Children's game Shine Burn Clear. Russian folk games and round dances. Outdoor game “Migration of birds”

Let's play Pushkin's burners!

(1799 – 1837)

Game: “Grandma” (“Burners”)

Target: developing students’ ideas about the origin of the game: “Burners”;
Tasks:
learn the rules of the game;
understand where this game came from;
create a good mood and emotional uplift.
Explanatory note:
The Pushkin holiday in Zakharov has been around for many years, it has its own unique face, its own history. First of all, because he was born on the initiative of ordinary teachers, scientists, local historians - amateurs, social activists. And its children's play part is very interesting, based on folk games, amusements, and festive rituals that have existed in this region since Pushkin's times and are brought back to life thanks to Pushkin's holidays. Why in Zakharov? Zakharovo is an estate near Moscow that belonged to the poet’s grandmother; here Pushkin spent every summer with his sister Olga and younger brother Lev.

They loved to play different games, but my favorite game was: “Burners”. Our children today play this game, not knowing that Pushkin loved it.

Burners
This game has many other Russian names: “Burn Clearly”, “Ogaryshi”, “Razbegishi”, “Separations”, etc. The game is known among almost all Slavic peoples, and is very ancient, even common Slavic.
For centuries, burners have been one of the most widespread and beloved games of the Russian people. “She didn’t play burners,” says A.S. Pushkin about Tatyana, believing that this convincingly proves the unusual character of the heroine. Indeed, burners are described dozens of times in Russian literature alone. The revival of this game at Russian folk holidays and festivities is now acquiring an almost ritual, symbolic sound.
5 – 25 or a little more young men and women (boys and girls) can participate. You need a lawn, a platform 20-30 meters long. They choose a “burner” driver. The rest are divided into pairs: usually a pair of a boy and a girl, a boy and a girl. They join hands. Couples stand behind each other in a line (column). In front, 3–5 meters from the first pair, the “burner” stands with his back to the rest of the players. Everyone says in chorus:
Burn, burn clearly,

So that it doesn't go out.
Look at the sky:
Birds are flying
The bells are ringing,
Beginning with the words “look at the sky,” the “burner” looks up. At this time, the last pair separates their hands, and one player goes to the right, the other to the left along the column forward. Having almost caught up with the “burner”, they wait for the last word “ringing” and after it they rush to run forward past the “burner”. He chases after any of them and tries to catch them (it’s enough just to show off by touching with his hand) before they hold hands again. Whoever the “burner” catches becomes the pair at the front of the entire line. And the player who is left alone drives.

Game: “Grandma” (“Burners”)

"Burners"
If the “burner” does not catch anyone, he “burns” again - he catches the next couple.
Rules:
1. The “burner” has no right to look back and spy which couple is about to run past him. Otherwise, the pair preparing to run can exchange turns with another pair or places with each other.
2 No one should start running before the last word “ringing” is heard.
3. The “burner” can burn those running only until the moment they join hands.
4. Each time a couple of runners stand in front of the column.
Varieties of the game
In some areas, if young people were playing, it was often agreed that the “burner” should not chase any of the runners, but always the guy and, having caught up with him, could pair up with the girl. The one who is caught “goes to burn.”
Sometimes, 15 to 20 meters ahead of the “burner,” a place is marked until which the running couple should not join their hands.
Double burners
If there are a lot of people playing burners, then you can stand in pairs in two columns (one against the other) at a distance of 15-20 m. In front of the columns, i.e. in the middle of the distance between them, there are two “burners”, each with his back to his own column. With the words: “...the bells are ringing,” the last pair in each of the columns separates their hands and runs towards the players from the opposite column, trying to form new pairs with them. The "burners" catch any of the runners. Those left without pairs become the new “burners.”
The rules are the same as in conventional burners. This game is most suitable for mass celebrations and holidays.

Galina Prusova
Russian folk game"Burners"

Most ancient children's games are group games. This is due to the fact that traditional Russian the family was large. Children in the community were raised together and spent a lot of time with peers. Each a game had its own deep hidden meaning, being ritual and symbolizing the forces of nature.

« Burners» - one of the popular, but, unfortunately, forgotten Russian ancient amusements. In the 19th century, young people aged 16-18 took part in it. During the game, the young people looked closely at each other, showed sympathy, and showed signs of attention. Later a game has become purely children's play. It is fascinating for children aged 5 - 7 years.

Purpose of the game: to unite the team; develop in children the ability to concentrate, speed and dexterity; develop communication skills.

Progress of the game

An odd number of participants gathers, optimally 7-13 people. The more children, the merrier.

Everyone recites any rhyme in unison, and the one who says the last word is the one who leads. « Burner» (in the old days the word lead was also called the word toil).

The rest form pairs and hold hands. In ancient times, when young people took part in the game, a guy would pair up with a girl. Now this rule is not observed.

Couples stand one after another in a row-column. « Burner» turns away from the other children. Now you need to draw a line. It should be located 5-10 meters from the leader. The younger the age children playing, the shorter the distance from the leading « burners» to the drawn line.

All participants, holding hands in pairs, sing together song:

"Burn, burn clearly,

So that it doesn't fade away.

Stay at your hem

Look at the field

The trumpeters are going there

Yes, they eat rolls.

Look at the sky:

The stars are burning

The cranes are screaming.

One, two, don't miss it,

And run like fire!”

The last line of the song is a signal for the active action of the children from the extreme pair. They separate their hands and quickly run towards the cherished line. The leader must catch the hand of one of the pair. If he succeeds, he pairs up with the one he didn’t catch up with. The caught child becomes « burner» . If it was not possible to catch up with anyone, then the leader does not change. Pair "escaped" players unite behind the line, then stand at the beginning of the common column. If « burner» neither fast nor dexterous, he remains in the role of leader for a long time, and the others cheer him on. But it would be advisable if the driver was changed after three uncaught pairs, again paying off the count.

IN « burner» children can play long enough. Collective a game– it’s not only fun and funny, but also instructive. Such games bring enormous benefits to both children’s health and their emotional state.

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The time has come when most children spend all their free time outside. How do they manage their time? Do they play outdoor games? Do people use our tips for leisure activities?

Let's remember today about the wonderful active ancient Russian game, which has various names: “Burners”, “Separations”, “Highlights”, “Ogaryshi”, “Burn-oak”, “Burn-stump”. Analysis of historical and linguistic data indicates that the name of the game is consonant with the word “burn.” According to various Russian historians of the last century, the game “Burners” is directly related to the customs of the pagan Slavs. Burners was played every year. And the game was connected either with the arrival of spring, “when the goddess Lada was glorified,” or with the celebration of Yarila or Ivan Kupala, when the summer solstice is celebrated. “Burners” is a festive game that was played when a large number of people gathered. Initially, the game was not a children's game, since it was played by unmarried girls and bachelors. Only the young man became the driver and, according to the rules, he only caught the girl. Thus, thanks to the game it was possible to meet people, communicate, and choose a bride. The name comes from the song that complements the game: “Burn, burn clearly so that it doesn’t go out.”

And now the game “Burners” is for people of all ages, but first of all, it is for children. The rules of the fun have also changed since ancient times.

Rules of the game
The game is played in an open place: on a lawn, clearing, wide street in front of a house, or a spacious yard. Players become pairs one after another. At a distance of two steps, with his back to the players, in front of everyone, there is a leading “burner” or "burner". The players chant the words:

Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Stay at your hem
Look at the field
The trumpeters are going there
Yes, they eat rolls.
Look at the sky:
The stars are burning
The cranes shout:
- Gu, gu, I'll run away.
One, two, don't be a crow,
And run like fire!

As soon as the words are completed, the last pair of players runs around the column from both sides. The driver, not having the right to turn around, tries to insult any of the runners. If the players of the last pair managed to take each other’s hands before they were hit, they stand in front of the first pair, the “burner” continues to lead. But if the driver slaps any of the runners from the pair before they hold hands, then the right to lead passes to the taunted player. And the “burner” stands in front of the column along with the player who lost his pair.

"Burners" in art

This game is played along with singing the corresponding song in the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" (Chorus of Children, Nannies and Others).

We see the game of burners in the fairy tale and the Soviet cartoon of the same name “Twelve Months”. There the hare says to the squirrels: “Squirrels, squirrels, let’s play burners!”, after which the side-eared hare tries to catch up with the fleeing pair of squirrels.

The song “Burn, Burn Clear!” we also hear it in the Soviet cartoon “Geese and Swans” from 1949. The girls sing this song, followed by Masha.


Double burners. The players line up in four columns. One pair is on fire. On the count of “three,” the last four run off in pairs (at the same time, hands in pairs cannot be separated) and try to connect in front of the leading pair. If any of the drivers catch any pair, then it joins the “burning” ones, then the four of them form the first row.

Swedish burners or “Last pair - go!” There is always an odd number of players. The one who is left alone is the driver. Players are divided into pairs and stand one after another in a column. The driver is in front of the column with his back to the players. He shouts: “Last pair - go ahead!” The last pair of the column runs forward, one player runs around the column on one side, the second on the other. The presenter cannot look around or turn his head; he sees the players only when they are in front of him. The players’ task is to stand in front of the driver and hold hands. The driver's task is to grab one of the players by the hand faster than his partner does. If the “burner” succeeds, then the caught player becomes the leader, and the former leader forms a pair with the remaining player. They become the first pair in a row, and the game begins again.

Swedish burner option. The players stand in pairs, but do not hold hands, but form a “corridor,” as it were. Each pair has its own serial number. The “burner” has two sticks in his hands, and he moves forward from the first pair at a distance of about ten steps. The game begins when the “burner” calls the pair number. Then the called players run to him between the ranks and, snatching a stick from the driver, run around the standing pairs from the outside, returning the sticks to the “burner”. The line whose player returned the stick first earns a point. At the end of the game, the points are tallied and the winning team is declared.

Daria Slavina, mother, Petrozavodsk

Marina Timeryanova
Outdoor games for the middle group

Outdoor game “Cook and kittens”

Goal: to train children in various types of walking or running, to develop reaction speed, dexterity, and the ability to focus on words.

Game description: According to a counting rhyme, a cook is selected who will guard the objects lying in the hoop - “sausages”. The cook walks inside a hoop, a cord - the “kitchen”. Children - kittens walk in a circle, performing various types of walking, running, saying the text:

Pussies are crying in the corridor,

Kittens have great grief:

Tricky cook for poor pussies

Doesn't let you grab the sausages.

With the last word, the “kittens” run into the “kitchen”, trying to grab the sausage. The cook is trying to insult the running players. The affected players are eliminated from the game. The game continues until all the sausages are stolen from the cook. The winning kitten becomes a chef.

You can’t run into a circle too early. The cook is not allowed to grab the kittens, only salt them, he is not allowed to go outside the circle. It is prohibited to take 2 or more items at the same time.

Outdoor game "Voivode"

Goal: to train children in rolling, throwing and catching a ball, in the ability to coordinate movement with words, to develop attention and dexterity.

Description of the game: Players in a circle roll the ball from one to another, saying:

The apple rolls into the round dance circle,

The one who raised him is the governor...

The child who has the ball at this moment is the governor. He says:

Today I am a governor.

I'm running from the round dance.

Runs around the circle, puts the ball on the floor between two players. The children say in chorus:

One, two, don't be a crow

And run like fire!

Players run in a circle in opposite directions, trying to grab the ball before their partner. The one who ran first and grabbed the ball rolls it in a circle. Game continues.

Roll or throw the ball only to the player standing next to you. You cannot interfere with a player running behind a circle. The first one to touch the ball wins.

Outdoor game “Find where it’s hidden”

Goal: to learn how to navigate a room or area, perform actions when given a signal.

Game description: Children stand along the wall. The teacher shows them the object and says that he will hide it. The teacher invites the children to turn to the wall. After making sure that none of the children is looking, he hides the object, and then says: “It’s time!” Children begin to look for the object.

Outdoor game “At the bear in the forest”

Goal: To teach children to alternately perform different functions (run away and catch).

Description of the game: The bear's den (at the end of the site) and the children's house at the other are determined. Children go for a walk in the forest and perform movements according to the verse, which they recite in chorus:

By the bear in the forest,

I take mushrooms and berries,

But the bear doesn't sleep

And he growls at us.

As soon as the children finished saying the poem, the bear gets up with a growl and catches the children, they run home.

Outdoor game “Find and remain silent”

Goal: learn to navigate in the hall. Cultivate endurance and ingenuity.

Game description: The teacher shows the children an object, and after they have closed their eyes, he hides it. Then he offers to look, but not to take it, but to tell him in his ear where it is hidden. Whoever finds it first is the leader in the next game

Outdoor game “Fox in the chicken coop”

Goal: to develop in children dexterity and the ability to perform movements on a signal, to practice running with dodging, catching, climbing, and deep jumping.

Game description: A chicken coop is outlined on one side of the site. In the chicken coop, chickens are located on a roost (on benches), and children stand on benches. On the other side of the site there is a fox hole. The rest of the place is a yard. One of the players is assigned to be a fox, the rest are chickens - they walk and run around the yard, pecking grains, flapping their wings. At the signal “Fox,” the chickens run into the chicken coop, climb onto the perch, and the fox tries to drag away the chicken that did not have time to climb onto the perch. He takes her to his hole. The chickens jump off the roost and the game resumes.

The fox can catch chickens, and chickens can climb onto a perch only when the teacher gives the signal “Fox!”

Outdoor game "Hares and Wolf"

Goal: to develop in children the ability to perform movements on a signal, to practice running, jumping on both legs, squatting, and catching.

Description of the game: One of the players is assigned to be a wolf, the rest portray hares. On one side of the site, the hares mark their places with cones and pebbles, from which they lay out circles or squares. At the beginning of the game, the hares stand in their places. The wolf is at the opposite end of the site - in the ravine. The teacher says: “The bunnies jump, hop - hop - hop, onto the green meadow. They nibble the grass and listen to see if a wolf is coming.” The hares jump out of the circles and scatter around the site. They jump on two legs, sit down, nibble the grass and look around in search of the wolf. The teacher says the word “Wolf”, the wolf comes out of the ravine and runs after the hares, trying to catch and touch them. The hares each run away to their own place, where the wolf can no longer overtake them. The wolf takes the caught hares to his ravine. After the wolf catches 2-3 hares, another wolf is chosen. Hares run out at the words - hares gallop. You can return to your place only after the word “Wolf!”

You cannot catch those hares to whom the mother hare gave her paw. Place stump cubes on the way, the hares run around them. Choose 2 wolves. The wolf has to jump over the obstacle - a stream.

Outdoor game “Find yourself a partner”

Goal: To develop in children the ability to perform movements according to a signal, according to a word, quickly forming pairs. Practice running and color recognition. Develop initiative and ingenuity.

Game description: The players stand along the wall. The teacher gives each person one flag. At the teacher’s signal, the children scatter around the playground. At another signal, or at the word “Find yourself a pair!”, children with flags of the same color find a pair, each pair, using the flags, makes one or another figure. An odd number of children participate in the game; 1 must remain without a pair. The players say: “Vanya, Vanya - don’t yawn, quickly choose a pair!”

The players get into pairs and scatter at the signal (word) of the teacher.

Each time players must have a pair.

Use handkerchiefs instead of flags. To prevent children from running in pairs, introduce a limiter - a narrow path, jump over a stream.

Outdoor game “Migration of birds”

Goal: develop a response to verbal signals. Practice climbing the gymnastic ladder.

Game description: Children stand at one end of the hall, they are birds. At the other end of the hall is a tower (gymnastic wall). At the teacher’s signal: “The birds are flying away!” - birds fly with their wings spread. At the signal "Storm!" - birds fly to the tower - they hide from the storm in the trees. After the words: “The storm has stopped,” the birds fly again.

Outdoor game “Shepherd and flock”

Goal: strengthen the ability to play according to the rules of the game. Practice crawling on all fours around the hall.

Game description: They choose a shepherd, give him a horn and a whip. Children depict a herd (cows, calves, sheep). The teacher says the words:

Early in the morning

Shepherd: “Tu-ru-ru-ru.”

And cows suit him well

They sang: “Moo-moo-moo.”

Children perform actions according to the words, then the shepherd drives the herd into the field (to the designated lawn, everyone wanders around it. After a while, the shepherd cracks his whip and drives the herd home.

Outdoor game "Mousetrap"

Goal: to develop children’s self-control, the ability to coordinate movements with words, and dexterity. Exercise in running and squatting, forming in a circle and walking in a circle.

Description of the game: the players are divided into two unequal teams, the big one forms a circle - a “mousetrap”, the rest - mice. Words:

Oh, how tired the mice are,

Everyone gnawed, everyone ate.

Beware of the cheat,

We'll get to you.

Let's set up mousetraps,

Let's catch everyone now!

Then the children lower their hands down, and the “mice” remaining in the circle stand in a circle and the mousetrap increases in size.

Outdoor game “Burn, Burn Clear!”

Goal: to develop children's self-control and spatial orientation. Practice running fast.

Game description:

The players stand in a column in pairs. A line is drawn in front of the column at a distance of 2-3 steps. The “catcher” stands on this line. Everyone says:

Burn, burn clearly, so as not to go out.

Look at the sky - Birds are flying,

The bells are ringing! One, two, three - run!

After the word “run,” the children standing in the last pair run along the column (one on the left, the other on the right, trying to grab the hands in front of the catcher, who tries to catch one of the pair before the children have time to meet and join hands. If the catcher succeeds to do, then he forms a pair and stands in front of the column, and the remaining one is the catcher.

Outdoor game “Circle Traps”

Goal: to develop in children the ability to coordinate movements with words. Practice rhythmic walking, running with dodging and catching, and lining up in a circle.

Description of the game: children stand in a circle, holding hands. The trap is in the center of the circle, with a bandage on the arm. The players move in a circle and say:

We, funny guys, love to run and jump.

Well, try to catch up with us. One, two, three - catch it!

The children run away, but the trap catches up. The caught one temporarily moves aside. The game continues until the trap catches 2-3 children. Duration 5-7 minutes.

Outdoor game "Wolf in the Moat"

Goal: to develop courage and dexterity, the ability to act on a signal. Practice running long jumps.

Description of the game: two parallel straight lines are drawn on the site at a distance of 80 - 100 cm - a “ditch”. A “goat house” is outlined along the edges of the site. The teacher appoints one player as a “wolf”, the rest as “goats”. All goats are located on one side of the site. The wolf stands in the ditch. At the teacher’s signal “wolf in the ditch,” the goats run to the opposite side platforms, jumping over the ditch, and the wolf tries to catch (touch) them. Those caught are taken to the corner of the ditch. Game duration is 5-7 minutes.

Outdoor game “Homeless Hare”

Goal: to develop spatial orientation in children. Exercise fast running

Description of the game: a hunter and a homeless hare are selected from among the players. The rest of the players - the hares - draw circles for themselves - “their own house.” A homeless hare runs away, and the hunter catches up with him. A hare can escape from a hunter by running into any circle; then the hare standing in the circle becomes a homeless hare. If the hunter catches them, they switch roles. Game duration 5-7 minutes

Outdoor game "Owl"

Goal: to develop in children inhibition, observation, and the ability to perform movements on a signal. Exercise children in running.

Description of the game: at a distance of 80 - 100 cm, two straight lines are drawn - this is a “ditch”. At a distance of one or two steps from the border, the “goat’s house” is outlined. All goats are located on one side of the site. The wolf stands in the ditch. At the signal “wolf in the ditch,” the goats run to the opposite side, jumping over the ditch, and the wolf at this time catches the goats. Those caught are taken to the corner of the ditch. Duration 6-8 minutes.

Outdoor game “Firemen in training”

Goal: to develop in children a sense of collectivism, the ability to perform movements on a signal. Practice climbing and forming a column.

Description of the game: children line up facing the gymnastics wall at a distance of 5–6 steps in 3–4 columns. A bell is suspended against each column at the same height. At the signal “1, 2, 3 - run,” the children standing first run to the wall, climb in and ring the bell. Then they descend and stand at the end of their column. Repeat the game 6-8 times.

What are the rules of the Russian folk game burner? and got the best answer

Answer from Zhenok[guru]
Young people in Rus' loved to play burners. Apparently, in ancient times this game was surrounded by lights - hence the name.
Burners
This is, one might say, a “classic of the genre.” Players sit in pairs, holding hands and forming a column. The driver stands in front. Everyone speaks loudly or chants in chorus:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Look at the sky -
Birds are flying.
The bells are ringing!
One, two, three - run!! !
Another variant:
: Burn, burn clearly,
So that it doesn't go out.
And one, and two, and three.
Last couple, run!
At the word “run,” the last couple standing runs around the column and stands in front. The driver must try to get ahead of one of the runners and take his place. The one who does not have enough space becomes the driver and “burns.” Instead of the words “last pair”, the driver can say: “fourth pair” or “second pair”. Therefore, everyone playing must be very attentive and remember where they stand in the column.
Children join hands to form pairs.
Couples stand one after another in a “rivulet”.
Ahead of the “stream”, a few steps away, stands the leader with a handkerchief in his hands.
At the end of the song, the children standing in the last pair open their arms and scatter along the “stream”.
They run one by one to the leader, trying to grab a handkerchief.
The first one who managed to do this remains with the scarf as the leader, and the other two (the former leader and the one who did not have time to grab the scarf) form a pair and become the first in the stream.
The game continues with the next pair of children
A popular variation of the burner game. Only the players do not stand in a formation (well), but in a circle, in a round dance, turning their faces away from the center. Everyone stands with their hands down, only the leader holds the handkerchief at arm's length. Two players come out of the round dance, who either themselves expressed a desire, or the draw indicated them. They must run to different sides from the leader, outside the round dance ring. The command to run is the beginning of the song.
The song sounds, the players run. Whoever takes the handkerchief first wins. He gets into line, passing the handkerchief to the player whose place he takes. He goes with a handkerchief to the leader, next to whom the defeated runner is already standing: he has to run again, compete in speed with the player chosen by the winner.
It should be noted that the song “Burn, Burn Clearly” is also sung when playing regular burners. There may be other words:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
The bird is flying
The wheel turns.
Where to snuggle
It will remain there.

Answer from Anna***[guru]
Rules of the game
An open place is chosen for the game - a lawn, a clearing, a wide street in front of the house, a spacious yard.
The players stand in pairs one after another. In front of everyone, at a distance of two steps, stands the driver, the burner (burner), with his back to the players.
The players chant the words:
Burn, burn clearly
So that it doesn't go out.
Stay at your hem
Look at the field
The trumpeters are going there
Yes, they eat rolls.
Look at the sky:
The stars are burning
The cranes shout:
- Gu, gu, I'll run away.
One, two, don't be a crow,
And run like fire!
After these words, those standing in the last pair run from both sides along the column. The burner is trying to tarnish one of them. If the running players managed to take each other's hands before he stains one of them, then they stand in front of the first pair, and the burner leads again. The game repeats itself.
If the burner manages to stain one of those running in a pair, then he stands with him in front of the entire column, and the one who is left without a pair burns.
Conditions:
* The Burner only catches up with fleeing players when they run past him. He has no right to look back and spy which couple is about to run past him. Otherwise, the pair preparing to run may exchange turns with another pair or places with each other.
* No one should start running before the last word has been spoken.
* The burner can burn those running only until they join hands.
* Fifteen to twenty meters ahead of the burner, a place is marked in advance until which the running couple should not join their hands again.
* The players can agree that the burner should not chase any of the runners, but always the guy and, having caught up with him, can pair up with the girl, while the caught one goes to “burn” - or vice versa.

Answer from On Indyukov[guru]
Burners, called in other places: Separations, Razgars, are sent in the summer. People gather to play Burners in the evening, in a wide yard, or in a meadow, or on the street in front of the house. Young people, more girls and single men, take the lead in this game. The players condemn one of them, by lot, to burn - to a difficult position. All the others mate, that is, they become pairs, one after the other. The burner stands in front of the steam, motionless, not turning back, forward, or to the side. At this time, the players scatter in different directions. The burner chases them. If he manages to separate them, to catch the mistaken one, then his position no longer continues, or, for his failure, he must burn again, at least the game is repeated up to 100 times. “The game is not without deception,” the old ladies say - and that’s exactly true! How many tricks have been invented for the unfortunate sufferer: he can be deceived every minute.
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