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Os cinco cantinhos (Five Corners)
English version by Regina Machado Garcez <[email protected]>
Colégio Sinodal, São Leopoldo - Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil
These games are also described in Spanish and Catalan too on the web page of Rafael Badia, Spain at: Juegos infantiles de todo el mundo

Material: Desenhar cinco cantinhos no chão
Terreno: Qualquer terreno livre
Número De Participantes: Seis jogadores
Objectivo: Trocar de lugares sem perder o lugar para aquele que está no meio.
Desenvolvimento: Cinco jogadores metem-se nos cinco cantinhos que foram desenhados no chão e fica um a pedir lume ao meio. Se dissermos que não ele vai a outro pedir, se dissermos que sim ele vai para o nosso cantinho e esse que disse que sim vai para o meio pedir lume. Enquanto ele vai pedir lume os outros trocam de lugar entre si, mas o do meio tenta ver se consegue apanhar o lugar de algum que se distraia.

Material: Five corners drawn on the ground
Ideal place: any piece of ground with much space to run
Number of Participants: Six players
Goal: To change places and keep a new place/position at the same time. Do not allow the player in the middle of the "circle" to take any other players' position.
How to play it: Five players stand on each corner and there is a sixth player standing in the middle of the selected ground. This player approaches every other player and asks for "light" or " fire." If the other ones say "No," he keeps on asking that until one agrees with his request. When that happens, he takes the player's position and that other player takes the central position, with no specific corner. Next, he approaches someone to ask for "Light;" the other players change places, and try to get another position. All five players must avoid the one in the center of the circle to take each one's  position/place while they change places.

Students at Escola Básica do 1o Ciclo de Fortios, Portugal <[email protected]>
Teachers:
Maria de Fátima Gomes Pinheiro Bengala, Maria Florinda Rita José Delicado Pacheco, Antónia Cordeiro Bastos
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