the floor.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

Delimited space.

An object or piece of cloth for the taggers.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

Taggers must hold something visible to be identified.

Taggers must chase the rest of the players, if they do it, they switch roles.

If a player wants to get out of the chaser, he or she can stop on the place saying “butter”, spreading legs and arms apart. This player has to wait for a partner to cross under the legs but, so he or she will return to the game.

Players in butter position have to melt themselves, crouching down, if they completely couch, they must sit down on the floor and wait for the game to finish.

RULES:When a player is passing under someone’s legs, he can’t be tagged.

VARIATIONS

The number of taggers and the field can be set depending on the number of players and their age.

Every time the player sais a letter he or she has to step on the line at least with one foot.

 You can play in any language to practice specific vocabulary.

3. POLO

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

To make a run before the opponent.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

 Two lines on the floor 5 – 7 m width apart.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

•  Two teams. Each team has to be behind a line.
• One referee calls out a topic.
• One player of each team has to say out loud one word related to the topic. Then he or she can start to cross the space between the lines four times, one for each letter P – O – L – O.
• The faster player who finishes the word POLO, scores a point.

RULES:

 A player can’t run until the topic word has been said.

2nd Meeting Games

1. SITTING BALL

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• Be the last person standing up with the ball.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Delimited space.
• 1 or 2 soft balls.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• People play individually (unlimited number of players).
• Anyone can throw the ball.
• When a person is hit, he or she must sit down on the floor.
• The winner is the last person standing up alone while the others are sat down.

RULES:

• The player with the ball can move but not run or walk.
• The players who are sat can return to the game if the grab the ball again.

VARIATIONS

• More than one ball can be used to make the game more dynamic.
• One ball can sit down the players and the other one set them free.
• To make the game more difficult: in order to return to the game, the player who is sat down must catch the ball and hit someone else.

2. STEAL THE HOOPS

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• Steal all the rings of the opponents in the shortest time possible.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Rectangular field or court divided into two halves, separated with a line.
• 12 hoops of two different colours. (It can be any kind of object).

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• People are divided into two teams.
• Each team is at one half of the field.
• The hoops should be placed at the end of each field (6 on each).
• The players must steal the rings from the opposite field without being tagged.

RULES

• If a player is tagged on the opponents’ field, he or she has to sit down on the same place and wait for a teammate to touch him or her, then he has to return to his field.
• Once a player takes a hoop is immune until he or she goes back to his or her field.

There cannot be more than two people from the same country on each team

3. THE SEVEN DRAGON BALLS

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• Get the 7 dragon balls.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• 7 tennis ball.
• Team vests.
• Sport cones
• Pieces of cloth (tails)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• The group has to be divided into two teams and the field into two parts (each team can wear sport vests of the same colour).
• At the end of each field, there must be a circle with 3 tennis balls and a separate area which will be “the jail”.
• Each player must wear a piece of cloth as a tail.

RULES

• The seventh ball has to be drawn by playing “rock, paper, scissors”.
• Whenever a player enters the opposing field, he or she can be sent to jail when an opponent steals his or her tail. The tail is left on the ground and the player waits in jail until a teammate gives it back.
• The players are release from jail in the same order they got in.

• Inside the circle surrounding the balls the players are immune.
• The winner will be the team that manages to have the 7 balls in their ring without any opponent within that circle.

3rd Meeting Games

1. DODGEBALL

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

Eliminate everyone from the adversary team by hitting them on the body with the ball.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

Rectangular field or court divided into two halves, separated with a line. It is recommended to play indoors, but it can be played outdoors as well.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• People are divided into two teams.
• 4 or 5 soft balls should be set in the middle of both fields.
• Players start at the end of their field.
• The game starts when someone says: “3, 2, 1, dodgeball!”
• If a player is hit below the head before the ball bounces on the floor and then falls, that player must go to the waiting area.
• Players for the waiting area return to the game if a teammate catches the ball on the air.

RULES:

• If a player hits an opponent on the head, he or she is eliminated.
• If a player catches the ball in the air (without touching the floor before), the thrower is sent to the waiting area.
• Players on the waiting area are release in the same order they got in.
• There cannot be more than two people from the same country on each team.

2. GAGABALL

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• To avoid to be touched by the ball on the legs.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

•  Two volleyball balls.
• A field with small walls. You can use wooden benches to make the walls.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

•  The game starts letting one ball bounce three times and all the players touching a wall saying: “GA – GA – GO!”
• Players have to hit the ball with one hand towards other players or the wall in order to hit them on the legs.

RULES:

• Each player can touch the ball once before it touches the wall or another player.
• Every time the ball touches a player, that player is eliminated, no matter if it comes from a rebound of the wall.
• If a player catches the ball on the air, when it comes directly from another player, the player who has hit the ball is eliminated.
• Eliminated players must wait out of the field to finish the game.
• When there are 5 or 6 players left, you can add one more ball.

3. MOVING BASKET

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• To score points on your team basket.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Two baskets/bins/boxes.
• Two handball balls.
• Coloured vests.
• The game can be played in a basketball court.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• Each team puts a keeper in a circle of free throw with one of the baskets.
• Each team passes the ball among them and tries to score on their basket without getting into the circle.

RULES

• All the players have to make a pass before a throw.
• Defenders must keep 1 m from the person with the ball.
• To score a point a throw must be done, you can’t put the ball directly into the basket.
• The player with the ball can give 3 steps without bouncing the ball.
• Nobody can hit the ball with any part of the body except the hands.
• You can change the keeper whenever you want.

4th Meeting Games

1. TONGA

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

Run as many laps as possible.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Two cones.
• 1 ball.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• There are two teams (catchers and batters/runners)
• The two cones must be set at a distance, (depending on the players that distance can be modified).
• The catchers have to be spread around the field.
• One player from the batters team, next to one of the cones, has to bat the ball with his or her arm.
• After batting, that player has to run between the two cones as many times as possible.
• The catchers have to hit the runner with the ball, after that, the runner is out.

RULES:

• When batting, the ball has to go forward, otherwise, that player is eliminated.
• the runner can run in any direction, but he will only score a point if he touches the cone.
• A catcher can´t block the runner if he or she doesn’t have the ball.

VARIATIONS

• Depending on the age of the players, it might be necessary to limit the runs.
• The catchers can’t run with the ball.

2. SPIDER WEB

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

Tag the players as soon as possible.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

 One or two lines on the floor.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• At the beginning one student is named as spider. The spider steps on the line.
• The rest of the players have to cross that line without being touched by the spider.
• If the spider tags a player he or she becomes a spider as well and has the same role.

RULES:

 The spider has to be stepping on the line at least with one foot to tag a player.

VARIATIONS

• You can set as many lines as you can, so that will be the number of spider webs.
• You can set two lines and the players tagged must sit down on the floor between them. These players can tag as well other students while they cross from one line to another.

3.MOVING BASKET

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• To score points on your team basket.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Two baskets/bins/boxes.
• Two handball balls.
• Coloured vests.
• The game can be played in a basketball court.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• Each team puts a keeper in a circle of free throw with one of the baskets.
• Each team passes the ball among them and tries to score on their basket without getting into the circle.

RULES

• All the players have to make a pass before a throw.
• Defenders must keep 1 m from the person with the ball.
• To score a point a throw must be done, you can’t put the ball directly into the basket.
• The player with the ball can give 3 steps without bouncing the ball.
• Nobody can hit the ball with any part of the body except the hands.
• You can change the keeper whenever you want.

5th Meeting Games

1. BOTTLE, BOTTLE!

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• To keep hidden as long as possible.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• A circle drawn on the floor.
• An empty can, bottle, ball… Anything that can be kicked. 

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• Draw a circle on the floor and put the can or the bottle just in the middle.
• Raffle the person who has to be it. This person stands with the back facing the bottle.
• Another player kicks the bottle. The person who is it runs to get the bottle and puts it again in the middle of the circle and shout out loud “bottle bottle!”.
• Once the bottle has been kicked, the rest of the players run and hide. The person who is in has to look for the other players, when he or she sees someone he has to go back to the bottle and say: “bottle, bottle Ana!”, so that person has to come to the circle and wait there.
• If a person who is still hidden reaches the bottle without being seen and kicks it again, all the players who have been discover can run and hide again.
• The game finishes when all the players have been discovered.

RULES:

• If a person who is still hidden reaches the bottle without being seen and kicks it again, all the players who have been discover can run and hide again.
• The game finishes when all the players have been discovered.

2. SHARKS, TUNAS AND BARRACUDAS

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• To tag all your opponents without being tagged.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Coloured t-shirts.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• There are 3 teams: sharks, tunas and barracudas, each one will wear a different coloured t-shirt.
• Each family has must tag all the members of the opponent’s family they are assigned.

RULES:

• Sharks have to eat the tunas.
• Tunas have to eat the barracudas.
• Barracudas have to eat the sharks.
• If a person is tagged, he or she must sit down with straight legs.
• Each person can set free a teammate by jumping three times over his or her legs.
• You can be tagged while you are setting free.
• The winner is the team that first “eats” all the opponents of its family.

VARIATIONS

• There can be a “home” for each family. You can either decide the time or the number of fishes that can be in at the same time.

3. CAPTURE THE FLAG

OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME

• Steal your opponents’ flag.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

• Open space, better with obstacles and street furniture.
• Two objects which will be “the flag”. It can be a piece of cloth or any small objects but of the same size.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

• All the field game is divided into two parts. Each part will be the territory of each team. There must be a “jail” on each territory.
• Each team has to hide their flag on their territory.
• Once the game starts, each team has to find their opponents’ flag. 

RULES:

• If a player crosses the border he or she can be tagged, so he or she must go to jail.
• Players in jail have to wait for a teammate to high five there, so he or she will be free again.
• Once a team has found the flag, they have to take it back to their territory.

Greece

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Portugal

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