Pistol games Pick a theme and starting with 'a' then 'b' then 'c' and so on take it in turns to say a word in the chosen category beginning with that letter. A variation of this game is to think of a word beginning with the last letter of the word the other person chose. For example, if the topic was animals and the first person said ‘anteater’, the next person needs to think of an animal beginning with ‘r’ e.g. ‘rabbit’.
Simple pencil and paper games
Players take turns using a line to connect two dots. One line, then the next player’s turn. It can be helpful for each player to use a different coloured pencil. Why I like it
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The ‘chaos game’ is a way to see how patterns can result from certain random events. Use this program to run the ‘chaos game’, randomly moving the turtle to create a pattern (for more information, search 'chaos game’). Have students analyze or fill in or change parts of the pencil code program. 7 pen and paper games for children and families End of game
Pistol games
Turns alternate in this fashion until one player has completed a triangle in which all three sides are his or her color and thus, loses the game. Paper and Pencil Brain Games
