Games in the USSR for children at home. What did the children of the last century play - Game2Day. The sea is worried

My dear teachers! Here comes the long-awaited summer! And that means a playground and outdoor games! I suggest you remember our old favorite games and teach them to the guys. I'm sure it will be great fun! Let's leave the Winx fairies and all kinds of robots, let them get bored... But we won't be bored!

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"Rubbers"
Target: develop the vestibular apparatus, coordination, attentiveness. To teach to train, to win, to lose with dignity, to jump above all and be friends with girls, even if at the moment they are rivals.
Game progress:
The main attribute of this game for girls is an elastic band. The ideal number of players is 3-4 people. Each participant performs jumping figures and combinations at different heights: from the level of the ankles (the "first" ones jump) to the level of the neck (the "sixth" ones jump). As soon as the jumper makes a mistake, another participant takes her place, and the girl who made a mistake puts on an elastic band. If there are four players, the pairs change places when both players from the same pair alternately make mistakes.

"Classics"

Target: develop dexterity, accuracy, ability to concentrate and knowledge of numbers.
Crayons, an asphalt pad and a pebble (or puck) are required. You draw small cells with numbers in a certain sequence, and you can even jump alone. The main thing is to hit the cage with a stone, jump to it on one or two legs and return back the same way. The luckiest player is the one who manages to go all the way from one to ten. The number of players in the "classics" can be any.

"Boyars"

Target: develop the ability to be in a team and win in a one-on-one situation.
Participants of this old Russian- folk game are divided into two equal teams and stand opposite each other in ranks, holding hands, at a distance of 10–15 m. The teams move towards each other, uttering a long speech in turn: “Boyars, and we have come to you, dear, and we have come to you. ..” The dialogue ends with the words: “Boyars, open the gates, give us the bride forever.” The one who is chosen as the bride must then scatter and break through the enemy's chain. If the attempt is successful, the player returns to his team, if not, he remains on the other. The next round is started by the losing team. The goal of the game is to gather as many members as possible in a team.

"More quieter, you will continue - stop"

Target: develop coordination, the ability to run fast and respond to changing circumstances.
The task of the driver is to stand with his back to the participants at the finish line (the greater the distance between the driver and the participants, the better) and say loudly: “You go quieter, you will go further - stop.” While the driver is talking (and he can do it at any pace), the participants try to run as far as possible towards the finish line. As soon as the driver falls silent, you need to freeze in place. Anyone who did not have time to stop or made a random move is out of the game. The winner is the one who gets to the finish line first and touches the driver.

"Sorcerers"

Target: develop the ability to run fast, think quickly and respond to what is happening.
Participants run away from the driver (this game is a kind of tag). The driver catches up with the player and touches him - he taunts. The salted one spreads his hands, and any other participant can run up, touch him and “rescue him”. The task of the driver is not to stray far from the greasy and not to let anyone take a step towards him.

"The sea is worried"
Target: develop imagination, spontaneity and artistry.
The host turns away from the players and says a rhyme:
The sea is worried
The sea is worried two,
The sea is rough three
Marine figure freeze in place!
As he speaks, the participants move chaotically in any order, imitating wave movements with their hands. As soon as the driver falls silent, you need to freeze in some figure. The driver approaches one of the players and touches him. The player depicts his figure in motion, and the driver guesses what it is. The player whose figure could not be guessed becomes the leader himself.

"Cossack robbers"
Target: develop basic intelligence skills, the ability to navigate the terrain and stamina.
Players are divided into two teams - "Cossacks" and "robbers". They agree on what territory they play. It can be a yard, an entrance, a street, several yards. "Robbers" guess a secret word. "Cossacks" step aside so as not to see the "robbers". The "robbers" run away, marking the direction of their movement with arrows on the asphalt (walls of houses, curbs, trees, etc.). They begin to run in a group, and then they scatter in all directions, trying to confuse the "Cossacks" with arrows. The task of the "Cossacks" is to find the "robbers" by the arrows.

"12 sticks"

Target: develop the ability to competently hide and quickly run when necessary.
The game reminds classic hide and seek. 12 small sticks are placed on the “lever” (for example, on a plank and a stone placed under it) so that, stepping on the lever, you can scatter the sticks. The task of the driver is to collect the sticks, put them on the lever, say with eyes closed counting rhyme and go in search of hidden players. As soon as the driver discovers the player, he runs to the "lever" and breaks the sticks, naming the name of the one found. The player becomes the leader. If the found one manages to get ahead of the driver and run to the sticks first, the driver does not change.

"Bouncers"
Target: develop the ability to dodge, agility, coordination of movements
"Bouncers" - two players - stand on both sides of the site. The rest of the players are in the center. The task of the "bouncers" is to throw the ball to each other and hit any of the "central" players. The task of the players is to dodge the flying ball. The one who is hit is out of the game. Other participants can "save" the eliminated player by catching the ball in the air (the main condition is not from the ground, otherwise you will also fly out). When there is one member left in the team of "central" players, he must dodge the ball as many times as he is old. If he manages to do this, all the retired return to their original places.

"I know 5 names"
Target: develop multitasking, erudition, the ability to correct your mistakes and move on.
The first player takes the ball in his hands, says: “I know one girl’s name”, hits the ball with one hand on the ground and calls the name. Then he continues with different variations: “I know one name of the boy”, “I know one color”, “I know one animal”, “I know one city”. When all combinations are used, the player says the same counting rhymes, only at the expense of two: “I know two names of the girl” - and then in a circle. The game continues until ten. If, while hitting the ball, the player did not have time to name or hit the ball, the turn passes to another participant. When the ball, having passed through all the participants, returns to the first player, he continues to play from the phrase on which he made a mistake. The winner is the one who first gets to ten in this speech.

"Edible-Inedible"
Target: develop a sense of humor, the ability to listen carefully and respond quickly.

All players sit or stand in a row. The driver throws the ball to one of the participants and at the same time calls some object. If the item is "edible", the player catches the ball. If not, it rejects. The task of the driver is to confuse the player, for example, in the chain “apple-melon-carrot-potato” unexpectedly say: “iron”. If the player makes a mistake and “eats” the “inedible”, then he becomes the leader himself. The faster the driver throws the ball and names the objects, the more exciting and interesting it is to play.

ring-ring
Target: develop the ability to follow the manipulations of others, to act quickly and decisively.
Players sit in a row and fold their palms like a boat. The driver holds in a fist or folded palms small object e.g. coin, button, ring. He goes around each player in turn, putting his “boat” into his “boat” and saying a counting rhyme: “I wear, I wear a ring and I will give it to someone.” The task of the driver is to quietly put the “ring” into one of the players and say “Ring-ring, go out on the porch!” After that, the player who got the item jumps up and tries to run away. The task of the remaining participants is to detain the evader.

Are you going to the ball?
Purpose: to develop imagination, pick up synonyms and ask questions,the ability to think outside the box, monitor one's own speech, hold attention and quickly find a way out of the current situation.

The leader pronounces a rhyme:

The lady sent you a piece of blanket

Told me not to laugh

Sponges do not make a bow,

"Yes" and "no" do not say,

Do not wear black and white.

Are you going to the ball?
After the rhyme, the driver asks the player a variety of clarifying questions: what will he ride, what will he ride, what color will the dress or trousers be, what is the name of the groom, etc. The player's task is to answer the questions without using the words "yes", "no", "black", "white". The most interesting thing is to mix simple and complex questions, change the pace of speech and intonation.

"I was born a gardener"
Target: develop memory, attention, courage and readiness to be responsible for their actions.

Each player chooses a name for himself - the name of the flower and informs his "gardener"-driver and other players. The driver says a rhyme: “I was born a gardener, I was seriously angry, I was tired of all the flowers, except ...” And he calls the “name” (name of the flower) of one of the players. There is a dialogue between the driver and the player. The player says the name of one flower from those that are in the team. The participant whose name was spoken must respond. The dialogue continues. The one who made a mistake: for example, did not respond to his name, mixed up the name of the flowers, - gives a phantom (any of his things). At the end of the game, forfeits are played out. The “gardener” turns away, they take out the thing and ask the driver: “What should this player do?” The "gardener" assigns a task (jump on one leg, squat, sing, recite a poem, etc.) - the player "works out" the phantom and takes his thing.

"Hot potato"
Target: develop dexterity, coordination of movements, attention.

All players stand in a circle and throw the ball to each other, beating it off. If one of the players did not hit the ball, he squats in the center of the circle ("cauldron"). The game continues.

Any player at will can help out the "guilty". To do this, he, beating the ball, tries to hit them on those sitting in the center of the circle. The “released” (the one who was touched by the ball) again takes part in the game.

Those sitting inside the circle try to catch the ball flying past. Important - at the same time, you can’t get up from your haunches to your full height, you can only try to jump up without getting up to your full height. If one of the players succeeded, then all the “punished” return to the game, and the player who threw the ball takes their place.

For younger players - the same thing, but you can not beat the ball, but catch it in two hands and quickly (!!! - the potatoes are hot, we'll burn ourselves !!!) toss to the next player. If someone hesitates, he also goes into the circle of "guilty".

Participants - at least 4 people.

We choose the driver by counting. He takes the ball in his hands and stands in the center of the circle, which is formed by the rest of the players. The driver throws the ball up and calls the name of any player (for example, "Shtander-Pasha"; "Shtander-Vasya", another variation is "Khali Halo Pasha"). The one whose name was called must catch the ball, at which time everyone else scatters as far as possible from it. As soon as the ball is caught, the player shouts: Shtander-stop! (Hali halo stop!)
Everyone freezes in place.

The player with the ball chooses any player to whom he will need to touch the ball.

Steps:

Giant - full leg span step

Human - ordinary steps

Lilliputian - when the heel of one foot is placed immediately in front of the toe of the other

Ants - take small steps on their toes (one step immediately in front of the other)

Umbrellas - a circle around you on one leg

Duck - squatting steps

Frog - jump

Camel - you had to step where you spit

It's better to name a bunch of "entertaining" steps to make it more fun. For example: "There are 7 giant ones before Katya, three umbrellas, two Lilliputian ones ..." After all the steps are named, the player with the ball performs them and must throw the ball towards the hidden player. If the player catches the ball or dodges, the driver throws the ball up again and everything repeats from the beginning. If hit, then the player becomes the driver.

Now let's remember what we did in the yards, between homework, music school and "good night, kids."

It is clear that there were bicycles, badminton and football ... But now you will not surprise anyone with this. But the forgotten yard fun is worth a separate mention. Especially those that were not particularly approved by their parents and caused curses from the neighbors. And then they brought to the district police officer ...

Karta-abla and company

To begin with, it was necessary to raise capital, that is, to have at least a small collection game currency- inserts from chewing gum, caps, ingots, stickers. The game itself was not to say very highly intellectual. For example, chewing gum inserts were stacked face down, and the stack had to be hit with the palm of your hand. Those earbuds that turned over became yours. Similarly, they cut into caps - round bright chips with a variety of cartoon and computer evil spirits - only they threw a pile on the asphalt. Battles with all kinds of caps, corks, ingots, acres and other trash attributes of that era were lined up almost according to the same scheme.

Each player had his own tactics and his own know-how; in the evenings, many hours of training took place on the linoleum - the movements had to be strictly honed, mathematically correct and psychologically oppressive to the opponent. Naturally, in every yard there was a lucky man (read: cheater), who turned all the liners over with one movement of his sweaty palm or won all the chips with one blow on the asphalt. In the courtyard they hated such people, but on the sly they envied and silently respected them.

slingshots

It will be strictly about self-made authentic devices.
Such slingshots were of two types: classic and keyed. The classic ones were made from a thick Y-shaped branch, there was a gray tourniquet (for example, in a pharmacy), a piece of skin was poked somewhere, and the whole structure was fixed with electrical tape or copper wire (blue electrical tape - there is nothing more feng shui!). Anything could be fired from such a weapon, but stones were the best and most traumatic. Well, of course, through the windows!

It was easier to make a keyed slingshot, but its life was also short. All I had to do was find a thick braided aluminum wire in a landfill and - at home - an elastic band from my underpants. The charges for this subspecies of yard weapons were dowels - bent pieces of wire. The weapon did not have a special destructive power, but the cats were not badly scared, and in the war it was possible to charge the enemy robustly between the eyes.

Sikalka

Well, in general, you already understood where the name of this entertainment came from. During the times of stagnation and perestroika, the sikalka perfectly replaced water pistols, which were expensive, and disposable syringes, which were not.

This melee weapon was made like two fingers: they took an empty bottle of shampoo, bleach, or any soft container with a cork. With a red-hot nail, a hole in the cork was widened and the top of an ordinary ballpoint pen was soldered there. For fidelity, it was still possible to seal with mastic or plasticine. Well, they chased each other around the yard. So what? Water battles a la Tsushima, only without the Japanese.

Dart

In the absence of real ones, darts were made from improvised materials: paper, matches, needle, glue and thread. Such darts flew quite well and even stuck. Particularly high scores for aerodynamics were received by devices with pigeon feathers.
On the carpet (which certainly hung on the wall - in best traditions muligambii) a "target" from a notebook sheet was hung up, and the game began.

Of course, they also played war games with darts. They were the instruments of revenge and - sometimes - the decisive word in the eternal dispute "who is the circle on the bike."

Boomerang

Soviet Kulibins figured out how to make a boomerang in conditions of total shortage. In the late 80s, nothing like this was ever sold, and the punks simply took two ordinary wooden rulers and electrical tape, and over the steam, with patience and skill, the blades could be slightly twisted. Such a boomerang was clearly to scare the birds. Or similar ones, but younger.

Crossbow (pugach)

This weapon was made in 10 minutes from a clothespin, thread and a match.

Instead of a match, it was possible to take a needle inserted with an eye into a piece of a match. Such a dart not only pierced cardboard perfectly, but stuck into a person just as well.

Harkalka

An integral attribute in the yard and the number one device at school breaks (yes, to be honest, and in the classroom too ... no - especially in the classroom!) Was a tube from which you could spit at enemies and girls.

Harkalka. You could spit with anything, including a natural product of your own production, but the same plasticine flew into girlish curls with particular relish. It was very difficult to get such a pipe, and its owners boldly added 50 points to their skills. Of course, one could simply remove the rod from a ballpoint pen and spit, but this was a purely proletarian option. It was necessary to spit strictly from spitting.

Plasticine

In general, it is worth immediately dwelling on such an important thing as ordinary plasticine.

There was a little more than a fig in every house, because it: a) was cheap, and b) was considered the third most important source of creativity (after paints and colored pencils). In fact, resourceful Soviet boys used it for such near-creative things as:

Forgery of stamps on movie tickets
manufacturing of especially powerful projectiles for shooting from slingshots and slingshots
throwing mashed and maximally colored shells into the hair of the girls or boys they liked (I remember my mother had to somehow hear from the teacher, and I was far from the injured party of the plasticine battle)
plugging the exhaust pipe to a neighbor, Uncle Kolya.
covering up the peephole and the lock on Uncle Borya's neighbor's door
weighting shuttlecock in badminton, etc.

bombs

Specifically, homemade bombs. In fact, these were explosive packages either from red lead and silver, or from magnesium and potassium permanganate. Serebryanka is quite an ordinary paint, so it was painlessly in a household or art store. Potassium permanganate was bought in pharmacies. Minium was mined from batteries, magnesium - most often by vandalism, i.e. just breaking off pieces from everything that catches your eye. Then these ingredients had to be crushed.
For the manufacture of the mixture, experience was needed and, importantly, compliance with safety regulations. If on a test drive after the sample ignited, a "bunny" was furious in the eyes for a long time - the mixture is approx. Otherwise - for revision.

The simplest explosives are stones covered with an infernal mixture, stuffed into polyethylene, tied tightly with electrical tape. The punks excelled as best they could. Instead of bags, they used balls, empty cans, siphons. The more destructive the better. The dumber, the tougher. The most important thing was to have time to be at a safe distance from the explosion, but at the same time "to look at it like it shied away."

Chimneys

There were countless of them. Each district of the city contributed to this multi-volume encyclopedia of courtyard wisdom. But the most popular and simplest were chimneys using a certain type of plastic. A broken ping-pong ball or pieces of a plastic tumbler were wrapped in foil.

We set fire, move away, look, extinguish, stink. Based on these options, with the addition of ingredients and devices such as sparklers, it was possible to get a chimney that not only smokes, but also beautifully throws a fountain of smoke to a height of 2-3 meters! One of the most simple ways have fun - throw a couple of pieces of slate into the fire. It doesn't smoke much, but it shoots like that. in pieces.

Dowel

Everything here is for beginners. The dowel was driven into the asphalt, taken out, and sulfur from matches was crushed into the resulting hole. From above, the dowel was tightly inserted again and a stone was thrown from above. The explosion caused a sea of ​​primitive emotions, and the hole expanded to 4 cm in diameter, turning the asphalt inside out. There was a version of a flying firecracker - from a plastic bag, 2 bolts, 1 nut for bolt threads and, of course, sulfur from matches as the most affordable explosive material. The explosive package was thrown vertically up or against the wall. A box of matches at that time cost 1 kopeck.

Carbide

Remember the pebbles with a specific smell, bubbling in the water? Caring gas welders shook out the carbide from the cylinders, and the kids found and had fun. Calcium carbide is remarkable in that it burns well, and when combined with water, it releases gas. They simply threw it into a puddle, setting it on fire, and warmed their hands, squeezing the carbide in a palm immersed in a puddle, and thrust it into water bottles, plugging it with a cork ... Found carbide meant several hours of fun. And sometimes a whole day of traumatic experiments.

Chemical-pharmaceutical fun, in general, was especially common, and long before the appearance of chemistry lessons in the schedule. Saltpeter, carbide, ammonia, sodium, dry alcohol, hydroperite tablets, analgin, potassium permanganate, glycerin were used ... For example, cool flying machines were obtained using ammonium nitrate, in which a newspaper was soaked, and then twisted and set on fire. Such a newspaper was thrust into a jar of hairspray, and the rocket rushed in an unknown, however, direction. Sometimes at the head, sometimes at Aunt Zoya's window from the ground floor. Or here's another, from the favorites: capacitors were taken out of a TV found in a landfill and placed on a lit tablet of dry alcohol. Or more simply - thrown into the fire. Figachilo just unrealistically beautiful. And if you grind a couple of tablets of hydroperite and analgin, then acrid smoke became the key to a disrupted lesson. Well, the classic: a mixture of iodine and ammonia. The resulting precipitate was filtered off with a blotter, cut out when wet, and dried. Now it was possible to put the infernal crystals under the leg of Marivanna's chair and wait quietly. And again a disrupted lesson and thunderous applause from classmates. Particularly fearless (they are also brainless) stuffed this sediment wet into the keyhole of the head teacher - in a successful scenario, the key flew into the stomach.

flatten everything

It was very fashionable to find the rails and put something on them before the approaching train - a nail, a coin, a fanta cover. If you're lucky, you get an original boy's souvenir or a game ingot.

Matches

Matches, although not a toy, were always at hand by the punks. There was, for example, such a popular pastime: you take a match, spit on the wall in the entrance and immediately spread white lime on the match; then you light a match and throw it at the ceiling. For those who were especially lucky, the match stuck and left an artistic black spot. Repeating the action several times, we got an abstract picture on the ceiling. Well, a slap from the parents, as a result of a misunderstanding of high art by the masses.

knives

Every self-respecting kid had to have a folding knife in his pocket. Borrow from your brother, steal from your father, beg from your grandfather, but take it out into the yard and prove that you are a man. The knife was needed both for imaginary self-defense and for playing "knives". Varieties, again, a lot, but in general it was something like this. A field was drawn on the ground, divided into sections. Each occupied his own area. Then, while standing, it was necessary to stick a knife into the enemy’s area and thus gradually cut off piece by piece from his ground. Did not stick (“prearranged”) - the transition of the move. Well, then a bunch of rules and exceptions to them. Dangerous, but vital. The first political strategy, cho there.

pistons

In general, the bands of caps were intended for single shots from pestles. But it was too simple and unbearably boring, so a tape (or even several) of caps was taken and folded in a pile, for example, on a curb or, better, on a metal surface. To extract the maximum sound and get a magical smell, it was necessary to hit the caps hard with a stone or hammer.

Voynushka

Almost all of the above could be used simultaneously in this most popular yard game.

They played war games, breaking into two teams. Usually shared for the sake of the game itself, that is, spontaneously. And there were moments when the game reflected the real state of affairs in the yard and helped to finally find out who is cooler - the fifth house or the house nine building BE. Sometimes they pulled a match, which determined who would be for the Germans, and who - for "ours." The game made the most of the achievements of the Soviet toy industry, and self-made devices and gadgets. Soviet children imitated the battles of the Great Patriotic War with the help of any available means at hand - from expensive machine guns to wooden pistols made with a hacksaw and a rasp. Bows, crossbows with clothespins and rubber bands, buggies made of copper pipes, harkalki, sikalki, slingshots, bombs stuffed with magnesium and saltpeter, wooden swords made of boards, daggers, daggers, pneumatic guns from pumps from a large ...

Varieties of warfare was the game of Indians and "Cossack robbers." Girls were accepted into the game, but mostly as part-time nurses.

Elephants

Elephants were played by two teams of approximately equal weight. One team - elephants - becomes a chain and each, bending over, hides his head in a neighbor. It is recommended to play in teams of five people. The players of the other team - riders - take turns jumping onto the construction of elephants from a run. They must not only fit, but also hold.

According to the logic of the game, the first jumper must make every effort and reach the head of the first elephant. The second is behind him, and so on. You can't move after landing. There are three options for the development of events: either one of the elephants can’t stand it and breaks the chain (elephants lose), or one of the riders flies by, falls, says a word, doesn’t jump at all (elephants win), or the elephants carry everyone sitting on them riders to the finish line (elephant victory). Silly, traumatic, not aesthetically pleasing, but a lot of fun.

Catching of living creatures

children and in Soviet time were prone to sadism and livelihood. In the summer, the common entertainment of the young Nazis was catching flies, bees, beetles, lizards and then imprisoning them in matchboxes, cans, and bottles. Some released their pets whole after a couple of days, some conducted dismemberment experiments, especially perverted ones watched when and how the insect would die. The children.

Throwing at passers-by

We think this fun exists to this day. As children, we took bags, poured water into them, tied them up and threw ourselves from the balconies. It was considered cool to add potassium permanganate to the water and not get hit on the ears, remaining unrecognized by Zorro. The children of wealthy parents threw eggs, the children of hard workers - potatoes and tomatoes.

Sifa

It was probably the most popular game. From the inventory, she did not require anything, except, in fact, the sif. Usually the sifah was a rag for wiping the board, and in the conditions of the yard - any garbage found in the garbage. The meaning of the game is to get a sipha into the body of a comrade. It was especially fun and humiliating to get somewhere in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe face. The victim is publicly declared a Seth, and now everyone runs away from her as from a typhoid. The Sif man must now hit another, and so on. Usually the game ended with the arrival of a teacher or a noble battle - often due to the fact that sooner or later the sif flew into the face of an element not participating in the fun.

There was a variation called "catch me brick". It was a humiliating game, both mentally and physically. The loser ran with the heavy brick after the others until he remained a Sith forever.

rubber band

We sincerely feel sorry for those who missed this game. Those who stick to their iPhone during breaks, and when they go out into the yard in the evening, they discuss their achievements in “ fun farm". Fifteen years ago, the rubber band game was one of the most popular. Everyone jumped everywhere. All that was needed was an elastic band 3-4 meters long, but better is a new, elastic, long, whole one, and not taken out of six pairs of shorts and tied in knots.

They played either each for themselves, or in pairs. Persistent (not to be confused with stubborn) trained in splendid isolation, pulling an elastic band between trees, poles or at home between stools. The game had strict rules, levels (ankles, knees, hips, etc.), simple varieties, runners, steps, a bow, a candy, a boat, a handkerchief.

Daughters-mothers

The game was considered “girly”, but in certain cases, boys were also allowed to play, who, even before entering adulthood, could understand what marriage is and what it threatens. The game had one rule - to play using the maximum of fantasy and life experience, peeped from parents or in soap operas.

During the game, the roles could change (“come on now, you are a mother, and I seem to be your daughter?”), Accidentally found children, stepmothers who suddenly appeared, and lovers who inexplicably worked up inexplicably came into the game from time to time. And revived dolls, baby dolls, plush animals. Played out scenes "let's as if we were in a store", weddings, quarrels, intrigues, fights, death! Everything is like in life.

The sea is worried

This game usually did not last long, as it was quite monotonous and therefore boring. The players moved chaotically, the host uttered a mantra-rhyme about “freeze in place,” and everyone had to freeze in the position in which they found themselves. The host went around all the "sea figures" and examined them for movement. Whoever jerked first, he became the leader in the next round, or dropped out of the game. Something like this. No thrash. For excellent students and retarded.

Classics

Believe it or not, this is actually a rather old game that originated almost in the Roman Empire. In Soviet times, "classics" was played on asphalt, on which a field of squares was drawn with chalk.

The bottom line: players throw a cue ball (stone, candy, etc.) into a certain square (class), then jump on one or two legs in a special way across the field, move the cue ball to the next square, trying not to step on the line. There were a lot of variations and rules. The boys usually did not play, but hung around in the hope that one of the girls would pull up her skirt.

Bubble

This is now a jar of magic bubbles you can buy it everywhere - with different smells and even with Barbie on the package, even with mikimaus. And before, everything was not so simple, and the children made the mixture for bubbles themselves. For example, they cut soap and diluted it with water. Or take shampoo. Then a tube was made of thick paper, the wide end was moistened in a solution, and it was necessary to blow into the narrow one. There was ten times more joy from such a bubble, and they were more beautiful, or something ...

beat out

Ball games have always been popular. The game is especially good if you can kick someone with this ball. Such a game was "knock out". Two players, standing at a distance of 5-7 meters, tried to hit the players running between them. Developed and accuracy, and reaction, and endurance.

Rollers

There are rollers now, and many have them. But then the commercials are something.

Either an unfinished constructor, or a Spanish boot. But in general, such a veiled death on wheels. Of course, the pleasure of Soviet-style roller skating overcame the negative sensations of trembling in the knees and the pain of torn palms and knees into meat. But the adrenaline!

Pioneer-pioneer-give-shift

This game was popular, but very strange. What she developed, we still cannot understand. Two teams line up opposite each other. The players hold hands tightly. By a simple chants, one player is selected from a team, who must accelerate, run to the opposite wall and break the chain of the other team with his body. Breaks - takes someone else's player to his team, does not break - remains in captivity. That is, you understand that a stranger among your own does not lead to anything good ... Yes, and you can succumb if the same beautiful girl. In general, intrigues, scandals, investigations.

hide and seek

There is no need to even explain. During the crazy counting rhyme, everyone was hiding, and one unfortunate person had to look for them. After detection, both had to develop maximum speed and, pushing each other, "knock" in a predetermined place. It was fun only for the first five laps, because then all the places suitable for hide and seek became known and the moment of surprise disappeared. True, this did not cancel the competition in speed and speed of reaction. As well as power moves.

in the goat

It would seem that this is another humiliating kind of game of sifu. But no. This is a game with a ball that was hit against the wall, and after the rebound it was necessary, spreading the legs in a jump, without touching the ball, to jump over it. It is clear that, for certain reasons, it was distributed mainly among girls.

Vyshenogi

This is a type of tag, but runners can avoid getting "salted" by jumping on something or otherwise getting their feet off the ground and staying in that position for 20-30 seconds. Interesting, but the degree of injury is higher than in conventional tags.

Secrets under glass

Totally girly bullshit. A hole was dug in the ground, “values” were put into it - candy wrappers, colored glass, buttons, tsatski and other children's rubbish. The hole was covered with a piece of glass, carefully masked with branches and leaves.

The girls, under great secrecy, boasted to each other about their burial grounds, updated them, tried to make the crypt brighter and more attractive than that of their friends.

snow fun

AT winter time entertainment was also up to the throat: both sleds (of course, facing a tree on the first space one), and skis (an obligatory element of the program was to decompose crosswise after an unsuccessful landing and, gathering yourself in a pile, be sure to give skis and sticks to friends in their faces), and ice skates (read: bruises), and chaste snowman building.

But we want to remember the most popular fun. Gender. When, after school, the boys mercilessly “washed” the girls with snow. It would seem cruel, but about love.

In general, it was an interesting time, to be sure. And dangerous, and fun, and risky. What is at school, what is in the yard, what is at the birthday party of a friend. Some games developed certain qualities and gave some skills. Others were just pho fun. In any case, now there is no such diversity among children. Boring, kids.

“Yeah, that’s how it happens,” I thought, looking at a flock of girls, frozen in bewilderment in front of a hopscotch grid lined on the pavement. It immediately became clear that they did not know how to play rubber bands, above the ground and knockout. I had to teach. Parents, let's go outside, summer is ending, and the children don't know anything!

CLASSICS

In fact, the game, like the classics, was played back in the Middle Ages, and in Russia it has been known since the 19th century. The rules of this street game for girls are simple, all you need is asphalt, chalk and pebbles.

Draw a field with ten squares and a semicircle, throw in the first pebble and jump at least alone, moving the stone from cell to cell with your foot. 1-2 cells - jump with one foot, 3 and 4 - one leg for each, 5 - two legs in one. Then repeat, turn and go again. The game develops dexterity, accuracy and jumping ability.

RUBBERS

Combinations of jumps were varied and differed from each other in different areas: "steps", "boat", "bows", "salty". The one who stepped in, stumbled, changed places with the "pillar" holding the rubber band.

Bouncer-Kickout

This is a game for the strong in spirit, not the crybaby. Two players stand at the edges of the field, and the rest - in the middle. They are then two leaders and must be knocked out with a ball. It’s hard to imagine exactly where the ball will hit, but bruises are guaranteed, because no one will ever regret here! The one hit by the ball is out of bounds. The dropout can be saved by other players by catching the ball on the fly. If this fails, there is one, the most agile player who must hold out and dodge the ball as many times as he is full years old.

POTATOES

By the way, your comrades can help you if they hit you with a batted ball. But where they will get you - no one knows. I once, for example, caught the ball with my nose, and walked for two weeks with wonderful black eyes.

Cossack robbers

Command live game for boys and girls, which modern children will not hurt at all. The group is divided into two teams, some will look for others, combining both hide and seek and tag in one game. The "robbers" make a secret word and run away, hiding from the "Cossacks", marking their way with arrows on the pavement and trying in every possible way to confuse the pursuers. Those, in turn, catch the opponents one at a time, take them to their “headquarters” and extort the word-secret from the caught. Nettles, insect frightening and other terrible forms of torture are used.

The game is considered over if the word is recognized, the "robbers" are caught. Alternatively, the "robbers" themselves can cooperate and capture the "headquarters" of the Cossacks.

RING

Quiet joy for the neighbors - no one is worn. Players sit on a bench with their hands in a boat in front of them. And the one who drives, squeezes a ring and a coin in his palms and bypassing the players, puts his palms into the folded "boats". At the same time, it is necessary to say: I wear, I wear a ring, and I will give it to someone. To whom exactly he gave something, it becomes known after the words “Ring-ring, go out on the porch!”.

At this point, the "gifted" player must jump up and run away from the bench. The task of the rest is to prevent this. Children's street game developed the abilities of a real scout, because it is very difficult not to give out your emotions from receiving the coveted ring, so that no one guessed and could not catch you!

above ground

A great kind of catch-up that was best played on the playground. The leader tries to catch the players, and those, running away, can “rescue themselves” by raising their legs above the ground. At worst, you could fall on your back and lift your legs up, but such behavior was considered unsportsmanlike. It was best to jump on a stump, curb, hang on a branch ... The leader could stop and wait - if you fall, but it was also ugly to stand in front of one player for a long time - run, catch the others!

Yes. of course, the games of our childhood were not too demanding, but we spent almost all our free time outdoors. The biggest misfortune was to drop in home for a drink of water and be caught by my parents and seated for dinner. Indeed, at this time, languishing friends shouted under the windows: Exit! Let's play Cossack robbers!

And now we ourselves are already mothers and we want to take the child out for lunch not from the computer desk, but from the street. Especially since the holidays are ahead!

The main occupation of children in all ages has been and remains the game. It is she who is one of the eternal things in the world, or maybe this is a special world where adults have no access ... Times change, and with them games. Adults often say that today's children are no longer the same. So after all, modern adults were once the “wrong” children for their parents. Nothing stands still: society changes, its interests change, and so do the games. Let's try to draw a parallel between the games of children in the 70s and 80s and those that are popular now.

Games of the 70s and 80s .

It was a time when you could only learn about mobile phones from Soviet science fiction. Most children were content with such a communication device in which two matchboxes were connected by a silk thread. Such a phone provided communication up to 10 meters. By the way, at such a distance you can hear without a phone, but it’s more interesting!

At a time when there was neither MTV nor NTV, not to mention consoles and playstation, children spent most of their time on the street. Many children gathered in the yard different ages, which were united by one yard games.

The girls constantly jumped over the rubber band, knitted something, embroidered and kept their painted notebooks with interesting rhymes, questionnaires for girlfriends and fortunetellers. They were all dressed in horrible brown school uniforms and white aprons. Their cuffs and collars were altered almost daily, as they quickly got dirty on some kind of needlework. And, of course, the whole courtyard of that time was painted by the classics! Without them, nowhere.

The boys also had their games. Their characteristic features were the use of something forbidden, the disapproval of adults and the danger to health. And it's not drugs and sex, as many people think. Kid's amusements are games of "war", slingshots, homemade guns, bungees and, of course, a penknife! The knife was a symbol of power and was used for games outside the school walls. The most famous knife game was called "Earth". Two players draw a large circle on the ground, divided in half. It was necessary to throw a knife at a piece of enemy land, and by its position it was determined which piece of firmament would go to the occupier. They played until one of the players had no place left on the ground where they could put their foot.

Both boys and girls of the 70s and 80s were united by such outdoor games as "Cossacks-robbers", where you had to run fast, hide well and show a lot of ingenuity in arranging labels, "Stick-knockers for yourself", "Lapta", "Fisherman and fish", "Fifteen". Also very popular were ball games such as "Square", "Ten" and "Dodgeball".

For the basis role-playing games they took the most “fashionable” at that time films “The Elusive Avengers”, “Chingachgook” or “The Three Musketeers”. All of these games were exciting, with a captivity scenario and very moving.

Of all the games that boldly looked into the face of time, the most coveted for children was the electronic game with the Wolf, who caught eggs in a basket, called "Well, you wait!". Without a doubt, children who scored more than 1000 points could defend alone Brest fortress, because they had no nerves and reactions.

What are the children of our time playing?

The progress of the 21st century has eliminated the need for children to make houses for dolls or cars from natural materials. Everything is already ready. Our time offers a wide variety of computer games that are increasingly capturing the brain of modern children. And those, in turn, do not particularly resist this effect. Thus, the majority of modern children spend all their free time near the computer. Many "exploits" of the youth of our time are virtual. Now you can’t see children with slingshots and crossbows, because all children’s aggression remains on the Internet. Now children do not write on their desks: why, because there are numerous social networks and forums.

As you can see it's not that bad. computer games and social networks in which the current generation lives their childhood. There are many educational and useful games, for example, games designed to teach children languages, train logical thinking.

At all times, children do not stop playing war. It's a pity, but humanity has lived without wars for about a year in history, because this game will never become obsolete. It's just that before all the children were Chapaevs, but now the majority wants to become Batman and Harry Potter. Children's games mirror the life and interests of society and its time, and nothing can be done about it.

I would like to note that not everything has gone into oblivion. Like many years ago, children dance, play hide-and-seek, catch up, choose a leader with a counting rhyme, play with toys. At some time, it made some adjustments, but their essence will remain unchanged for many more years.

Everyone has their own childhood and we are all children of our time. It's just that sometimes parents need to engage their children in their games more often. This is the only way to preserve the continuity of generations.

In the 21st century, children have quietly disappeared from the courtyards of big cities - now they play computer games or have a well-mannered time in specially organized children's clubs. Together with the children, the culture of yard games and yard socialization (with all its features) disappeared. And if kids can still be found on the playgrounds under the supervision of relatives, then schoolchildren are almost completely invisible. "Gazeta.Ru" looks around the deserted spring yards and remembers the disappeared games, which in many ways made us the adults we have become.

rubber bands

Classics

Boyars

You go quieter, you will continue - stop

What develops: coordination, the ability to run fast and respond to changing circumstances.

sorcerers

The sea is worried

The sea is worried
The sea is worried two,
The sea is rough three
Marine figure freeze in place!

As he speaks, the participants move chaotically in any order, imitating wave movements with their hands. As soon as the driver falls silent, you need to freeze in some figure. The driver approaches one of the players and touches him. The player depicts his figure in motion, and the driver guesses what it is. The player whose figure could not be guessed becomes the leader himself.

What develops: imagination, spontaneity and artistry.

Cossack robbers

12 sticks

dodgeball

I know 5 names

What develops: multitasking, erudition, the ability to correct your mistakes and move on.

edible-inedible

What develops: sense of humor, the ability to listen carefully and respond quickly.

knives

ring-ring

What develops: the ability to follow the manipulations of others, to act quickly and decisively.

Are you going to the ball?

"Yes" and "no" don't say
don't call black and white
Are you going to the ball?

Its purpose is to confuse the player. After the rhyme, the driver asks the player a variety of clarifying questions: what will he ride, what will he ride, what color will the dress or trousers be, what is the name of the groom, etc. The player's task is to answer the questions without using the words "yes", "no", "black", "white". The most interesting thing is to mix simple and complex questions, change the pace of speech and intonation.

What develops: the ability to think outside the box, monitor one's own speech, hold attention and quickly find a way out of the current situation.

I was born a gardener

kitty meow