activity 2c:Traditional gamesAll around the world, children love games/sport. It gives them the chance to have fun and be active.
Yet sport is also a way of learning important values and life skills, including selfconfidence, team work, communication, inclusion, discipline, respect and fair play.
For this reason, sport is an important part of childhood. Although some sports are universal, some are specific to a culture or country. In this pack are some great games that children play around the world.
Unicef
“Traditional games are motor activities of leisure and recreation which can have a ritual character. They are part of the universal heritage diversity. They are practiced in an individual or collective manner, deriving from regional or local identity; they are based on rules accepted by a group that organizes competitive or non-competitive activities. Traditional games dispose of a popular character in their practice and in their organization, yet if turned into sport tend to be uniform and institutionalized. The practice of traditional games promotes global health.” (UNESCO, 2009).
What are the benefits of participating in a game/sport?
Yet sport is also a way of learning important values and life skills, including selfconfidence, team work, communication, inclusion, discipline, respect and fair play.
For this reason, sport is an important part of childhood. Although some sports are universal, some are specific to a culture or country. In this pack are some great games that children play around the world.
Unicef
“Traditional games are motor activities of leisure and recreation which can have a ritual character. They are part of the universal heritage diversity. They are practiced in an individual or collective manner, deriving from regional or local identity; they are based on rules accepted by a group that organizes competitive or non-competitive activities. Traditional games dispose of a popular character in their practice and in their organization, yet if turned into sport tend to be uniform and institutionalized. The practice of traditional games promotes global health.” (UNESCO, 2009).
What are the benefits of participating in a game/sport?
- Students/teenagers will have fun and be active, so that way throughr games/sports they adopt a life long life style full of physical activities and improve quality of their life.
- Strengthen and promote their local, national and European identities.
- Develop abilities like social behavior, respect for others, awareness in different cultures.
- Bridging the gap between generations: elderes can play a game the same like a teenager
- Discover traditions of the world.