TEN LITTLE FINGERS - Arvind Gupta

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Make a paper cube or dice. Mark sixdifferent shapes on it instead of numbers.Cut ten numbers of each of those shapeswith cardboard and put them in a bag. Rollthe dice. Feel in the bag for the shape thatappears on the top face of the dice. If youpull out the right shape, then you keep it.Take turns. The first person to collect 5shapes is the winner.For this game you will need a few counters and adice. Each person draws 4 boxes like this :FUN WITH DICESRoll the dice.Write the number shown on the dice in one of the boxes. When you have put the number in the boxit cannot be changed. Keep rolling the dice until all the boxes are full. Is the left hand numbergreater than the right hand number ? If it is then you collect a counter. The first person to collect 5counters is the winner.Addition GameFor this game you require three dicesand a paper and pencil to record yourscore.Throw all three dices together. Add thedots on the top surfaces of all the 3dices. The winner is the player to score agrand total of 100.Multiplication GameFor this game you will require two dices and a paper and pencil to record your score. Both thedices are tossed by the player twice. The total number obtained by counting the dots on the topsurface of each dice on every throw become the factors for multiplying and the player must give thefinal answer correctly.6 x 9 = 54After each round, the player with the highest score gets 1 point. The winner is the player whoscores 10 points first.VariationsChildren can change the rules and make various games using three dices. They can throw all threedices together. Then add the two dices with the highest numbers and from this sum subtract thenumber on the third dice. This would be their score. They take turns and the player who scores 100first is the winner. Alternately, they throw all three dices together. Multiply the two lowest numbersand add to it the third number. This becomes their score. The one who scores 200 first is declared thewinner. The paper cube described on the previous page makes a very accurate dice. All that is requiredto make such a dice is six equal squares of paper. There is no gluing or pasting required. Having madea paper cube children could either make dots on them to make a number dice, or draw different shapes,or else make a dice with different colours on all its six facets. When children play with two or threedices they automatically learn to add, subtract and multiply in a very playful way. This kind of mentalmaths would stand them in good stead later on.
Slipper AbacusPLACE VALUE / DECIMAL POINT1. Take an old rubber slipper.Make three 7-8 mm diameterholes on its midline using ashoemaker’s punch.Rubber Abacus2. Insert / press fit a pencil/ reed in these holes. Theheight of the pencil shouldbe only 9 beads high.3. This simple abacus can be usedto show place value. The number293 is denoted on it.1. Cut a 5 cm x 10 cm piecefrom an old hawai chappal.2. Mark out 3 columns and9 rows of dots on it. Punchholes on the dots using a2mm shoemaker’s punch.3. Using matchsticks youcan depict any score from0 to 999 on this counter.The score right now is 159.Place Value Snake This splendid teaching aid is made from a strip of paper. Whenyou open up the snake then you see the actual place values of allthe numerals.DECIMAL ABACUS1. Cut a 6 cm x 3cm piecefrom an old rubber slipper.2. Stick 4 needles in therubber so that they are 4.5cm above.3. Cut a 6 cm x 6 cm piece ofold postcard Make 3 holes and2 slits on it. Mark a black spoton another postcard strip.4. Attach the postcard pieceto the rubber with pins.Weave the strip through theslits.5. Cut 5 mm long beads froman old refill.6. The abacus indicates520.9. It has got a slidingdecimal point
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