Comments on: Four corners

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:14:54 +0000

In reply to Zo. That's a great idea. And it might make it harder for the person who's It, too, since there would be more background noise!

By: Zo

Zo — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:46:27 +0000

another variation could be (if you want it to be more active and have less students sitting out) that everyone who’s number WASN’T called has to do star jumps/jumping jacks and those who’s number was called have a break from star jumps! 🙂

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:10:38 +0000

In reply to luky. You can still play without desks. Players who are out can either just stand to the side, in the middle of the room, or sit on the floor.

By: luky

luky — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 03:40:27 +0000

what if they dont have a desk

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Indoor Recess Ideas - The OT Toolbox — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:26:40 +0000

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By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:28:28 +0000

In reply to Chris Hawkins. Yes. Whichever corner Melanie guesses, whether it has the most people in it or not, is out. Everyone in the corner Melanie guesses goes and sits down at their desks.

By: Chris Hawkins

Chris Hawkins — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 07:55:24 +0000

So if Melanie *doesn’t* guess the corner with the most people in it, do they still have to sit down?

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:20:02 +0000

In reply to Miriam. Hi Miriam, great question. You can avoid this by making a rule that says when there are four or less players left, each player must choose his or her own corner (so no more than one player per corner). Does that make sense? Then the players will have to silently race each other to claim a corner, but that way there will always be one player left out at the end.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 21:40:01 +0000

Question: Since the game allows for more than one student in a corner, how do you ensure that the game ends with one player left who becomes “it”? For example, if the last round has two players in corner 3, and “it” chooses corner 3, then both of those players are out, and no one is left… so who is the new “it”?

By: Kalen

Kalen — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 01:44:29 +0000

Cool! I think I can try this game with my students! 🙂

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How to Survive Indoor Recess - New Teachers Guide — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:38:28 +0000

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By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:36:13 +0000

In reply to preston. Nice variation! Maybe you could even play that way on a smaller scale in a large room in a house or in a classroom. But I can see how it could be a good PE game with lots of running/dancing. :)

By: preston

preston — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:51:54 +0000

In PE the coach rolled a giant die and the number it read was the corner that was out. If he rolled a five we would dance. If he rolled a six everyone in the middle of the gym (the ones who were elimanated.) would rejoin.

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 12:25:55 +0000

In reply to brad. Great suggestion, Brad! Thanks!

By: brad

brad — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 01:03:23 +0000

sometimes the game can get long at the end with just one or two kids. We played several shorter games by “closing down” a corner after it was picked The kids who were out can get back in the game more quickly too.