By Adriana Benito. 2f. Delineantes 
I.E.S. La Guineueta. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain 
  
“The Rope” is a typical Spanish game, that we call “Jugar a Cuerdas”. We play it in the street. The players are more than three. To play, you need a rope and two players ("quien da o para"), one at each extreme of the rope. The other players ("the jumpers") stand up back off the players who move the rope. These two players have to move the rope rounding around, above the jumper’s heads. The other players jump the rope one by one, while they sing a traditional rhythmic song. For example, this Spanish one: 

 “El cocherito, leré,  
 me dijo anoche, leré,  
 que si quería, leré,  
 montar en coche, leré.  
 Y yo le dije, leré,  
 Con gran salero, leré,  
 “no quiero cohe, leré,  
 que me mareo, leré”.  
Al nombre de Maria,  
que cinco letras tiene,  
la M, la A, la R, la I, la A,  
M-A-R-I-A!”  

Ivan De Diego Mateu and Rafa Hernandez  Linares. 
I.E.S. La Guineueta. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain. 

The chair-game is a typical European game, in Spain it is called "Juego de las sillas". This game is played with chairs. They put some chairs in circle, one less than players to participate. Then, the players run around the chairs while music or songs sound. 
When the music has stopped, you must sit on the chair. If you cannot sit down, you will be eliminated from the game. Later, they have to take one chair out, to keep them being one less than players. 
The game will finish when the last two players run around a single chair... the winner is the one who is able to sit faster when the music stops! 

By Cristina Abelleira & Nuria Calvo. 2k sanitario 
I.E.S. La Guineueta. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain 
 

“The Goose” is a traditional board game in Spain. I'm going to explain it, that we call "La oca". Four people play The Goose. People usually play The Goose at home. All what is needed is a board with little pictures on, four counters in different colours (one for each player) and a dice. Each player throws the dice in turns and moves it according to the dice. 
If one “lands” or “falls” on a picture (space) with a goose drawn on (and there is one every five pictures!), he or she passes jumping onto the next places until the following goose, and throws the dice again. When a player lands on square number 6, he moves to 12, because he or she can go “from bridge to bridge”. If he or she lands on number 26 he moves to place 52 because there are two connected pictures with dices on; if he or she lands on number 31 (the well) or 42 (the labyrinth) he or she misses two throws or turns. 
If the player lands on number 52 (the jail) he or she has to wait for another player to land on the same square, and then they have to exchange places. If any player falls on number 58 (Death), he or she must start again! 
The winner of the game is the one who arrives first on square number 63, the Lake of gooses. If the number from the dice is not an exact one, the player must go back and wait until he or she throws the correct amount.  You can play The Goose at any time! 
 

By Sara Blazquez and Raquel Serrano. 2f delineantes. 
I.E.S. La Guineueta. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain 

Place: you can play on the playground, and generally in the street.                     
Players: Any number of players can play this game. 
Material: you need a piece of elastic string.  
Two players stand face to face while they hold the elastic tense from one’s feet to the other’s feet. The other players must jump opening and closing their feet on the elastic, while they sing a rhythmic song, which does not mean anything: 
 

 “Uni, dori, teri, cateri,  
 mata la veri,  
 viri, virón,  
 dentro y fuera son!” 

By Diana Ruiz Saban. 2ºF Delineantes 
I.E.S. La Guineueta. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain. 

Many people can play this game. They play it with out anything else, but they need a playground or and open air. The process is the next: 
One person (called the "Counter") counts from one to any number (50, 100...) with closed eyes, standing up in a "Home" place. The other players have to hide around. When all the players are hidden and the person who is counting has finished, he or she has to look for them, and search around. If this “Counter” manages to see some player nearby, both must go up running to where the counter was counting (the "Home" place): the first who arrives, wins.  
If the winner is the Counter, he/she “catches” or “hunts” the other, and then he/she must look for the rest of players. If the winner is the other one, the hidden runner, so he/she "saves" himself/herself, and stays there after shouting: "Saved!" 
The game finished when all players who were hidden are discovered or saved. 
  
Vocabulary of the game: 

• "Counter". The counter is a person who has to count while the other boys or girls hide around. Usually, they choose the one who is going to start, by doing a sort of short counting-game and singing a counting-song. For example, this Spanish one: 

"En la casa de Pinocho,  
solo cuentan hasta ocho:  
uno, dos tres, cuatro,   
cinco, seis siete y ocho."  
 
• "Saved! ". This is the word that the player who is discovered shouts, when he arrives at home before than the counter. By doing so, this player can avoid being caught.  

"Home". It is the place where the Counter is counting and where the other players have to arrive before the counter. It can be a tree, a wall, a stone... any visible mark is OK.