CarouselVisions Blog: The Takeaway from Take-Away Games
6: Reimagining The Original Carousel Ring Game
I might have played The Original Carousel Ring Game as early as the summer of 1948, so it took two years for me to pose this question: could passing up a Silver Ring help me get the Gold? I had no idea how to formulate the problem, but it was obvious that...
5.1: A Lesson Plan
Enrichment Activity (Division with Remainders) Learning Outcome This lesson shows children how to use division with remainders to predict which Rider on a DIY carousel will take the gold ring. This lesson plan builds on the principles we discussed in our prior blog...
5: Recreating the Original Carousel Game
The game that inspired my question was a fun activity for both children and adults during the hey-day of carousel/merry-go-round rides, 1880-1930. Rings were made of nickel and brass, and “going for the brass ring” was an often-used expression. There are...
4: Strategizing with Daisy Petals and Childhood Chants
Fortune-Telling with Daisy Petals William Shakespeare died in 1616, perhaps too early in the 17th century for word about Fortune-Telling with Daisy Petals to have reached England from France. Still, there is a reference to a daisy in Act IV, Scene V of...
3: Some Fun with Clocks
This is the mind voyage I traveled while thinking about clocks. First thoughts turned to “clockwise” and “counter-clockwise” rotation. These are terms we use to denote direction of rotation around a circle: clockwise is the direction of hour markings on a...
2: Clock Arithmetic
In this post I will show how clock arithmetic helps you to analyze “Fortune-Telling with Daisy Petals” and “Eenie, Meanie, Meinie, Moe” as take-away games.I am not a great do-it-yourselfer, and this is my attempt at a clock face with just an hour hand. By the way, did...
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