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Get through, five alive

Get through, five alive


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Concept:
Addition
Description:
Game
Phase:
Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up
Number Range:
Any number | Only up to 20
Materials Needed:
Counters (e.g. bottle tops) | Dice or DIY Dice
Players:
2 or more

Played one team/person against another. Each team gets 5 counters (so need to have two different colour counters). The team that gets the most counters to the end wins.

Resources

  • Beans (two types)
  • Print or draw this 5 Alive Boardgame
  • Dice

Instructions

  1. Learners get into pairs
  2. Each pair gets a board game and 10 beans ( five for each).
  3. The learners take turns to throw a dice and move one bean across at each throw.
  4. Learners try to  get all beans to the end
  5. If a bean lands on a multiple of 5 it dies and is taken out.
  6. If you happen to land on the same place as your opponent then your opponent’s bean dies.
  7. The winner is the one who gets most beans across.

The goal is to get through all five ALIVE

 


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