Learning Resources Dino Math Tracks - Manual (Page 3)

3. The first player then moves the dinosaurs along the matching
color tracks. The yellow dinosaur, for example, moves the
number of yellow spaces indicated by the ones digit, the
orange dinosaur moves the number of orange spaces indicated
by the tens digit, and so on, until all four dinosaurs have been
moved.
Note: You may wish to have children count their moves aloud
to make the connection between the numbers and their place
values. For example, for a number such as 1,234, the player
can count the move as follows: One thousand; one, two
hundreds; one, two, three tens; and one, two, three, four ones.
4. Play passes to the next player on the left, and so on, around
the board.
5. If a player’s dinosaur lands on the same footprint as another
player, the two players have a “Showdown.” Each player
tosses the green number cube. The player with the larger
number wins and moves his/her dinosaur forward that many
spaces.
Players must first move all dinosaurs according to their rolls
before completing any Showdowns.
6. The first player to get all four dinosaurs to Forgotten Falls wins
the game.
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Materials Game Board
Dinosaur Playing Pieces
4 White Number Cubes
1 Green Number Cube
36 Action Numbers Cards
Players 2-4 players, ages 7 and up
Getting Ready
Shuffle the Action Numbers Cards and place the pack face down
on the left-hand rock in the center of the game board. Each player
chooses a type of dinosaur (e.g., stegosaurus) and places one of
each color in the appropriate lane by the start sign on the game
board.
Playing the Game
1. Players each roll the green number cube. The player who
rolled the largest number starts the game.
2. The first player rolls all four white number cubes and arranges
them into a number on his/her colored place value boxes.
The player then moves the dinosaurs along the matching color
tracks for each place value.
Next, the first player then draws an Action Numbers Card and
reads it. The player then moves his/her dinosaur(s) the correct
number of spaces forward or backward. Place rhe Action
Number card face up in a discard pile on the right-hand rock
in the center of the game board.
Dino Action Numbers
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Game Variations
♦
For younger children, you may want to play with just one
or two number cubes. For the simplest one-cube game, use
yellow dinosaurs and travel along the yellow “ones” track.
For a two-dinosaur game, use yellow and orange
dinosaurs, arrange two-digit numbers in the yellow and
orange boxes and travel only those tracks. Later, you can
add purple dinosaurs for work with three-digit numbers.
♦ For added challenge, require all players to make the largest
or smallest numbers they can with their number cubes.
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