Probability, Measurement, Geometry & Algebra Games (3-6)

Bankrupt

Concepts covered: Probability, addition, financial maths

Equipment: Six-sided dice (with coins marked on each face), paper and pens

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you decide to stop when you did?/ Why did you decide to keep going?”; “Do the numbers you roll influence your decision on when to stop or not?  Explain why/why not.”; “What is the chance of rolling a $1?”; “What would you do differently next time you play?” 

Thanks to Paul Swan for teaching me this game.

Digit Disguise

Concepts covered: Algebra

Equipment: Paper and pens

Good questions to ask while playing:  “How can you record what you have discovered?”; “What information do you know now?”; “What would be a good question you could ask to check that?”; “What would you do differently next time you play?” 

Shout-out to David Butler for creating this game. 

Home Sweet Home

Concepts covered: Probability, addition

Equipment: Deck of cards, paper and pens, 100s chart, counters/tokens

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you decide to put your home there?”; “Do the number of kings left in the deck influence your decision on where to place your house?  Explain why/why not.”; “What would you do differently next time you play?” 

Shout-out to Toby and James Russo for creating this game.

Imparium

Concepts covered: Logical reasoning, odd/even numbers, spatial awareness, counting

Equipment: Paper, pens

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you decide to place your tile there?”;  “What other options were you considering?”;  “What would you do differently next time you played?”

Shout-out to Walter Joris for creating this game.

Lego Barrier Game

Concepts covered: Location and transformation

Equipment: Matching set of Lego blocks (i.e. whatever blocks one player has, the other player needs an identical set), hardcover book (or anything else that can be a barrier)

Good questions to ask while playing:  “What words do you think will be helpful for this activity?”  (This is a great question to ask prior to playing.); “Can you say that again another way?”; '“What would you do differently next time you played?”

Last Dino Standing

Concepts covered: Logical reasoning, geometry

Equipment: 12 counters/tokens, paper, pen

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you decide to make that jump?”;  “How many different jumps can you make on this move?”;  '“What would you do differently next time you played?”

MathemaTic-Tac-Toe

Concepts covered: Addition/subtraction

Equipment: Paper and pens

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you put the ___ there?”; “Who do you think has a better chance of winning- the attacker or the defender?”; “What would you do differently next time you played?”

Shout-out to Andrew Lorimer-Derham (Thinksquare) for creating this game. 

The Mouse, The Cat & The Cheese

Concepts covered: Probability, addition

Equipment: Six-sided dice, 100s chart, paper and pens, counters

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you decide to put the cheese on ___?”; “What is the chance of rolling a 2?”; “What would you do differently next time you play?” 

Shout-out to James Russo for creating this game. 

Traffic Light Os & Xs

Concepts covered: Logical reasoning

Equipment: 9 x red counters, 9 x orange counters, 9 x green counters, paper and pens

Good questions to ask while playing:  “Why did you put that counter there?”; “Is there anywhere else you can place a _____ counter?”; '“What would you do differently next time you played?”