Dominoes (Block Game)

Type of modality / Games /Seated Table Games
Type of play / Shared Cooperative
Interaction pattern / Inter-individual/Inter-group
# of participants required / 2-4 players
Equipment/supplies / set of dominoes
pen and paper to keep score
Facilities required/environment / This game should be played at a table or somewhere with seating and a flat surface
Precautions / NA

Sequence/Directions (Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish) This can be less than ten steps of more than ten steps.

1. Begin by shuffling all the domino tiles and keeping them face down

2. Each player should draw 7 tiles from the pile

3. Players should line the 7 tile pieces up so that the spots on the tiles are facing towards them and not their opponent

4. To begin the game, the player with the highest double lays his or her tile down

5. Players then take turns laying their tiles down(horizontally if not a double, vertically if tile is a double) .

6. Each domino tile has to line up with a matching tile. The number of dots/pips on one tile have to be identical to the other tile where it is being placed.

7. If a player does not have a matching tile, he or she is “blocked” and must skip the round

8. The game continues until no more plays can be made, or if a player uses his or her last domino

9. To determine a winner, the players must count the spots on their remaining tile pieces. The player with the least amount of spots wins the total sum of his or her opponent’s points from their tile pieces, and then subtracts his or her own total. This person is declared the winner.

Blank tiles are worth zero points and can only be used next to other blanks.

Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)

Category / Skills
Primary body position / Sitting down
Part of the body required / Upper extremities- arms and hands
Movement / Grasping, (Radial digital or 3-Jaw Chuck)sitting, picking up, manipulating, reaching. Turning/Twisting hands.
Physical / Active range of motion-upper extremities, visual-motor integration
Cognitive / Arousal/alertness, sustaining attention, calculation, flexibility, concentration, orientation, recognition, strategy, sequencing,turn-taking
Social / Interpersonal interactions, maintaining social space, social cues
Perception / Visual functions, tactile
Communication/language / Reception of body language, signs and symbols, understanding of written or spoken language
Self-care / NA
Psychological/emotional (possible) / Joy (winning dominoes), anger and frustration (upset about losing or not understanding the rules)

SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:

Ways to SIMPLIFY demands / Ways to make more COMPLEX
Cognitively / Play with the standard set of Dominoes (Double-Six), allow players to pick from the remaining tiles / Play with a “Double-Nine” set or a “Double-Twelve”. Both of these sets require more skill.
Physically / Download a dominoes app onto a smartphone and a person can play individually. Less movement is required. / If a person has to skip a round, he or she could do a physical activity in the meantime Ex: 1 pushup, a bicep curl, tough the wall on the other side of the room, etc.(Place dominoes further from person, requiring more stretching, play standing at a high table)
Socially / Play dominoes one-on-one / Play the game in teams
Select random partners

Other Comments:

There are a variety of different ways to play Dominoes. The rules and regulations vary depending on the game. In some games, people will play several rounds and already have an existing winning score. Once someone reaches the set winning the score, the game is over.

YouTube Video, How to play Dominoes:

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