Questionnaire "Traditional children's games" by Ilona Wasowicz

QUESTIONNAIRE „TRADITIONAL CHILDREN’S GAMES”

POLAND

QUESTION 1 Where do you spend your free time?

Answers

Outdoors At home Others

26 32 4

Where do you spend your free time? Outdoors

At home

Others

0% 6%

42%

52%

QUESTION 2 How do you spend your free time?

Answers

Play with your friends outdoors Play computer games Attend extracurricular activities Practice sport Watch TV Spend with my family Others

28 39 6 13 23 27 12

How do you spend your free time? Play with your friends outdoors

Play computer games

Attend extracurricular activities

Practice sport

Watch TV

Spend with my family

20%

21%

17% 29% 9%

QUESTION 3 Do you play outdoor?

Answers

Yes No

52 4

Do you play outdoor? Yes

0% 0% 7%

93%

I don’t play outside, because: I play computer games My parents don’t allow me to go out I don’t have enough time to spend outdoor There is no space to play outdoor

Answers 2 1 1 0

QUESTION 4 Is there any playground in your area?

Answers

Yes No

10 46

Is there any play ground in your area? Yes

0% 0% 18%

82%

QUESTION 5 How do you prefer playing ?

Answers

Individually In pairs In a group

6 18 33

How do you prefer playing? Individually

In pairs

In a group

24%

49%

27%

QUESTION 6 How many hours do you spend on playing?

Answers

One hour A few hours Others

6 42 8

How many hours do you spend on playing? One hour

A few hours 0%

14%

11%

75%

Others

QUESTION 7 Which of the following games do you know? Chess Draughts Scrabble Monopoly Jigsaw puzzle Board games Card game Chinese checkers Playing with toys Hide and seek Tag Hopscotch Skip Ride a bike Ballgame

Answers 45 42 40 43 43 47 49 41 51 56 56 41 31 44 39

Which of the following games do you know? Chess

Draughts

Scrabble

18%

Monopoly

Jigsaw puzzle

17%

16%

17%

15%

Board games

QUESTION 8 What are the names of the games your parents used to play? Tag Hide and seek Card war Paper chase Hopscotch Volleyball Darts Football Sophie Chinese jump rope Monopoly Scrabble Skip City – state Dodgeball Coins Ride a bike Chess Chinese checkers Card game Playing with toys Pick – a – stick Bowls Draughts Handball I don’t know

Answers 21 20 1 2 6 5 1 2 10 7 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 7

What are the names of the games your parents used to play? Tag

Hide and seek

Card war

Paper chase

9% 11% 38% 2%

36%

Hopscotch

Volleyball

What are the names of the games your parents used to play? Darts

Football

Sophie

Chinese jump rope

4% 4%

30%

44%

Monopoly

Scrabble

What are the names of the games your parents used to play? Skip

City-state

Dodgeball

18%

Coins

Ride a bike

18%

9% 28%

9% 18%

Chess

What are the names of the games your parents used to play? Chinese checkers

Card game

11%

Playing with toys

11%

22%

56%

Pick-a-stick

What are the names of the games your parents used to play? Bowls

Draughts

Handball

I don't know

9% 9%

18% 64%

QUESTION 9 Can you make your own toys?

Answers

Yes No

48 8

Can you make your own toys? Yes

0% 0%

14%

86%

Which materials would you use?

Answers

Paper Plastic Wood

34 9 22

Which materials would you use? Paper

Plastic

Wood

34%

52%

14%

QUESTION 10 Why do you like playing?

Answers

I like competition I like winning I like spending time with my friends Others

8 6 41 1

Why do you like playing? I like competition

I like winning

I like spending time with my friends 2% 14%

11%

73%

Others

The results of the survey „Traditional children’s games” The survey was carried out among primary school pupils from IV to VI grades. The results show that children spend more time at home but they also like spending their free time with friends outdoors in spite of the fact that there is no playground in their neighborhood. Their most favorite free time activities are computer games and the second favorite is playing outdoors . Apart from that children spend their free time with family and watching TV. Children don’t like spending their free time attending extracurricular activities. Pupils prefer to play in groups or in pairs , rarely individually. They devote a few hours to playing everyday. Pupils know the most popular outdoor games such as : tag, riding a bike, Chinese jump rope, hopscotch and hide and seek, They are also familiar with board games e.g. chess, scrabble, monopoly, Chinese checkers. The most popular games the parents used to play are: tag, riding a bike, hide and seek and “sophie” (footbag). Pupils also can make their own toys using paper and wood. The results of this survey reveal that pupils play willingly together with their friends because it brings them great enjoyment.

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