Say Gopala

Objective:

An interesting and fun mathematical game, to reinforce mathematical skills and creates alertness

Value Inculcated:

Mathematical skills, alertness.

Materials required:

None

Preparatory work for the guru:

None

Procedure:

1. The children should be made to sit in a circle.
2. Then, they should start counting from 1 (e. g, 1, 2, 3, 4).
3. Every time 5 or its multiple comes up, the child should say “Gopala”.
4. The children can count up to 50 or 100.

Rules/Awards:

The child who calls out wrongly is declared out.

Variations:

A variation is to say Gopala for 7, 17,27, 37 … etc and for multiples of numbers like 7,8…