1. Games and playsThePrimarySchool 21Koszalin, Poland

2. “Chowanego” – Hide and Seek “Chowanego” – Hide and Seek – a very popular game. The one who was seeking was counting or saying a counting-out rhyme. After finishing counting, usually to a hundred, the player shouted “I’m seeking!” and was looking for the other players. Those who were able to hide and not be seen waited for a moment whenthey could run to a place where there was counting and shouted “One, two three, for me!”

3. Cymbergaj “Cymbergraj” – this was a kind of football match using a comb and coins. A desk was a football pitch. By hitting a coin (a footballer) with a comb players aimed to score the goal.

4. “Dwaognie” – Dodgeball “Dwaognie” or “Zbijak” – Dodgeball– two playersstand in front of eachother(on two sides of a pitch), between them there are other players who have to move or dodge in order not to be hit by the ball thrown by the opponent player. When the ball hits one of the players, he or she is out, but when the ball is caught, there is a chance for ‘revenge’.

6. “Klasy” – Hopscotch “Klasy” – Hopscotch – one of the most popular game among girls. A game in which children hopped into and over squares marked on the ground to get a stone thrown into one of these squares.

7. “Piłkarzyki” – Little footballers “Piłkarzyki” – Little footballers – a table game where lines of little footballers were fixed to metal poles, the poles were moved by players, a table tennis balls was used in this game. The purpose was to score the goal. Even four players could play in one team

8. “Zośka” – Sophie “Zośka” – Sophie – a ball of wool was flicked up with a foot or a leg. Inside the ball there was a piece of lead to make it heavier. The more the ball was being flicked up, the better. Different techniques were used to make the ball go up. It was played individually, in pairs or in groups.

9. Madeby:Arkadiusz P.