Our Turkish friends have shared this game with us. It’s called Gölgeye Basma Oyunu (Stepping on Shadows).

How to play:

This game is played outside on sunny days. One of the children is chosen to be “it.” Whoever’s “it” stands in the middle of the area and the other children scatter around him. When the game starts, the one who’s “it” tries to step with his foot on the other children’s shadows, as they try to evade him. Whoever has had his shadow stepped on raises his hand and tells the other children that he’s now “it.”

Some children from 5th grade have played this game today.

We also showed our friends how to play “Bote bote” and ” Tot s’hi val”

In order to choose “it” we sing Catch a tiger.