Post on 27-Jul-2020
COVID-19 BOREDOM PACK:
PRIMARY EDITION Creative activities and educational resources for
children during the COVID-19 lockdown
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Battleships
Players: Two - Also known as: Broadsides
Players take turns in trying to guess the locations of the other player's ships on a grid.
Description
Each player draws two 10 x 10 grids, labelled along the sides with letters and numbers.
On the left-hand grid the player secretly draws rectangles representing their fleet of
ships:
The fleet
Each player's fleet consists of the following ships:
1 x Aircraft carrier - 5 squares
1 x Battleship - 4 squares
1 x Cruiser - 3 squares
2 x Destroyers - 2 squares each
2 x Submarines - 1 square each
Each ship occupies a number of adjacent squares on the grid, horizontally or vertically.
Play
During play the players take turns is making a shot at the opponent, by calling out the
coordinates of a square (eg D5). The opponent responds with "hit" if it hits a ship or
"miss" if it misses. If the player has hit the last remaining square of a ship the opponent
must announce the name of the ship; eg "You sank my battleship".
During play each player should record their opponent's shots on the left-hand grid, and
their shots on the right-hand grid as "X" for a hit and "O" for a miss:
The first player to lose all their ships loses the game.
Heads Bodies and Legs
Players: Two or more - Also known as: Picture consequences
Players take turns in drawing a head, a body, and a pair of legs, without letting the other
player see them. The point of the game is the fun of seeing the resulting pictures.
Description
Each player starts with a small piece of paper - half of A4 or US Letter is about right.
Each player begins by drawing a head in the top third of the sheet, and then folds over
the paper so just the neck is showing:
The players then exchange pieces of paper, taking care not to let the other player see
their drawing.
Each player then draws a body in the centre third of the paper, joining the neck lines,
and folds over the paper so just the legs are showing:
Again, the players exchange pieces of paper.
Finally, each player draws legs and feet, joining the leg lines, and folds the paper so
nothing is visible.
Finally, after exchanging again, each player opens their piece of paper to reveal the
whole drawing:
Variations
An amusing addition is to add an extra stage in which each player folds the page to
leave a blank strip at the bottom of the paper.
After exchanging, each player writes a name for the drawing in the blank space.
Consequences
Players: Two or more
The players take turns in contributing sentences to a story. The final story is then read
out, usually with hilarious results.
Description
Each player starts with a piece of paper. The players each write a phrase as the first step
in a story, and then fold the paper to hide the phrase before passing it to the next
player.
The steps are as follows, where the things in brackets should be replaced by the chosen
words or phrase:
(boy's name)
met (girl's name)
in/at/on (where they met)
He said (what he said)
She said (what she said)
He (what he did)
She (what she did)
The consequence was (what happened).
When the players have completed all eight steps, the pieces of paper are unfolded in
turn, and the players read out the completed, usually funny, stories.
Play Consequences
met .
He said .
She said .
He .
She .
The consequence was .
Art Gallery
Players: Two or more
The players take turns in naming an object which they each have to incorporate into a
drawing.
Description
This is a non-competitive picture-drawing game that's great for playing with children. It's
also good as an ice-breaker with adults.
Each player starts with a blank sheet of paper. The players then take turns in naming an
object, which all players must incorporate into their drawing. Players should wait until
everyone has finished drawing before naming the next object.
At some agreed point, usually when one player cannot fit any more objects into their
picture, everyone agrees to stop and reveal their drawings.
Example
For example, if the players named: "Sun", "Star", "City", "Tree", and "Plane", one
player's drawing might look like this:
Noughts and Crosses
Players: Two - Also known as: Tic-tac-toe
Players take turns in marking squares on a 3 x 3 grid. The first player to get three
squares in a row wins.
Description
This is probably the best known pencil and paper game.
The game is played on a 3 x 3 grid, typically created by drawing two horizontal lines and
two vertical lines on a piece of paper. One player is 'O' and the other is 'X'.
Players take turns in drawing their symbol in one of the cells. The first player to make a
line of three of their symbol horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins.
If both players play perfectly the outcome is always a draw, but with inexperienced
players the game is just complex enough to make the game interesting.
Example
For example, the following game shows how the first player can force a win by starting
in the centre square if the second player is foolish enough to reply on the edge:
Flags Quiz
Enjoy our fun flags quiz for kids. There are a lot of countries out there and a lot of flags! How many of them do you know? Let’s find out!
Scroll down to find 30 flags, 10 easy, 10 medium and 10 hard. Name as many as you can before taking a look at the answers
below to see how well you did.
Easy
1._______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
5._______________
6._______________
7._______________
8._______________
9._______________
10.______________
Medium
11.______________
12.______________
13.______________
14.______________
15.______________
16.______________
17.______________
18.______________
19.______________
20.______________
Hard
21.______________
22.______________
23.______________
24.______________
25.______________
26.______________
27.______________
28.______________
29.______________
30.______________
Flags Quiz Answers
1. Spain 2. China 3. Italy 4. South Africa 5. Japan 6. Germany 7. France 8. Canada 9. Brazil 10. USA
11. Sweden 12. Mexico 13. Russia 14. Greece 15. Australia 16. Jamaica 17. Argentina 18. India 19. Chile 20. Turkey 21. Kenya 22. Indonesia 23. Uruguay 24. Austria 25. Iceland 26. Pakistan 27. Thailand 28. Bolivia 29. Portugal 30. Ecuador
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