It was the inspiration for this little game - Elevator Math!!
What You Need
24-floor skyscraper picture (download it here)
Lamination
Fine-tip dry-erase markers
2 regular dice
1 adapted UP and DOWN die (visit my Slide-A-Story activity for a download)
Notebook paper and pencil (optional)
Prep
To play, write six destinations on different floors of the
laminated skyscraper (e.g. swimming pool, vet, chocolate shop, toy store, art
studio, cheese factory, cafeteria, karate dojo, etc.).
Objective
See how many of the special destinations you visit while “riding” the elevator 11 times.
See how many of the special destinations you visit while “riding” the elevator 11 times.
Play
Roll the two regular dice. Add the dots together. Roll them
again and add all the dots together.
The total of these four dice rolls equal the floor that you start on.
Next, roll the three dice. Add the dots on the two regular
die together and, if the third die reads “UP,” add the totaled number to the
floor number you are on; if the other die reads “DOWN,” subtract the number
from the floor number you are on. Then, color a window on that floor and make a
tally mark. Roll the three dice 9 more times until you have 10 tally marks on
your skyscraper page, adding/subtracting and coloring the floors.
THE ROOF/BASEMENT: If the player ends up on the roof or in
the basement, have him/her circle the word “roof” or “basement.” When on the
roof, there’s only one way to go: down. The opposite is true for a player stuck
in the basement. A total of the two regular dice determines how far up/down
the player goes. For example, if the player is stuck on the roof and rolls a
seven, they’ll descend 7 floors to floor 17.
My son has played this game three times since I made it. Even though it's as much a game in pretend as it is a math exercise, my son was thrilled this last time to finally "pay a visit" to LEGOland!
LOVE this! We are totally going to try this! Thanks for sharing - you always come up with the most amazing things - I guess that is why you are one of my favorite blogs!
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We do something similar to this but use milk cartons. I had forgotten all about this since I don't think I have done it with my younger two, just my older three when they were younger. Thanks for reminding me. Very cute worksheet.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I am going to try this with my children, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteTAG! You're it! Stop by and see what it's all about :)
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How fun! I love all of your hands-on activities and games!
ReplyDeleteFun! We are going to try this one out, too. I always love the things that you make.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very neat idea. We also read that book and liked it a lot.
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ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE! Pinning it now!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I'm going to use it for multiplication, too! I'll print enough buildings for everyone and see who can make it to the roof first! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe used this in class today, and it was the favorite center! I put a fun thing on every floor to keep my kindergarteners' interest, and they had a lot of fun with it! Definitely using this next year!
ReplyDeleteAh, Chelsea, that TOTALLY makes my day! I'm SO glad your students enjoyed this little math activity. Thanks for sharing your experience!
DeleteUsed this for our math today. Instead of making an up/down die, we used a regular one and said that odd = up and even = down. Worked well for us and you are right that LEGOLAND is a great motivator. :-)
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