LR floor game Crocodile hop

The set includes 2 inflatable cubes (one with colours, one with shapes), 40 animal markers, a cushion and instructions.

The Crocodile Hop floor game is basically board gamewhich can be played in two different ways. The instructions are described below. The game also provides a number of activities that support fun learning of colours, shapes, numbers through play. Activities are suitable for implementation by a teacher in the classroom or by a parent or other adult in the home or informal setting.  

Instructions for the game

Crossing a stream with paint

Number of players: 2-4 players or 2-4 teams
Contents: playing mat, coloured dice, 1 animal marker for each player (or each team).
Place the mat on the floor where all players can see it. Each player (team) chooses one animal game marker and places it on the "Start". The first player rolls a coloured die and moves the game marker to the nearest rock or log of that colour. The second player rolls the die and moves in the same way, always choosing the nearest stone or log. When playing with teams, teammates take turns rolling the coloured die and moving the team marker across the stream. If a player rolls the crocodile symbol on the dice, he or she "snaps", loses a turn and cannot move for that turn. When a player lands on a rock or log with a number on it, provided the player recognises the number, the player may gain another turn and reroll the dice. Play continues until one player or team crosses the stream and lands on the grassy area on the other side of the mat. That player (or team) is the winner!

Crossing a stream with characters
Number of players: 2-4 players or 2-4 teams
Contents: playing mat, character cube, 1 animal marker for each player (or each team).
The game is played in the same way as in the Crossing the Stream with Colours version, except that in this version the players use a die with shapes on it to play the game.

Activity proposals 

Name that colour or name that shape
Place the mat on the floor. Ask the pupils to name each colour and each shape by having the pupils stand at the 'start' and then step on a rock or log. If the pupils can name the colour or shape correctly, they can move to another rock or log and name that colour or shape. Continue until the pupils have crossed the stream.

Mark shapes and colours
Place the mat on the floor. The teacher should roll a coloured cube and ask the pupils to try to find all the stones and logs with that colour. The pupils are then asked to put a label/marker on each colour that matches. Repeat this by rolling the coloured cube again and marking the correct rocks or logs. If the crocodile symbol falls on the dice, remove all game markers from the mat. Do the same activity using the shape cube and ask the pupils to find all the rocks and logs with that shape. This is a great way to practise and reinforce colour and shape recognition.

Discover the shapes
Place the mat on the floor. The teacher should roll both cubes and call out a combination of colours and shapes, for example "yellow circle". Pupils raise their hand when they see the correct shape or colour. The teacher calls on a pupil to stand on a rock or log. The teacher continues rolling the cubes and calling out combinations of shapes and colours until all the pupils have found the rock or log they are standing on. If the crocodile symbol is rolled on the dice, choose a colour or shape and call out that combination.