Educational activity around the short film My dear gnome
(oneself) locate and (oneself) move using landmarks and representations.
My dear gnome © Eddy
TitleMy dear gnome
ThemeGame
Genre & keywordsComic, garden gnome, doe, game of checkers, bad player
Age (for film)3-11 years
Duration01 min 06 s
DirectorEmmanuelle & Julien
ProductionEddy (France, 2014)
Problem solving.
Once the film has been watched, the children will be free to express themselves on the game that our two characters want to play (what is this game called, what is the goal of this game, who could explain the rules?)
Teachers can thus begin a sequence on the game of checkers.
After watching the film, children will be asked to describe the image opposite by answering a series of questions.
This first activity aims to establish a vocabulary common to the class in relation to the game of checkers (checkerboard, black pawns, white pawns). Students who already know this game are then invited to write, in the form of dictation to adults, the rules of the game which will be displayed and read as a class group. If necessary, download the rules of the checkers game...
Once the rules of the game have been established, the students will confront each other in order to familiarize themselves with the game, in the form of workshops or as a whole class. The teacher, for his part, will have built a large checkerboard (or will project it on the VPI) in order to present to the class situations requiring reflection or a strategy to be implemented.
The sequence can then lead to the organization of a mini-tournament or/and to learning the game in other classes thanks to the rules transmitted by the students.
Activity sheet written by: Géraldine de l'école des Juliettes. Discover the Juliettes school blog...
