Tempting Treats

Explore

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Playing Tempting Treats involves a little exploration as players look at the position of the Kitty in order to decide which card to play.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
When first learning the, play a few rounds with all of the cards face up so children can discuss why they are making certain choices and learn from the choices other players make.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
Tempting Treats is good for teaching introductory level strategy thinking skills as children consider which is the best card to play in order to move the Kitty closer to them.

When first learning the, play a few rounds with all of the cards face up so children can discuss why they are making certain choices and learn from the choices other players make.

Determine

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Tempting Treats involves several moments of determining as players decide what card to play, who played the winning card on a turn, and where to move the Kitty.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
When first learning the, play a few rounds with all of the cards face up so children can discuss why they are making certain choices and learn from the choices other players make.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
Tempting Treats is good for teaching introductory level strategy thinking skills as children consider which is the best card to play in order to move the Kitty closer to them.

When first learning the, play a few rounds with all of the cards face up so children can discuss why they are making certain choices and learn from the choices other players make.

Compare

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Players compare the cards played to see who wins that turn.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
Parents can ask children if they notice any patterns in the cards played by other players. For example, a player may be consistently playing low cards in the initial turns of the game. Noticing how others are playing can influence how a child evaluate which card to play on a turn.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
Educators can ask children if they notice any patterns in the cards played by other players. For example, a player may be consistently playing low cards in the initial turns of the game. Noticing how others are playing can influence how a child evaluate which card to play on a turn.

Remember

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Players may try to remember cards played before in order to increase the odds of playing a winning card on the next turn.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
If you notice a child is thinking hard about which card to play, ask them if they remember what others have played recently. This can help them decide to play a card that is less likely to tie or be the lowest.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
While not essential to the gameplay, remembering the cards others have played can increase the odds of playing a winning card on the next turn.

Educators can help build memory skills by asking children to name the cards played by others on the prior turn.

Predict

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Players may attempt to predict which cards others will play on a turn, in order to avoid a tie or try to play the highest.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
If you notice a child is thinking hard about which card to play, ask them if they remember what others have played recently. This can help them decide to play a card that is less likely to tie or be the lowest.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
Tempting Treats provides an introductory level to predicting, as children try to play a card that is higher or not tied with other players. The child's choice is based in part on evaluating the prior cards played by the other players.

To increase the educational value regarding strategy and predicting, educators can ask questions after each turn to understand why each child played the card that they did. This will help reveal their thinking and give the educator an opportunity to suggest new approaches.

Plan

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Players may organize their cards in order to try different strategies such as getting rid of low cards first in order to have more possible winning cards as the game proceeds, or playing high cards first in effort to attract the Kitty quickly to their winning spot.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
Tempting Treats does not require planning to successfully play. Play is more reactive. However, if parents notice a child is having difficulty playing winning cards, they may suggest that the child try to get rid of low cards first or play high cards on each turn. This will enable the child to learn which approach is most successful to apply in subsequent games.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
Tempting Treats does not require planning to successfully play. Play is more reactive. However, some planning can be a strategic advantage.

Educators can prompt planning by asking children if they are sequencing their cards in a certain way, such as high to low. Encourage children to try different sequences to experiment with what works best.

Experiment

What Does Child Do To Use Skill In The Game?
Experimentation is not required, but may be helpful.

How Parents Can Assist Learning
Similar to planning, if parents notice a child is having difficulty playing winning cards, they may suggest that the child try to get rid of low cards first or play high cards on each turn. This will enable the child to learn which approach is most successful to apply in subsequent games.

Learning Implications and Educator Support
Similar to planning, educators can prompt planning by asking children if they are sequencing their cards in a certain way, such as high to low. Encourage children to try different sequences to experiment with what works best.

Cognitive

Suggestions for How to Modify Play Experience
Make it a game of chance. Deal five cards to each player, face down. Each player turns over their top card. The player with the highest number wins. If there is a tie, each of the tied players turns over another card, etc. until one player wins. Deal cards so each player has five cards. New cards are placed at the bottom of each player's pile. Keep playing until all the cards have been used. This version enables children who have cognitive delays to compare for the highest number, without having to remember previous moves.

Play with just three cards instead of five to reduce options and teach the game process. Increase to five cards as the players learn how to make choices.

Communication

Suggestions for How to Modify Play Experience
If the child cannot read, another player can read the fact cards aloud and then ask questions to make sure the child understood what was read. This is an important skill for listening comprehension.

If the child can read, when they win a fact card, they read the card silently. Then they ask a question of the other players related to what was on the card. Lastly, they read the card aloud and announce who was right. This modification provides practice for reading comprehension, as well as formulating questions from sentence-based content.

Sensorimotor

Suggestions for How to Modify Play Experience
If holding five cards is too difficult for tiny hands, make or provide a card holder made from construction paper.

Social Emotional/Behavioral

Suggestions for How to Modify Play Experience
Tempting Treats does not involve complicated strategy, so should not be too challenging for children who are easily frustrated.

Vision

Suggestions for How to Modify Play Experience
Colors, contrast, and visual complexity are good for children with low vision.

Hearing

Suggestions for How to Modify Play Experience
Verbal communication is not required. Directions can be read, demonstrated, or signed.

*Data compiled from CCSSI ELA Standards, WA Science Standards, and Washington Social Studies Standards

Extra Ways to Play the Game
Give each player a fact card to read at beginning of a round. Players place the fact card face down by their own number. When Kitty arrives at the player's home number, the player has to remember the fact. If correct, the player wins kitty. If not, the token goes back to center circle. The player picks up another card, reads it and places it face down by their home number.

Materials Needed
No additional materials needed.

Developmental Benefits
This expansion is helpful for reading comprehension and memory for facts.

Extra Ways to Play the Game
All cats are in play. Start with all three in the center. The player who wins a turn can move any Kitty one space backward or forward, or two spaces laterally.

Alternatively, at the beginning, each player picks one Kitty that they are trying to get to their home number. Then, on each turn, whoever wins can move their Kitty or an opponent's Kitty one space backward or forward, or two spaces laterally.

Materials Needed
No additional materials needed.

Developmental Benefits
This expansion inserts some strategic thinking into the game. Players can move a cat toward their goal or inhibit the movement of another player toward their goal.

Extra Ways to Play the Game
When players win a fact card, they read the card silently. Then ask a question of the other players related to what was on the card. Other players then answer the question asked. The player then reads the card aloud and announce who was right.

Materials Needed
No additional materials needed.

Developmental Benefits
This modification provides practice for reading comprehension, as well as formulating questions from sentence-based content.