A couple years ago, I watched the youtube video of: http://cainesarcade.com/ An inspiring 9 year old boys creates an entire arcade from cardboard boxes. I love cardboard boxes, they are the best and for years, I'd bring them into the preschool classroom with me.
In the Arctic, we have no shortage of cardboard boxes. Everyone does food orders from Amazon, Walmart, and Fred Meyer.com. So this was great way to use up a very common resource!
The students here immediately began work on their cardboard arcade. They were so excited and creative. We had an unexpected economics lesson when we talked about how much it would cost for people to come in, what the cost translated to tickets, and what each individual game cost per ticket. One student wanted it to be $100/10 tickets, but the other students said that a lot of people wouldn't have $100 so we should make it cheaper like $1. The student in charge of tickets practiced writing the word "ticket" over and over, but then decided to just write T when she realized how many she had to make. She put the tickets in the bowl and still wondered if it would be enough. She wrote up a sign stating the price for each game and that we were going to have a raffle every 10 minutes. (Then the kids wondered what they were going to give for prizes for the raffle)
Some kids didn't want to tell the other classes, they wanted it to be a surprise. Others said that we should make posters so that they will know and they will want to come.
The level of creativity was astounding too. They just kept adding more details. A ticket booth got an "Employees only" sign. Each employee got a badge.
One of my quiet little girls made a basketball game. She put pieces of tape on the ground so that other grades would know to stand. The Kindergarten got to be closer and the High schoolers would have to stand way farther back. She even put a piece of tape with the number 1 right next to the box because that's where my son could stand if he came :) That thoughtfulness really touched me.
What a great project. I am excited to continue it throughout the year to see what else they will create!
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