Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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 Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:21 am Post subject: Using money instead of points in games |
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I saw this idea at www.eslmonkeys.com the other day and thought I'd share it here.
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Giving Everyone a Chance to Win
I play a lot of games with my kids. All between the ages of 7 and 10.
Regardless of what game you play I found that one team would always have the smart kid and almost always win. The other team without him / her on the team gets frustrated easily. So instead of points for correct responses I started using a bag with fake money. Because the fake bills range from a one dollar bill to a fifty dollar bill there is the element of chance which allows the other kids to compete. This gives confidence to the kid that may only answer one question correctly. And usually the smart kid is more excited as his / her team cheers to see what denomination the bill will be. Also works good with teaching numbers. Make the kids answer 'How Much?' when they pull the money out of the bag. |
For money, I simply photocopied a page of Monopoly money, with two 1s, three 5s, 10s and 20s, and two 50s, to keep the scores similar, but still give a fairly good chance of teams scoring either really low or really high.
So far, I've only used it on one class, but it was great. There were five teams, and the team that ended up winning was two girls who never win anything. It was nice for them, and they really tried hard during the game to keep raking in the dough.
Cheers,
Q~ |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| If I'm change rich, sometimes I play games with the kids and the prize is 200 won (the price of a hot chocolate from the machine). As in any reward based games, you quickly turn your kids into after class beggars. TEACHER MONEY! TEACHER CANDY! TEACHER POINT CARDS! TEACHER STICKERS! |
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