• Add It Up
Skill Application: Using the abacus for addition
Objective: To finish the game with the highest number.

Materials:

• Mat board with 1” graph paper around the perimeter. Random numbers written (in braille, large print, clear labels) inside the boxes.
• Abacus
• Die
• Game pieces

To Play:

• One player begins by rolling the die and moving accordingly.
• The player notices the number under his/her playing piece and sets that number on the abacus.
• On his/her next turn, the player adds the new number to the previous number.
• The game continues until the players have been around the board at least once. (It can be decided before playing how many times around the board the players will move.)
• The players compare the numbers on their abacus. The player with the highest number is the winner.