Games
popsicle grid
Children take turns placing colored popsicle sticks on a dotted grid, completing squares. The child who places the final stick to complete a square claims that box, encouraging strategy and observation.
Materials
- coloured popsicle sticks
- black chartpaper with dot grids
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Checklist
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how to play
Divide the children into groups of 4. Begin with a story, such as builders creating magical squares on a treasure map, to spark imagination. Each child is given one colored popsicle stick and matching colored pebbles. Children take turns placing only one stick per round on a dotted grid, regardless of whether they complete a square. When a square is completed, they place a pebble of their color in the center. After all squares are filled, each child counts the numbers on the sticks within their claimed squares and totals them. The child with the highest total wins. This activity encourages strategy, observation, counting, and turn-taking in a fun, hands-on way.
Challanges
- Try to get more numbers of squares.
- Try to place the sticks in such a way that your friend faces difficulty in obtaining the box
Questions to be asked
- can you place the stick in such a way that you get the square
- Can you place the stick in such a way that your friend cannot get the box?