Sidewalk Chalk - My Favorite Learning Tool

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When the weather is nice, the kids (and Mom) are itching to get
outside and play. I personally like the playing to learn approach. Did
you know there's an outdoor world of math and reading fun that awaits
you, and all you need is sidewalk chalk, dice, and your imaginations?
Anything we can do inside on paper can be done outside on the driveway
or sidewalk, as long as we don't care if it eventually gets "erased"
by rain or sprinklers. Not only do the kids and I get to exercise our
brains but we also get to exercise our bodies. I get to stretch my
hamstrings and quads as I bend over to draw game boards or numbers,
and the kids get to hop, skip, and jump around. Here are a few
favorite sidewalk games I'd like to share. You can adapt any of them
to the abilities of your children, and multiple ages can play
together.
Numbered Ladder GameDraw a long, long ladder with at least 25 rungs,
each rung big enough for a kid to stand in. Number each rung starting
with 1 and going to 25. You also need a dice.Rules - Grown-up throws
the dice and the child hops up that many spaces on the ladder. If they
land on an even number, they have to go back 1 space. Continue on
until you have a winner....

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