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
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?