september 2023
In the school age program, some loose parts that were gifted to us have piqued the children’s interests. As a few of them were sorting through the small pieces and objects, M.T noticed that there were a few chess pieces. He said “Oh! I could use these to create my own board game!” As he continued picking through, he found plenty of other things he could use. He found a small wooden cube and said he was going to use it as a dice, some mini foods and decided they would be powerups, poker chips to be used as currency, as well as many small gems. The following day the educators had found a piece of board and brought it to the program. M.T said it was the perfect size and that he was super excited to create the board. He brainstormed ideas about what he could use to make it. Painting the board was an option but he decided he didn’t want to wait for the paint to dry in order to move onto the next step. An educator suggested cutting out different coloured squares out of construction paper to create the different spaces but he decided that he just wanted to use markers. He got to work drawing out each space. He said that his inspiration came from a monopoly board. M.T included many friends and explained what he was doing and what he wanted each object to mean. He inspired a few others to create their own games too! A few days later, he sat with an educator and came up with his list of rules! He had a plan for every piece and decided on special rules for certain spots on the board. We are looking forward to learning and playing everyone’s board games once they are complete!
Harmeek Kaur, B.ELEd, M.Ed
Khushbu Patel, B.Ed, M.Ed
Brittany Wooley, Educator