This document describes 3 traditional children's games from Greece. The first game is called "O Manolis" where children sit in a circle and sing while one child sits in the middle with their eyes closed trying to catch another child. The second game is "The Bees" where two children make an arch and the other children pass under it like a train, getting sorted into teams. The third game is "The Cat and the Mouse" where one child is the mouse in a protective circle while another is the cat trying to catch the mouse outside the circle.

1. Nursery Rizario School -Trikala –Creece
Traditional children’s games
1. O Manolis.
The children make a circle and one of them sitting in the middle
of the circle, but his eyes are cover.
The children go around the circle and they sing:
Gyro, gyro oli sti mesi o Manolis
Heria podia stin avli ki oli kathonte sth gi.
(It means: We going around of the circle, but Manolis stay
inside. We are sitting in the ground and try to catch one of us.)
At the end of this song they are sitting on the floor.
Then the child who is sitting in the middle of the circle stand up
and try to catch another child who will take his position.

2. 2. The bees
Two children give their hand and make a brigde.One of them is
the moon and the other the sun. They sing this song:
Perna ,perna e melissa me ta melissopoula
ke me ta paidopoula.
(It means: Pass the bee with the little bees and with all the little
children.)
The rest of the children (must be at least 8) make a line and pass
under the bridge (like a train) and at the end of this song the
bridge catch the child who that time try to pass. The two
children who are make the bridge ask the child what prefer: the
moon or the sun. The child chooses and goes behind of the child
who has this name.
This is repeating until there are not other children in the line.
Then the two teams try to pull the other team by their side.
The stronger team is the winner!

3. 3. The cat and the mouse.
The children make a circle. One of them is mouse and stay
inside the circle. Another one is the cat and stay outside of the
circle. The children sing:
Trexe, trexe pontikaki, min se piase to gataki.
( It means :(Run, run little mouse because the cat will catch you)
The child who pretends to be the mouse goes out of the circle
and run around of it. The cat tries to catch it because only out of
the circle can catch it. If the mouse return inside of the circle is
safe.
The game goes on, until the cat catches the mouse.
Then other two children replace them.
Presentation by Ann Magkiosi
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