Let's make a board game and practice
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Presenter(s): Lidija Voršič

Children get to know certain areas and skills through play at an early stage of their lives. By playing and enjoying they gain different skills spontaneously and subconsciously without even knowing that they are learning. Today, unfortunately, board games have been displaced from children's lives by flourishing technology, to which most children devote too much time.
My intention was to introduce board games to students in the second and third grade to the extent that they would become keen on them and play with them more often. Also, the meaning of the board game is even greater if the students make it themselves. As I mentioned above, students can learn something or expand their knowledge through a board game, so they were thematically oriented to learning content that is intertwined in the lessons. We talked about the basic form of the board game and the rules of the play. Students were divided into heterogeneous groups; they chose their own subject area and then a certain theme of the board game. They were given precise instructions and were supervised and directed throughout the work. With the final product the created board game, all students were able to practice their knowledge of specified subjects in a new and more interesting way.