Transcript  This presentation is about five popular games which were played in Spain when we were a bit younger.  The colours have.

 This presentation is about five popular
games which were played in Spain when we
were a bit younger.
 The colours have been chosen to represent
girls and boys (pink and blue) which were
the typical colours they used to represent
them in those days.
 Today some of them are rarely played in
playgrounds at schools and others have
almost disappeared.
 Well, all of you know that we are students of
English and it´s difficult for us to speak this
language so be patient please and have a
nice time with us.
 THE SHOW IS ABOUT TO START
Carmen Alonso
Juan Manuel Berrocal
Diana Camelo
Felipe Casas
Carmen Herranz
Jose María López
Manuel Martín
Montse Villarreal
HOPSCOTCH
EL TRUEQUE
 The winner was the
one who made all
the steps without
throwing out the
stone.
Girls and boys played this game in
the street during all the year.
Age of participants: 8,9,10…
They had to paint a particular
design with a piece of chalk on
the floor.
By turns they threw the stone inside
the design. If the stone went out,
you lost your turn. After putting the
stone inside, you had to jump with
an only foot or two: reaching the
top in order to rest, coming back
to the first position.
SEVEN AND A HALF
SIETE Y MEDIA
 We need 3 coins and
we have to paint a
design on the floor.
 By turns the coin is
thrown onto the design.
 If the coins go out you
The target of the game is to
get “seven and a half”.
lose your turn.
SPINNING TOP
TROMPO o PEONZA
The cord is wound round the spin
and this is thrown onto the floor,
starting to dance.
Players perform each round and
then each player maneuvers to win
the game.
THE TOPS
LAS CHAPAS
 This is a cheap game indeed
The winner is the one who
gets first to the finishing
line.
Boys used to paint the
tops with football players’
or famous cyclists’ faces.
since you only need tops or caps
from bottles to play it.
 You have to design a circuit on
the pavement with a piece of
chalk. The most important thing is
to design it with a lot of bends,
narrowings, straight lines and
obstacles to jump over.
 The players place their tops on
the starting line and each player
has to throw the top with their
fingers.
 If a top leaves the circuit you must
go back to the point of throwing.
 When a top pushes away another
one the player is thrown out.
 SKIPPING THE ROPE
 LA COMBA
 This game is very easy.
 We just need a group of friends
and a rope.
 Everybody is on a line prepared
to skip. Two people hold the rope
hanging from both ends moving
the rope in circles.
 The rest of the people skip over
the rope singing a song.
 We need a string or an elastic
band. This game is played in
pairss.
 We make a knot with the string.
MAKING STRING
FIGURES
The game consists of making
string figures.
 The pair who make all the
figures in the shortest period of
time, win the game.
 Every figure has its name. The
first one is called: the cat´s
cradle; the second one is the
diamond; the third one, the
candles and so on and so forth
THE CHINESE
LOS CHINOS
The game consists of
guessing the total number
of coins that some players
–at least two- keep in their
closed hands.
Every player uses three
coins.
This game, apart from
being a gambling game; is
used as a way to decide
who pays for the drinks” in
a bar or things like that.
Children are supposed to
bet only marbles or some
picture cards.
MARBLES
LAS CANICAS

We need a group of
friends and of course,
marbles. We need also a
flat place to play, then we
make a hole on the
ground about 10 x10cms.
It´s important to agree on
the rules before starting.
We can play for keeping
marbles that you win or
for friends.
If they are successful trying to put the
marble into the hole, they take for them
the rest of the marbles on the ground
and they can shoot again.
You keep all of
your marbles
at the end of
the game.
Players take
turns shooting
marbles
pinching them
un their index
fingers and
flicking them
with their
thumbs.