1) The document describes four traditional games from Spain: sack race, steal the scarf, chain tag, and blind man's buff. 2) The games can be played with varying numbers of students in locations like the street, schoolyard, or park and typically only require simple materials like sacks or scarves. 3) The descriptions explain how to play each game and include links to video examples.

1. Traditional Games in
Spain
e-twinning Project 2016 / 17
Greece and Spain
2nd Graders

2. Some tips to go through this
presentation…
1. Revise the key grammar or vocabulary: can, run, walk,
clothe, circle…
2. Explain the game in students´ mother tongue.
3. Then, in English.
4. Watch the video and reinforce the content.
5. Go through the questions where all the class participate
orally in an informal way.
6. …and play the games!!!

3. Traditional Games in Spain
1
Name: Carrera de sacos (sacks race).
Number of participants: from 2 to 10.
Space: the street, the school´s backyard, the park…
Materials: sacks.
Description: draw a line (start) and another line (finish).
Children start in the sacks and they jump very fast to pass the
finish line.
Children can´t push their friends in the race!
Video: https://youtu.be/mHqqNo6661A

4. Traditional Games in Spain
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Questions:
1. How many children can participate?
2. Where can you play this game?
3. What do you need? A ball…?
4. Do you run or walk?
5. Do you like it?

5. Traditional Games in Spain
2
Name: El pañuelo (steal the flinsock).
Number of participants: 2 teams.
Space: the street, the school´s backyard, the park…
Materials: a scarf, a piece of clothe…
Description:
There are 2 teams:
Team 1: student 1= number 1, student 2=number 2…student 10=
number 10.
Team 2: student 1= number 1, student 2=number 2…student 10=
number 10.
The teacher is in the middle of the teams with the scarf and says a
number!!! The students with the number run to catch the scarf!!!
Video: https://youtu.be/-2ry4or_VGw

6. Traditional Games in Spain
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Questions:
1. How many teams participate?
2. Where can you play this game?
3. What do you need? A ball…? A scarf…?
4. Do you jump or run?
5. Do you like it?

7. Traditional Games in Spain
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Name: cadeneta.
Number of participants: all the class.
Space: the street, the school´s backyard, the park…
Materials: none.
Description:
One student runs to catch another student.
Now= 2 students. They run holding their hands to catch another
student.
Now=3 students…
Video: https://youtu.be/jgtTUag_HKs

8. Traditional Games in Spain
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Questions:
1. How many children can participate?
2. Where can you play this game?
3. What do you need? A ball…? A scarf…?
4. Do you walk? Or run?
5. Do you like it?

9. Traditional Games in Spain
4
Name: La gallinita ciega (Blind man´s buff).
Number of participants: all the class.
Space: the street, the school´s backyard, the park…
Materials: a piece of clothe.
Description:
One BLIND student (a piece of clothe in the eyes).
The rest of students make a big circle and walk.
The BLIND student is in the middle of the circle and catch one
student= say the name of the student!!!
Video: https://youtu.be/sMztRKF0v3A

10. Traditional Games in Spain
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Questions:
1. How many children can participate?
2. Where can you play this game?
3. What do you need? A ball…? A scarf…?
4. Do you walk? Or run?
5. Do you like it?

11. Now…play the games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!