Gods of War

Today the heavens have opened and it is pouring!  They have also released the Gods of War though because it is thundering like there is no tomorrow.  This means that Levi and I have some time here where there is really nothing to do but snuggle up and watch TV and make games.  Levi came up with a game to play.  Well more accurately, design, make, colour and play.

First of all he drew a picture of what the game was going to look like and changed and added until he was happy.  It is a math game.  You start in the middle and then pick up cards that have problems on them.  If the answer is a positive you go in that direction but if the answer is negative, you go in the other direction.  If you hit the end in either direction you win!

Then we got a piece of cardboard and redrew the game board.  Levi followed my lines and then we wrote the cards.  Mostly sums like 5 + 6 and such as they can't add up to too much.  The board was too small for large solutions.  The negative sums were things like 8 - 12 and other smaller sums.  Then we placed the cards on the board and it was finished!  Every now and then there are cards in there, that say 5 X 5 and such, but I think Levi snuck those in.  They are a match winner by themselves!  Then we played the game with little 4 X 4 Lego pieces as our tokens.  I love this game and I think (and I am totally not bias) that it would be a great teaching game for kids Levi's age.  He loves playing it and although the sums are easy for him, because after all he wrote most of them, they will help him learn them visually and quickly.  Now I need to make a flash card one and we will be all set!

We played the game until he was tired out it, but I think we will bring it with us to dinner tonight.  They have a couple of kids around this age too.  I am sure it will be a hit.  I have to bring dessert as well and I think I am going to bring the ever popular 5 minute chocolate cake and icecream.  I might branch out and get strawberries as well!  Then the kids can make their our desserts in pairs and it will entertain them as well!

If you were wondering if Levi was actually still in his PJs and robe in the photos, yes, yes he is.  In my defense, it is raining, we live on a farm and even though it seems like we have done a lot, it is only 9 in the morning.  He does wake at the crack of dawn, even when it is dark and stormy.  He also is sitting on the sofa, eating popcorn, drinking a popper slushie and watching TV.  Yes I'll never make a Mum Blogger!  He goes to public school and loves it.  He gets his immunizations on time and his mother lets him stay in jammies and eat popcorn.  Ah well, lucky I am relaxed about not being the perfect mother!