Poland - games

Poland - plays

TRADITIONAL, POLISH SILENT GAMES ( WITHOUT many WORDS)

They can be played indoors or oudoors in a group od 5 – 10 children best (can be more)

1. HIDE AND SEEK

One child, who is the “seeker” stands face to the wall with their eyes closed. She / He counts to ten (or twenty – as they agreed). The other children hide.

When the counting is finished, the seeker says ( Szukam!!!) “I’m seeking” and runs to find everyone.

The people remain hiding until they are found and the last one to be found is the winner.

2. SPIDER AND FLIES

One child is “a spider”, the other children are “flies”. The “flies” are running around, buzzing ( making bzzzz noise like real flies), moving their arms like wings, for 30 seconds up to one minute.

The spider is observing, standing in the corner of the room or a little outside of the group.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, the spider shouts “Pająk!!! ” ( Spider!!!).

Now the flies must stop and stand still ( without any movement).

The spider “hunts” (says their name and takes them outside) all the children who make even a small movement. The child who can stand still ( not moving) for the longest time is the next spider.