Race Around the Clock

Race Around the Clock - Travel through a day as you answer time related questions

Travel through a day, hour-by-hour, as you answer time related questions to Race Around the Clock.

There are 100 question cards. Below is a sampling of the questions from the game:

• Brian started playing a video game at 3:00 pm and stopped playing at 4:45 pm. How much time passed?
• We were at the school assembly for 45 minutes. We returned to our class at 2:15 pm. What time did the assembly start?
• You left home at 7:30 am and arrived at school at 8:10. How long did it take you to get to school?

Object:
Be the first player to go around the clock (game board) twice - 24 hours.

Set up:
Place the board between the players. Each player chooses a pawn and places it on 12. Mix the question cards and place the stack nearby.

Play:
Players take turns. On your turn, choose a card from the pile and hand it to another player to read to you. You won't read a card aloud for yourself because the answers are on the same side as the questions. If you answer the question correctly, spin the dial and move forward the number of hours indicated. Your turn is over. The first player to move twelve hours around the clock twice (24 hours total) is the winner.

Below is a sampling of the questions from the game:

• Brian started playing a video game at 3:00 pm and stopped playing at 4:45 pm. How much time passed?
• We were at the school assembly for 45 minutes. We returned to our class at 2:15 pm. What time did the assembly start?
• You left home at 7:30 am and arrived at school at 8:10. How long did it take you to get to school?

Try this:

• Take turns asking questions and when it is your turn to answer, model problem solving.
• Allow the individual to use the clock on the board as a visual aid, or have an actual clock handy to work with. A cheap plastic clock without a cover over the hands will allow the individual to turn the hands to work out the solution.
• Look for a nice rounded web space before flicking the spinner.
• Isolate different fingers to spin the spinner.
• Skip playing the game. Just pull the cards out and take turns answering them.
• Work on telling time, calculating elapsed time, problem solving, time management, socialization skills

In the box: 100 question cards, game board, spinner, 4 game markers
Ages 8+, 2-4 players

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