Abigail Janney
Dr. Bidwell
SOCL 222-01
December 6, 2019
Project Phase 2: Team Proposal
Animal Dice Game
My team came up with a proposal to facilitate parental engagement through a family fun time activity for children aged 3-5 years old. We chose an animal dice game to fulfil our smart objectives. The animal dice game is a jumbo dice created by using a cube tissue box and slips of paper with a picture of an animal and an action or sound of that animal. This game will help the child recognize different animals while associating the correct sound or action with them. The jumbo dice is rolled and the parent and child will then act out whatever action or sound of the animal facing up. Once the child understands the game the parent can then ask them to spell the name of the animal or describe other characteristics of the animal to make the game even more educational.
Smart Goals
Within thirty minutes the child will be accurately able to identify and act out the actions of four out of the six animals in order to increase their cognitive development through memory and word association, as well as gross motor development through the movement of their arms and legs while acting out the animal.
Child Development
Cognitive development is a very important part of a child’s healthy development in the chosen age range (3-5 year olds). The memory aspect of this game encourages the children to accurately identify the name, actions, and sounds of a given animal. The more the game is played, the more the child can commit to memory the characteristics of different animals. “Children tend to use routines to define understanding of events, and to recall sequence” (Anthony). This game also helps with gross motor development with the child acting out the different animals as well as rolling and going to retrieve the dice.
Instructions
- Take out the materials from the bag
- Have each child tape each picture of the animal to each side of the dice
- Once the dice is completed have the child roll the dice
- Explain the action to the child and demonstrate what it may look like
- Have the child do the action on the dice
- Repeat steps 3-5
Actions
- Frog: Squat down and hop while going “ribbit’
- Cow: Moo like a cow
- Scratch armpits like a monkey or dance like a monkey while making monkey noises
- Bird: Flap arms like you are flying and making chirping noises
- Elephant: Place arms outstretched in front of chin and make a trumpent sound like an elephant
- Penguin: Waddle around and squawk
Materials Needed
Dollar Tree: 6 pack of tape- 15 packs
Retail price $1
Animal Printouts- Free from printing services
Tissue boxes- Free from donations
Walmart: Cardstock- 3 packs
Retail price $8.82 x 3
Total Cost:
$15+8.82 x 3
Roughly $41.46