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The movement in this case is of two types: pendular, i.e. oscillating with respect to the vertical and which is in a horizontal direction; and balancing, i.e. oscillating with respect to a horizontal plane and performed vertically. This first is achieved by means of the traditional swing, while the second requires having a piece of timber or plank balanced in the middle on a point of support. The game that consisted of putting one child on the pole of the ox wagon and the others on the back was basically the same as the seesaw, where the system formed by the axle and wheels acted as the pivot.

The easiest way to make a swing is to tie the two ends of a rope to a horizontal branch of a tree or a beam, with the distance between the two ends slightly larger than the width of the shoulders of the children who are going to play on it. The lowest part of the rope, where a “U” is formed, must be the right height from the floor, so that the child, once sitting down can touch the ground with their feet to be able to push themselves.

When there are several children waiting to swing, a rota is established and the number of times each child swings is counted.

The seesaw consists of a board, plank, piece of wood or trunk, balanced approximately in the middle on a fixed support that acts as a pivot. That support could be a large stone, a low wall, a woodshop table, another trunk or a pile of earth.

Usually two children, and sometimes more, sit opposite each other and astride at the two ends of the plank. The weight must be the same at each end of the support point to facilitate the seesawing. Another child, if they are thin, may need to be added to one end in order to balance it.

The ox wagon, ''burdi'' or ''gurdi'', was used as a seesaw in a game that a group of boys could play. One of them would sit astride the pole clinging to the pegs and the others would get in the wagon and make the pole go up and down. During the game, they spoke or sang.