In Spotlight 6/20, we present the language used to talk about playtime. Here, you can find the German translations for this issue’s Picture It.
- clapping gameKlatschspielclapping game
- chasingFangen spielenchasing
- whistleTrillerpfeifewhistle
- playhouse, Wendy house UKSpielhausplayhouse, Wendy house (UK)
- slideRutscheslide
- hula hoopHula-Hopphula hoop
- stiltsStelzenstilts
- monkey barsHangelleitermonkey bars
- climbing frame, jungle gym N. Am.Klettergerüstclimbing frame, jungle gym (N. Am.)
- benchBankbench
- litter bin UK, trash can N. Am.Abfalleimerlitter bin (UK), trash can (N. Am.)
- hopscotchHimmel und Höllehopscotch
- skipping rope UK, jump rope N. Am.Springseil skipping rope (UK), jump rope (N. Am.)
- throwing and catchingWerfen und Fangenthrowing and catching
Time to play
After two hours of lessons, everyone is ready to get some fresh air at playtime, or break (N. Am. recess). The children come streaming out of their classrooms into the playground (N. Am. schoolyard) and start running around. The boisterousausgelassen, wildboisterous children need to to let off steamDampf ablassenlet off steam, to clamberkletternclambering on the climbing frame, using the play equipment and joining in the football or chasing gameFangspielchasing games like tagFangentag. There are lots of hiding places for a game of hide and seek (N. Am. hide and go seek). skippingSeilspringenSkipping is still popular, and some of the old traditional skipping rhymes and to clapklatschenclapping rhymes can still be heard. Other children might prefer to play more imaginativefantasievollimaginative games, pretending to be ponies, pirates or princesses. The cooler bigger kids (the 10- and 11-year-olds) just hang out, chatting.
The teachers on playground duty, and the lunchtime supervisors during the longer break at midday, encourage the children to play nicely together and to to take turnssich abwechselntake turns with the equipment. They make sure no child is being to bullymobbenbullied or to excludeausschließenexcluded. Many schools now have a buddyFreund, Kumpelbuddy bench, where a child can sit if he or she feels lonely and would like someone to play with.
A lot of the more physical games from the old days are now to banverbietenbanned. No more leapfrog (jumping over another child’s back), no more rough chasing or catching games like the infamousberühmt-berüchtigtinfamous British bulldogFangspiel; etwa: Wer hat Angst vorm Schwarzen Mann?British bulldog, and no more kiss chase!
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