Snail One Hundred

8303 /www/nrich/html/content/id/8303/ 2 2012-07-01T00:00:00 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"> This game is about counting up to 100. <mdo:image alt="the snail game board" height="166" src="Snail100.png" width="254"></mdo:image> You will need the board which you can download <a href="/content/id/8303/snail100.pdf">here</a>, an ordinary dice and a pair of matching counters for each player. How to play the game: To start put both your counters on "0" - which is the snails's eye! The first player throws the dice and moves one of their counters that number along the snail's body. Take turns at throwing the dice. After you get to "9" the first counter goes back to "0" and the second counter goes onto "1 ten". Go on moving the first counter along the snail's body and moving the second counter to the next "ten" every time you get to the end and go from 9 to 0. The winner is the first to reach "100". </mdoxml> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><div class="embed"> <h2>Snail One Hundred</h2> This game is about counting up to 100. <mdo:image alt="the snail game board" height="166" src="Snail100.png" width="254"></mdo:image> You will need the board which you can download <a href="/content/id/8303/snail100.pdf">here</a>, an ordinary dice and a pair of matching counters for each player. How to play the game: To start put both your counters on "0" - which is the snails's eye! The first player throws the dice and moves one of their counters that number along the snail's body. Take turns at throwing the dice. After you get to "9" the first counter goes back to "0" and the second counter goes onto "1 ten". Go on moving the first counter along the snail's body and moving the second counter to the next "ten" every time you get to the end and go from 9 to 0. The winner is the first to reach "100". </div> <h3>Why play this game?</h3> This game is to help children to understand the tens and units structure of the numbers to a hundred. It can be used as an activity for one child on their own or by up to three at once. If there are four, it would be more suitable to play two parallel games. <h3> Possible approach</h3> You could sit with the children who are to play until they understand what they have to do when they reach "9". Once a pair understand the game you could give them the task of teaching others by playing with them. <h3> Key questions</h3> <div>What do you do with the second counter when you reach "9"?</div> <div>What do you do with the first counter when you reach "9"?</div> <div>How many more tens until you get to "100"?</div> <h3>Possible extension</h3> Learners could use two dice and add the results. <h3> Possible support</h3> A child who is struggling to understand may need to play the game with an adult first before playing with their friends. </mdoxml> 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 Snail One Hundred This is a game in which your counters move in a spiral round the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and units. Numbers and the Number System Place value Numbers and the Number System Counting Numbers and the Number System Properties of numbers Admin Lower primary mapping document