The document describes three non-competitive games designed to build trust and cooperation among seven-year-old students. The first game involves students pairing up and hugging in rings on the ground. The second has students running and joining different body parts when instructed. The third is like catch, with a growing team attempting to tag free students to join their "fisherman's net." The games have no winners or losers and aim to make children comfortable with each other.

1. Comenius

2. As part of our Comenius project we decided to work with our seven-year old pupils and present some games which are played in the school yard. They are not competitive games and they do not require any special skills. Their aim is to make children trust each other, cooperate with each other and have fun. In these games there are no winners or loosers.

3. “ Small islands and shipwrecks” We place several plastic rings on the ground one less in number than the number of the children. The children start running at random and when the hear the order “two by two’,they have to make pairs and get into one ring and hug each other. Likewise, the game continues, changing the number of the children who get into the ring. First Game

11. “ Touching” The children run within a certain place at random. While they are running, the teacher calls “hand by hand». Then, the children have to run and find a different child and join their hands. The game continues changing the verbal orders into ‘nose by nose’, ear by ear”, cheek to cheek”, back to back” or “knee to knee”. Second Game

23. “ The fisherman’s net” A big team of children are joined with their hands and try to circle the others in order to capture them. The captured ones join the big team. The game is over when the joined team (net) catches all the free children (fish). Third Game