Brainworks: Growing Logic & Thinking Skills via Card & Board Games
Help me give my students an alternative to video games and the opportunity develop their logic and strategic thinking skills. I am teaching 5th and 6th graders how to play card games and board games that develop thinking skills.
Our students come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and income levels, yet they integrate seamlessly as a whole. We have very caring students who have high goals for themselves, even though they know they face many challenges. Students at our school are learning to have the growth mind-set and are also learning to become leaders of their own education and lives. In other words they come to school not only to learn but to grown their brains and to find their personal genius
Our unique 4-5-6 grade program integrates across subjects, and grade levels and includes our students with autism as much as possible.
My Project
A deck of cards and the rules of a games such as Hearts or 13 can develop critical thinking skills in a child that has never been challenged to think in this way. I teach a combined 5th an 6th grade elective devoted to teaching low-income students how to play games that challenge them to think mathematically and logically and give them an entertainment resource beyond video games. Rummikub and Othello are great strategic games that encourage students to discover patterns. Scrabble is a classic word game that develops word pattern knowledge. And a deck of cards? Why that's entertainment and brain boosting power in a box!
Rummikub -- The Original Rummy Tile Game
• Amazon Business
$11.95
4
$47.80
12 Decks Playing Cards Set - Classic Poker Card Game Bulk Set of Twelve Standard Size Blue and Red Packs Great for Family Night By Neliblu
• Amazon Business
$11.97
2
$23.94
Materials cost
$192.78
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$17.64
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.89
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$243.31
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$42.94
Total project goal
$286.25
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$286.25
3 Donors
-$236.25
Donations toward project cost
-$200.81
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$35.44
match offer
-$50.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$42.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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