I adhered 10 candy cups with velcro dots to poster board that I cut in half. I decorated it with markers, gathered the plastic pink and red hearts in the Valentine's Day cup and "Voila"!
The Game: Each student will be given a cup filled with plastic hearts. The game itself will be placed either on the floor or on a table 1-2 feet away from them depending on the age of the child; closer for the younger students and farther away for the older students. They will have 3 minutes (maybe 5) to pitch hearts into cups and answer questions. They have to get a heart in the 1st cup, answer the question correctly that I ask them in order to move on to the next cup. They can't skip cups. There's no limit to how many hearts it takes them to get one in the targeted cup. It may take 5 attempts before a heart successfully lands in the cup they're aiming for. Get a heart in a cup, answer the question correctly, move onto the next cup in the sequence.
I'll add a little extra incentive by telling my students that if they get through the first 3 cups they will earn a sticker on their prize sheet, then after the next 4 another sticker, and the last 3 yet another sticker. I've been test driving this game this week and I have to say that getting the hearts into the last 4 cups (cups 7-10) is not so easy. So I think I'm only going to use the first 6 cups with my younger students (having an opportunity to earn a sticker after every 2 cups) and allow my older students to attempt all 10 cups. Happy Valentine's Day! Until next time........
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