Frio o caliente (Cold or Hot)

Escogen entre todos un objeto. Envíon a uno de los participantes lejos del área de juego, de manera que no vea dónde lo van a esconder. Esconden el objeto y llaman al que lo va a buscar. Al éste acercarse le gritan “frío” si está muy lejos del sitio del escondite. Si se acerca al sitio del escondite le gritan “caliente”. A veces, si el participante está a una distancia ni muy cerca ni muy lejos de dónde está escondido el objeto, le dicen: “tibio, tibio, tibio”.
Cuando está sumamente cerca le gritan: “Te quemas, te quemas, hasta que, al encontrar el objeto, le gritan: “Te quemaste.”
Luego él escoge otro objeto a la vista de todos y envía a quien él escoja fuera para repetir el juego.

Children choose an object. One of the players must go out, far from the field where they play, so that he won't be able to see where the rest of the players will hide the object. They hide the object and call him to come. They must shout "frio" ("cold") if he moves around, far away from the object. They shout "caliente" ("hot") if he moves toward the object or near it. Sometimes, if he walks around neither far nor near the object, they shout "tibio" ("warm" or "tepid"). When he gets very close, very near the object, the other children shout "te quemas" ("you are going to get burned"), and they go on until the moment he finds the object. Then, they shout "Te quemaste" ("You got burned").
To start the game again, he chooses another object that everybody can see, and he sends away another child before hiding it.

Pre-school students at Centro de Desarrollo Preescolar
Faculdad de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Teacher: Lydia Barreto <[email protected]>