The Stone Bridge
This game has probably a "relative"
in every country. The British one is "London Bridge is falling down". The
game symbolizes the children's wish to grow up and become good and strong
adults.
Two taller kids are standing
in front of each other, with their hands up, forming a sort of gate (or
an arcade/ a vault). The others are moving in line through the gate, singing:
The stone bridge
broke down,
The water came and took
it away,
But we'll build another
one down the river,
A more solid and more beautiful
one.
When the children finish the
song, the two "gate-keepers" put their hands down and capture a "prisoner".
He or she is asked to select one of the two "gate-keepers." The child is
standing behind his favourite, increasing the solidity of the "bridge".
The game goes on until all
the children choose one of the two leaders. They are divided now into two
teams. They draw a demarcation line between the teams. Every child embraces
the waist of the one who is in front of him, and the gatekeepers hold tight
each other's hands.
Each row pulls the other.
The team that is pulled over the demarcation line loses the game.
Serban Boboc
Teacher coordinator: Doina
Boboc
Duiliu Zamfirescu School,
Focsani, Romania
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