Name of In Class Activity: Blokus

Type of modality / Board Game/Table Game
Type of play / Shared Cooperative
Interaction pattern / Multilateral
# of participants required / 2-4 people
Equipment/supplies / Blokus game
Facilities required/environment / Room (class room, living room, etc)
Precautions / None

1. Gather the participants and the board game

2. Everyone sits around the board game with two on one side and two on the opposite side so that everyone has their own corner on the board game

3. Dump the shapes and each person is designated a different color

4. The order of play is blue, yellow, red green.4.First person must place their block on the board. It must be on their corner. Repeat around

5. At everyone’s turn, they must place the block of the same color on the board and it must touch at least one other piece only at the cornersof their block. Once a piece is on the board, it must not be moved(Colors of the same piece cannot be in contact along an edge)

6. There are no restrictions on how many pieces of different colors may contact each other

7. Continue taking turns and playing until all players are blocked

8. To calculate the winner, count the remaining squares that each player hasleft over. Each square per piece is worth -1 point. If the player used all of their pieces on the board, then they receive +15 points. This person can also receive +5 bonus points if their last piece was the smallest piece (the unit square).

8. The player with the most points is the winner

Category / Skills
Primary body position / Static sitting
Part of the body required / Hands and arms
Movement / Grasp ( pincer ideally), picking up pieces
Physical / Balance (dynamic sitting), motor control, visual-motor integration
Cognitive / Decision making, judgment, recognition (shape/form), strategy, attention (focused attention)calculation to add up scores, problem-solving (where is the best place to put the piece?) spatial operations (mentally manipulating the pieces before actually putting them in place) writing (if you are the person writing down the scores)
Social / Maintaining social space, regulating behavior, heterogeneity, conversation (optional)
Perception / Visual function, tactile function (being able to pick up pieces)
Communication/language / Reception of body language, producing body language
Self-care / N/A
Psychological/emotional (possible) / Joy (from winning) and frustration (from not being able to have any more moves)
Ways to SIMPLIFY demands / Ways to make more COMPLEX
Cognitively / Making the shapes simpler shapes (only rectangles and squares) / Each person has a 10 second time limit
Physically / Sitting on chairs and placing the board on a table / Play the game while standing up or balance on one leg when it is your turn
Socially / Not talking during the game / At every turn, everyone must introduce themselves (first turn) and say one fact about themselves

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