Birth of Venus
and then this happened....
Nik just said "No!"
On Thursday, we went bowling. I have no idea why I have no pictures from that day. Pete and I were quite surprised to find out that Belle has some mad bowling skills....the boys?....not so much!
Yesterday, I found BookPALS Storyline where we listened to Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen. BookPALS books are read by actors, for example, Guji Guji was read by Robert Guillaume. The book was brought to action not only by Robert's reading, but also by the animation of the illustrations. There are also activities to go along with each book. I appreciated the comprehension and what I call the "thinking deeper" questions. Isabelle found quite a few activities listed that she would like to do also! We are returning today to read A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon and read by Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin).Cover your board with scrapbook paper using a good adhesive. You don’t want your board covering going all crazy mid game! I cut a thin bit of paper out at the fold of the board so I could fold the game up for storage. If you are going to store your game board flat, you can skip this step.
Next, I created a “path” using scrapbook paper squares. I added “traps” and “move aheads” along the path: different squares hold different consequences and the squares with flowers allow player to move ahead. The “traps” stay the same, however, the “move aheads” seem to change with the game! Our favorite “trap” is the square where the player steps on a pop top and has to cruise on back home…you know, from Jimmy Buffet’s song! As the player is making his way back to the start box, we all sing the chorus from the song. I know, I know…it’s so redneck but it’s fun! lol!! We also like the “Escape to the Border” which is an area marked with a red sombrero. When you land on the square that takes you to the border, you lose a turn, but you get to hang out at Taco Bell! There’s also the Butterfly Conservatory where you lose a turn…
I wanted this board to be a generic board that could be used for a lot of different games. So far, it has worked out well. I store the different games in ziploc bags. We also created a more elaborate game board when we studied the American Revolution…I’ll have to see if I’ve got some photos of that one to share too.
Here are a few links of free printable gameboards:
Porky Pies…not necessarily a board game but could become one easily!
