Brush up your knowledge of shapes in this fun board game! Roll the die to see where you land. Say the name of the shape correctly and you'll get a chance to roll again. Use a combination of luck and skill to reach the finish line first. Try printing out a blank playing board (near the bottom of the page) and make this activity your own!
Terms to Know:
polygon: a closed plane figure bound by straight sides
quadrilateral: a shape with four sides
parallelogram: a four sided shape in which opposite sides are parallel to one another
rhombus: a parallelogram in which all sides are of equal length
trapezoid: a four-sided shape in which two sides are parallel
pentagon: a five-sided shape
hexagon: a six-sided shape
heptagon: a seven-sided shape
octagon: an eight-sided shape
nonagon: a nine-sided shape
decagon: a ten-sided shape
What You Need:
- One die (Print a template.)
- A place marker for each player (a bean, coin, etc.)
- One Name the Number playing board (Print this out.)
What You Do:
- Players each select a place marker and put it at the starting point on the game board.
- Players take turns rolling the die. The roll determines how many cells they may move. All players may move for "free" on their first turn.
- Beginning in the second round, a player must correctly name the shape inside their marker's space before being allowed to roll.
- Only one marker may occupy a space. If two players land on the same space, the last one stays and the other player must return to start.
- The first player to reach the halfway point and then return to start wins.
Variation:
Create your own game board. (Print a blank game board here.)
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