This Pirate-themed addition game was designed to give young children plenty of opportunities to reason mathematically and add numbers.
The players have a Pirate game board between them and a pile of 10 coloured counters each. They take it in turn to roll three dice. The player who rolled now works out the sum of the three numbers and looks for this number on the board. If the number is available he/she can cover it with one of their own counters.
Play passes to the next player who does the same. This is repeated until one person has managed to use all 10 of his/her counters… or until the board is full.
Where’s the learning?
The mathematical learning is in the repeated addition and (importantly) in the sharing of strategies. See the mathsticks site for fuller information about the pedagogical teaching behind this activity.
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