There is nothing more satisfying than playing a game created and designed by yourself!
Today our bugs created their very own board game; based on the classic ‘snake & ladder’. Before putting their ideas on the drawing board, our young designers went through the process of understanding the rules and its gameplay by playing rounds of the original snake & ladder. Next, the task was to design their own board, starting with replacing ‘snakes’ and ‘ladders’ with subjects of their choice; e.g replacing ‘ladders’ with elevators, escalators, rockets or trees.
Game invention puts children in position of power, as they decide on which game to invent, select needed materials and set up the rules (Castle, 1990).
Learning outcome: Today’s activity provides valuable educational experience such as writing rules and game labels, arithmetic, focusing and creativity.
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