{"id":21727,"date":"2022-08-02T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=21727"},"modified":"2022-08-02T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:25:42","slug":"snakes-and-ladders-%f0%9f%aa%b1%f0%9f%aa%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2022\/08\/02\/snakes-and-ladders-%f0%9f%aa%b1%f0%9f%aa%9c\/","title":{"rendered":"Snakes and ladders \ud83e\udeb1\ud83e\ude9c"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/04FC2D6D-6B18-4410-B3CB-DE135EB02DE9-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21721\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/04FC2D6D-6B18-4410-B3CB-DE135EB02DE9-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today the boys decided to play a game of snakes and ladders. This game encourages collaborative play, turn taking, patience!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/0D049F2D-C28B-4304-8527-CCBAA55565F5-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21722\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/0D049F2D-C28B-4304-8527-CCBAA55565F5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Working together to set up the game encourages number recognition and colour recognition deciding which colour of counter you\u2019d prefer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/BCD1D968-C080-472D-ABD8-3D2D7D2B460A-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21723\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/BCD1D968-C080-472D-ABD8-3D2D7D2B460A-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Playing the game encourages touch counting, directional language forwards, backwards, up the ladder, down the snake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/C14136A8-8808-46BA-BD25-FCA851F546C7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21726\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/C14136A8-8808-46BA-BD25-FCA851F546C7-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour turn, my turn\u201d rolling a six, gets another turn &#8211; understanding the rules of the game and developing an understanding that it may not always be your turn is a concept that some children can find very hard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/8F8D5A83-5C30-43AF-84D6-A382D873B14D-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21724\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/8F8D5A83-5C30-43AF-84D6-A382D873B14D-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/2DC23B30-1CBD-4B2C-9126-6078ABE45B38-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21725\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/08\/2DC23B30-1CBD-4B2C-9126-6078ABE45B38-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then developed our learning experience by creating our own snakes and ladders boards.<\/p>\n<p>Snakes and ladders is a fantastic game with many learning opportunities and can be lots of fun!\ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the boys decided to play a game of snakes and ladders. 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