Children Games
Soldiers Game * Tara, tara, vrem ostasi!
The Stone Bridge is falling down * Podul de piatra s-a daramat
Soldiers Game * Ţară, ţară, vrem ostaşi!
Two children teams play this game.
The first one starts the game saying: "Country, country, we want
soldiers!" The other team replies: "Whom?" One of the children is
chosen to be "soldier". The team of the child chosen has to make a
wall holding their hands. The other team must be able to break the wall. If it
succeeds the chosen one goes to the adverse team, if not, he/ she remain on his/
her team. The game continues in this way. The winner is the team who succeeds to
gather more soldiers.
In America, the game is called "Red Rover." The children call, "Red Rover, Red Rover, let … -name of the child- come over!" If she or he breaks through the line, a child from the line goes back to the opposite side. This game is fun!
The Stone Bridge is falling down * Podul de piatra s-a daramat
It is a game in which all the children sing the following song:
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Podul de piatra s-a daramat, A venit apa si l-a luat, Vom face altul pe rau in jos, Altul mai trainic si mai frumos! |
"The stone bridge is falling down, The water came and took it away. We will build another one down the river, A more lasting and beautiful one." |
There are two children who choose a name which usually is the name of a precious stone or valuable things and then they lift their hands and touch them standing face to face. The other children hold hands to one another and pass under the "bridge" made by the bodies and the hands of the two children. Everybody is singing and when the song is ready one of the children is "caught" in the very moment he/she passes under the bridge.
The three children go a little further and talk. The caught child has to choose between the two names and he will then follow the one he has chosen and stay behind him, holding him with his both arms. They will go back and the children will continue the game. After the last child has been "caught", they hold one another and the two children who were the bridge hold hands and the others behind them, according to the name they have chosen, start to pull in opposite directions, until the stronger party wins. The game is ready and it may be begin again.