Learning Resources Goodie Game User manual

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LER 1181
Activity Guide
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Children enjoy open-ended creative play with
Goodie Games. As children grow and learn, chal-
lenge them by adding a level of difficulty to these
games and activities.
Contents
20 picture cards (red and purple borders)
20 self-checking hidden shapes cards (green and
blue borders)
40 cookies
Spinner
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Game 1 — Cookie Faces
2–4 players • Ages 3+
1. Sort the purple-border cards by the icons in the
corner of each card.
2. Give each player a card with the same icon.
3. Pour all cookies out in a center pile.
4. Say “go” to initiate the game.
5. Find the cookies on the card and build a matching
picture.
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Game 2 — Eight Great Shapes
2–4 players • Ages 4+
1. Spin the spinner.
2. If you spin a shape, look in the jar and try to find
a cookie of the same shape.
3. If you spin the cookie jar, choose any cookie from
the jar.
4. Take turns spinning.
5. Try to collect one cookie of each shape.
6. Collect all eight shapes to win.
Variation: Close your eyes when picking a shape
from the cookie jar. If it matches, place it in front of
you. If it doesn’t match, put it back in the cookie jar.
Keep only one cookie of each shape.
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Game 3 — Take the Shape
2–4 Players • Ages 4+
1. Put four differently shaped cookies in a center pile.
2. Close your eyes, reach into the cookie jar, choose a
cookie, and place it in front of you.
3. If your cookie matches one of the cookies in the
center pile, keep your cookie and take the
matching cookie from the center pile.
4. Put the cookie back in the jar if it does not match
any from the center pile.
5. Replace the cookie you took from the center pile
with a new one from the cookie jar. The center
pile should always contain four differently shaped
cookies.
6. Keep taking turns until the cookie jar is empty.
7. Count the number of cookies you collected.
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Game 4 — Cookie Match
2–4 players • Ages 4+
1. Place the red-border picture cards face-up in a
center pile.
2. Take turns picking a cookie out of the cookie jar.
3. Take the top card if it matches the cookie. Place
the cookie atop the card and set both in front
of you.
4. If the cookie does not match the top card, keep
the cookie. You may use it to make a match on
another turn.
5. It is now the next player’s turn.
6. Play until one player collects three cards with
three matching cookies.
Variation: Try picking cookies from the cookie jar
with your eyes closed!
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Game 5 — Shape up
2–4 players • Ages 5+
Warm-up activity: Look for the hidden shapes on the
green-border cards. After discussing the shapes, take
turns trying to pick cookies out of the jar that match
those shapes.
1. Place the green-border cards face-up in a center
pile.
2. Each player chooses three different cookies from
the jar.
3. All players check if their cookies match shapes
found on the top card.
4. If a player has a cookie that matches any shape,
that player says “match,” takes the card, and
checks the blue-border side to see if the match is
correct.
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5. If the match is correct, the player keeps the card
and chooses another cookie from the jar. If the
match is not correct, return the card to the center
pile until a correct match is found.
6. Play until all the cards are collected.
7. Count the number of cards you collected.
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