![]() ![]() My son did have a slight problem with facing the same direction the whole time while following directions.He thought that was more fun! Problems Encountered for Younger Kids Sometimes he would take a roundabout path. I would ask him to count how many steps it would take to get from number _ to number _. We also worked on numbers during the game. ![]() Once he completed it, he started all over and asked for new directions. He called it a maze because you had to follow a certain path to get out of the grid. My 3 year old thought this game was a ton of fun. Our Experience With Games About Following Directions They will take you from square 1 to square 31. Print out the game instruction pdf files and you can read off the directions. Here is a sample game for your game grid!ĭownload & Print: Directions for the Following Directions Grid Game Printable Guide to Making a Following the Directions Grid Game Take 1 step forward and 2 steps to the right.Take 2 steps backward and 2 steps to the left.Stepping to the left or right would require a side step. Have her face the same directions as the numbers if you use the directions I wrote. Have your child start at square one and walk through the grid following your directions. Step 2 – Play the Game How to Play this Following Directions Activity Then I strung pieces of yarn from one side of the square to the other using the tape as a guide.I went back around the square and placed tape on top of the yarn after every step.I tape down the yarn, turned and marked off another 6 steps.Then, I placed the heel of one foot in front of the toes of the other foot as I walked 6 steps across the room.I taped the end of the yarn to the floor.I used a 6×6 grid because that’s what fit well in our room. Often, when the older children are writing numbers to 50 or 100, the younger ones will take out the same paper, sit with the older children, and write 0 or 1, happy to be doing the same work as the “big kids.”Īs with many other activities in my posts, this is not from the Montessori curriculum, but rather has evolved through my work with the children.This is what our game grid looked like when finished Step 1 – Create a Grid on the FloorĬreate a numbered grid on your floor. We also use this paper for practicing writing the child’s name – or any other letters and numbers the child chooses. She enjoyed it and did a second one, quickly, accurately and with confidence. This work was at my initiative, since I wanted to help her with practice on numbers to 20. The other child working on the numbers (this time to 20) did not talk about where she would end up. The child writing numbers on the 10 x 5 paper (it was his idea to start this) told me that he knew it would end up at 50, then showed me the rightmost column, saying: “10, 20, 30, then it will be 40, then 50”. I don’t tell them where they will end up of course, and what they tell me reveals their understanding of numbers. Yesterday, several children in Kindergarten were using the paper for counting. It can be used as a full sheet (10 x 10), half sheet (10 x 5), for the dice race (6 x 10), or with 2 rows of 10 squares for early counting exercises. The paper is simple and appealing to children. If I didn’t have other materials, I would also use it for addition and subtraction. We have also used it for graphing (see earlier Dice Race post) for children in Kindergarten. Over the years, I have used grid paper to teach counting, skip counting, multiplication, and area of rectangles and triangles to children in grades 1-6, including children in Special Education in grades 4-6. If I had only one material with which to teach mathematics from Kindergarten to grade 6, it would be grid paper with 1cm squares.
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