Money

Money War

This has been all the rage around here today.

It is a good old fashioned game of war. Two players each are dealt an equal number of cards. Both players turn over one card at a time, the player with the highest value wins those cards. The player who ends up with all of the cards is the winner.

I used money stickers and pocket chart cards to make this. Simple! I also used a printout from the 1+1+1 blog.

I started rather simple, just pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters; but Dylan mastered the coin names and denominations right after a few games. Today, I added pennies to some of the nickle cards and I think I'll double some of the coins for tomorrow.

Sorting Coins

I left the tray out today to see what would happen and both boys worked on it a few times, together.

Here is how it looked at the end of the day......

Number Fish

We need a little variation as I think I have played the snowman game 1 too many times, make that 100 too many times. So I made a variation of a math game from Montessori Journey. And of course ours uses....fish. This has been great since Nathan can play the game with no issues.

I game board made from fish stickers and old folder files. We used goldfish crackers for the game pieces, although I might pick up some shells from the dollar store if I get a chance. I modified the dice so that once 1, 2 and 3 are options.

Each player rolls the dice and then covers that number of fish. Once the fish are covered that player wins and of course my guys ate the goldfish. Snack and a game at the same time, perfect!

However, the Snowman Game is still the most requested game in our house.

The Snow Man Game

Dylan is really loving this game these days. Nathan likes it too, but gets frustrated that his drawing skills aren't what he wants them to be. I really feel for him, he is at the stage where he knows what he wants to make, but can't quite get there. I think I am going to make a felt version for him sometime soon.

Start with three circles for the body of the snowman. Roll the dice then draw on a piece of paper the element that corresponds to the number you roll. When we roll a number that we already have, we just draw a snowflake. After the first few times playing it we started to add variations....cowboy, snow women, small snowman, fat snowman, astronaut. Lots of fun for the post Christmas lull going on here.

ETA and wouldn't you know, a couple days after I posted this, I find a link to the exact version I need for Nathan. Now I just need to find time to make it.