Teachers Corner: The Mouse Maze Game

by Kristie Donohue
May 12, 2006

Steve and Kristie Donohue have submitted a game for teachers to download!  Here’s what Steve has to say about the game…

“The mouse maze game is designed to help students grasp the concepts of left, right, faster, and slower.  This is part of a direct requirement in the science curriculum for first grade students (typically 6 year olds) in Michigan, USA.  It also provides additional practice in a mathematics requirement that they be able to make and record tallies (the typical 4 lines, then a diagonal line to show 5).  There are also elements of another science curriculum requirement that students understand cause and effect.  By using the cards they can cause the mouse to take different actions and moving it shows the effect of those actions.”

You can download the .pdf files for the games below:

Complete Lesson

Mazes

Mice

Mouse Cards

Tally Sheet

Sample Game

Teaching Plan

Instructions

I hope these can be used with success in classrooms…

Tom Vasel
“Real men play board games”
www.tomvasel.com

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