Animal Adventures Game

Participants use numbers and problem-solving skills to help their Alice character negotiate a path across a game board (the Tub of Tears) with barriers.

Materials needed:

• animal adventures game board (easier level | harder level)
• 1 place marker per child
• 1 die

To do:

• Child and parent each choose an animal marker.
• The parent and child place sit on opposite sides of the game board.
• The goal of the game is to reach the side opposite from where the person starts.
• The first player rolls the die and moves the number of squares shown on the dice, or he/she may move fewer squares.
• The marker may be placed on any square on the roller's side on the first move.
• The marker may only move in one direction per role of the die. At the beginning of each turn, each person may change the direction of his/her marker.
• If a marker reaches a hedge, it must stop even if it has not been moved the total number of squares shown on the die.
• The game is over when both animal markers have reached the opposite side of the game board.