Coding is the method of giving instructions to a computer to perform a specific task. It teaches kids important academic skills and builds crucial soft skills like perseverance and organization.
This game involves simple pre-coding skills where your kid has to follow some instructions while playing the game. This introduces the concepts of looping and conditionals.
What is looping?
In computer programming, a loop is a sequence of instructions that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached.
What is conditional?
Conditional statements help you to make a decision based on certain conditions.
How to play this game?
- You need two dice for this activity . One for counting and the other for shapes.
- I cut different shapes from different colored construction paper and pasted it on each side of one dice.
- Anay had to roll both the dice together.
- As per the shape and number rolled by the dice, He had to draw the shape accordingly.
- If the Shape die rolled a square, he had to draw a square which is the CONDITIONAL part of this activity.
- And, if the Number die showed five, then he had to repeat drawing the square five times. This is the LOOPING part of the activity.
If you have a younger kid you can use shape stencils or you can draw the shapes for them and ask them to color.
If you try this activity, do share your experience with us.
