CoP - Research - What Children Like

• Sweets
• Treats
• Plays
• Dressing Up
• Arts and Crafts
• Bikes
• Outdoor Activities
• Movies
• Pocket Money 
• Shopping
• Cake
• Toys
• Animals

CoP - Research - Story Cubes

• Imagine telling stories that are dynamic, interactive, fun and randomly generated. 
• Imagine never being stuck for an idea ever again.
• Inspired creativity and storytelling across the globe.
• Pocket-sized creative story generator that encourages creativity, develops social confidence, enhances language development skills and creates connections and unique moments between people young and old alike.
• Housed in a compact magnetic box, StoryCubes are perfect for telling stories wherever you go. 
• Use them travelling, to school, camping or even to the restaurant and tell a story while you wait.

CoP - Practical Feedback

• How to use design to build and accentuate learning resources and materials. 
• Using design to amplify the objectives of learning. 
• Focusing on inclusivity.
• Thinking about how to make maths not about maths.
• For example, using family members or sweets.
• Look at Story Cubes

CoP 3 - Third Draft Feedback

• Start to look at the format of essay;
• Arial 12 Point
• 1.5 Line Spacing
• Get rid of headings and subheadings.
• Place long quote in the correct format.
• Place title at beginning.
• List of illustrations and descriptions.
• Main Text
• Illustrations (Figures, descriptions, Titles)
• Reference List

CoP Practical: Similar Resources

Fredericks & Mae Playing Cards

Commotion - Child Friendly Playing Cards

• A deck of 56 child-friendly playing cards with 4 coloured shapes to represent suits and 14 numbers, 0-13.
• Helps Children Learn:

• Maths - number 
• Personal Development - collaborative play 
• Communication & Language - reasoning

Wilko -Storytelling Cards

Multi-player or single player options

• Helps develop social interaction and imagination
• Suitable for ages 3+

 Brainbox - Maths Card Games

CoP 3 - Practical - Game Research

• Old Maid
• Happy Families
• Four Function Snap
• Frustration
• Sleeping Queens
• Monster Match
• Snakes and Ladders
• Dobble
• Connect Four
• Dominoes
• Uno
• Monopoly
• Snap
• Mouse Trap
• Operation
• Twister
• Hungry Hippos
• Kerplunk
• Go Fish

Snakes and Ladders

Ages 6 and Up.

2-4 Players

 Old Maid

2 or more players. 

Sleeping Queens

Reinforces Maths, helps with addition and subtraction.

Ages 8 and Up

2-5 Players

idea thought up and created by a child, which was then created into a real game. 

Four Function Snap

52 playing cards

Ages 7 up

1 or more players

Dobble

2 - 8 Players

6 years plus

Dobble is a speedy observation game where players race to match the identical symbol between cards. Reliant on a sharp eye and quick reflexes, Dobble creates excitement for children and adults alike while keeping every player involved in the action.

CoP 3 - Practical - Initial Ideas

Initial Ideas and brainstorms of existing games to create into new games, looking at learning and real life situations and roles for children to include in games. 

• Board Game
• No teacher direction/instruction
• Using experiences that children already know.
• Social/group activities
• Resources that involve asking questions and speaking to one another
• Discovery Learning, encourages exploration and experimentation.
• Old fashioned, well known games
• Card Games
• Tools/Symbols
• Situations in everyday living
• Inclusive, gender and ethnicity
• Different abilities