Games
Role Play(Shopkeeper & Customer)
Role Play Shopkeeper, or 'Kanjus Dukandar,' is a game where kids act as a stingy shopkeeper. It sets the scene for them to practice arithmetic in a comic way.
Materials
- Pebbles, Jenga Blocks, or Handmade Paper Items
- Price Tags for Each Item
- LOTS of play money - ALL the play money should be made of "1 Rupee" notes. "10 Rupee notes" should just be 10 1 Rupee notes paper clipped together. "50 Rupee notes" should be a bunde of 50 1 rupee notes in a rubber band
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Checklist
- Were the kids doing the arithmethics?
- was the session focusing on bargains
- were the kids adding multiple numbers of same or different items?
how to play
Divide the children into small groups of 3–5. Begin with a story, such as a busy marketplace where one child is a stingy shopkeeper and the others are customers shopping for items, to spark imagination and humor. Provide play money and small objects or paper tokens to represent items for sale. Customers can choose to buy multiple units of the same item or different items, and they must calculate the total cost and give the correct amount of money to the shopkeeper. Encourage playful interaction, and guide the shopkeeper to correct mistakes if the customers give the wrong amount. This activity helps children practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, money handling, and social skills in a fun and interactive way.
Challanges
- The shopkeeper's challenge is to make profit by asking for a higher price, or lowering the price to get the customer to buy more - for eg if you buy 2 I'll give you a 5 npr discount, while the customer's challenge is to avoid getting cheated!
Questions to be asked
- Did you receive the exact number of items you asked for?
- Is the calculation correct for the items you bought and sold?
- How much will it be if I buy 2 or 3 or 5 (ie practice multiplication) - will you give me a discount?
- If a set of 3 costs 6 rupees, how much will 1 cost (practice division) ?
- What will you do if the shopkeeper is charging more than the marked price?
- Which shopkeeper made the most money?
- Which customer got the highest total value?