Thursday, August 31, 2023

High Yield Activity - Rolling for One Hundred


Target Area: Learning Center

Core Program Area: Sports, Fitness, & Recreation
Objective: Members practice basic math skills
Target Audience: 10-12 years
Time to Complete: 45 minutes
Materials Needed: 6 dice, paper, and pencil
Skills Taught/Reinforced: Math

Activity Summary: A quick, fun, low prep activity that reinforces basic math skills.

Activity Instructions: For this simple game of sequences, members participate in the following steps:

1. Roll the dice and look for sequences starting with one (one-two, one-two-three and so on).

2. Each die that is part of a sequence scores five points (so for a one-two-three sequence the point total is 15).

3. There can be more than one sequence in a roll (for example, if a roll yield a one-two-three sequence, the player could also count a one-two sequence).

4. The first player to earn 100 points wins.

Graphics used in this post are from Thistle Girl Designs, now closed
Original game idea found in The Outcome-Driven Club Experience in Action September 2012


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