Child's Play
Join the dots.
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Draw a square of dots on the board. The number of dots to a side depends on how long you want the game to go on for, but I would suggest a minimum of five dots to a side or a maximum of ten dots to a side. Otherwise the game becomes too predictable or too long. Draw the dots about two inches apart so that they can be easily seen by the students. The object of the game is to join the dots together either horizontally or vertically to make squares. You will need a different color pen for each team playing. When a student successfully answers a question they can join two adjacent dots without giving another team the chance to complete a square. When a square is completed fill it in with the color of the pen or mark it in some way so that everybody knows which teams square it is. If a student completes a square they get another turn. This way it's possible to complete multiple squares in on turn. A way to make the game more interesting is never allow team mates to come up to the board and show somebody which dots to join. Let them yell, stand up, squirm in their seats, anything but come up to the board. If they do then that particular turn is over. When the game is over total each teams squares. The winner is the team with the most squares. |