Popular Polish games for children

1. PPOLISHOLISH GGAMESAMES
”K”KNOWINGNOWING EEACHACH OOTHERSTHERS””
Przedszkole Samorzadowe w ZPO w Woli Filipowskiej
on behalf of the project Erasmus+
„My Culture, Your Culture, Our Culture”

2. IntroductionIntroduction
There are many popular games and plays prefered by children. Many of them paly important role
during the process of integration and getting to know their peers.
They introduce a nice atmosphere in the group; integration of children, and for the teacher it is a
very interesting observation of individual units and relations between children.
1.1. JJEŻEŻ
HHEDGEHOGEDGEHOG
Poem:
Na dywanie siedzi jeż, co on robi to my też.
Kogo jeż zawoła ten wejdzie do koła.
Czy dziewczynkę czy chłopaka czy grzecznego przedszkolaka?
Descriptoin:
Children are sitting in a circle, in the middle of the circle there is one child who is a hedgehog. All
children speak the first line of the poem. At this moment, the child who is a hedgehog performs

3. some kind of movement, eg jumps, rompers, squats, all other participants repeat after him/her the
same movement. Children say a continuation of the poem. A child who is a hedgehog chooses one
who will be a hedgehog after him/her.
2.2. KKTOTO JESTJEST PODPOD CHUSTĄCHUSTĄ??
WWHOHO ISIS UNDERUNDER THETHE BLANKETBLANKET??
Descriptoin:
Children are dancing to the music. Whne the music stops they roll on the flor,, hiding their heads
down. /the teacher covers with a blanket one of them. When she says Now, they all stand up and try
to guess who is hidden under the blanket. After giving the right nime of the covered kid they repeat
the play.

4. 3.3. DDOO KOGOKOGO TOCZYSZTOCZYSZ PIŁKĘPIŁKĘ??
WWHOHO AREARE YOUYOU ROLLINGROLLING YOURYOUR BALLBALL TOTO??
Descriptoin
Children are sitting on the flour in a circle. One is rolling the ball to another one. They are rolling
the ball to the child the name they said.

5. 4.4. SSAYAY YOURYOUR NAMENAME TOTO THETHE PUPPETPUPPET
PPOWIEDZOWIEDZ SWOJESWOJE IMIĘIMIĘ
Descriptoin
Children are sitting in a circle. The teacher gives them a puppet. Their task is to introduce
themselves to the puppet and pass it around.

6. 5.5. MMIEJSCEIEJSCE POPO MOJEJMOJEJ PRAWEJPRAWEJ STRONIESTRONIE JESTJEST PUSTEPUSTE......
TTHEHE PLACEPLACE NEXTNEXT TOTO MYMY RIGHTRIGHT SIDESIDE ISIS EMPTYEMPTY….….
Descriptoin
Children are sitting in a circle on chairs. There is one additional chair in the circle that is empty.
The child who is sitting next to the empty chair and it is on his/her right side, is trying to invite here
another child. He/she is saying the sentence starting with the phraze: „The place next to my right
side is empty soI’m inviting here a person who….” and here he/she gives the descripton of the
person egg.: „likes cats”, or „wears a blue t-shirt”, or „has a sibbling”,etc. After that the child
who is thinking he fits the description shoul take the empty place. This way the other chair is empty
now, and the other child has the empty place next to his/her right side.
6.6. MMAŁOAŁO NASNAS DODO PIECZENIAPIECZENIA CHLEBACHLEBA
WWEE AREARE NOTNOT ENOUGHENOUGH TOTO BAKEBAKE BREADBREAD
Song:
Mało nas, mało nas do pieczenia chleba,
tylko nam, tylko nam Ciebie* tu potrzeba.
*(We can replace the word „ciebie”with the rihgt name of the child that will be chosen)
Descriptoin:
Children go around the circle. One of the child is in the middle of the circle. At the words of:
„tylko nam Ciebie* tu potrzeba”
another child is invited. And so on until all the children will already be inside.