1. The Snake and Ladder game is a strategy to help students build concepts using GAMEPLAY 
  2. The idea/principle is that we win BROWNIE points if we ‘DO RIGHT’ or lose points if we ‘DO WRONG’. 
  3. The board can be used for either recapitulation of concepts or for promoting analytical thinking. 
  4. The Board is used in 2 WAYS- RIGHT/WRONG strategy OR the Analysis Strategy/Decision-Making Strategy 
  5. As per the First Strategy- ANY POSITIVE ACT WILL TAKE YOU UP THE LADDER and ANY NEGATIVE/UNDESIRABLE ACT WILL BRING YOU DOWN THE SNAKE. 
  6. The above strategy can be used when teaching students about HEALTHY FOOD/JUNK FOOD. Students can throw the die and if they come to the bottom of the ladder- healthy food will be shown indicating that it is a GOOD PRACTICE hence the child can move up the ladder. However, if they move to the mouth of a snake an UNHEALTHY FOOD can be shown indicating a wrong practice hence the child moves down the snake. This strategy can be used for FOLLOWING SAFETY/TRAFFIC RULES, MORAL SCIENCE/CHARACTER BUILDING/VALUE EDUCATION/SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, etc. 
  7. The second strategy is when a question is presented when the student arrives either at the bottom of the ladder or the mouth of the snake. A CORRECT ANSWER WILL GIVE THE STUDENT THE BENEFIT- which is to move up the ladder in case of right answer or NOT MOVE down the snake. If a wrong answer is given, the STUDENT DOES NOT CLIMB UP THE LADDER AND MOVES DOWN THE SNAKE. 
  8. This game ensures the use of one game board for multiple subject enhancement – MATH PROBLEMS, SCIENCE/SST Questions. 
  9. HOW TO PLAY- 
    • Students in a class can be formed into groups (as many groups as the number of counters on the board (similar to a quiz format) 
    • Students may also be divided into 2 groups and can play against each other (like a quiz) 
    • Students may be divided into multiple groups of 4 and each group can be given a board to play. 
    • Students will start the game by throwing the die. The person who gets 6 will start the game and move the counter to the numbers mentioned on the board. 
    • The next student throws the die and moves the counter on the board. 
    • THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME IS TO FINISH FIRST. In the course of the game, they engage in concept enrichment through the game strategy. 
    • When the students come to the bottom of a ladder, or the mouth of a snake is when there is a QUESTION/DECISION MAKING juncture. 
The person who reaches the Finish first is the WINNER. All the best! Happy Playing and Learning!

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