SHOPPING SPREE

You need 36 small flashcards with pictures of food, blank cards, dice, counters and toy money. Put the cards face-up in a large circle or square. Tell the children that this is a big supermarket. Give each child 35  pounds. The children try to buy as many articles as possible with this money. In turns, they roll the dice and move their counter from card to card. They can move in any direction. They can choose whether or not to buy the card they stop on. It costs as much as the number on the dice. The teacher plays the role of the shop assistant. If a child buys the article, he/she hands the money over and gets the card. Put a blank card in its place. When all the articles have been bought, or when there are only few of them left, or when all the players have run out of money, the player who has bought the most articles wins the game. With large classes, children can play in smaller groups.

(Gordon Lewis with G�nther Bedson: Games for Children)