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Building upon the success of our first game, launched on Kickstarter earlier this year: the Which Way? Coding Board Game, we are now developing a whole portfolio and curriculum of educational games, stories and digital experiences for young children to learn at home and in the classroom.

We support STREAM learning:

Team OjO is thrilled to introduce our latest designs, prototypes, plans and dreams for our next awesome educational board game Movie Director:

Direct your own mini-movies and solve maths problems at the same time

The Problem

The early years are a crucial time for children to learn as much about their world as possible. Their brains are like sponges during this period and so it’s vitally important that children are spending time on activities that are beneficial to their learning and development.

The Solution

To help parents and educators make the most of this critical development stage, we have designed a set of educational resources (the first in a series) based around math-based word problems.

Play the game, read the books and interact with the app. After all that practice, your children will be confident about their word problem-solving abilities!

The idea is to:

• Get children (and parents!) excited about learning
• Break-down tricky academic concepts into more friendly ideas
• Reinforce concepts by offering different media through which to receive them i.e. games - kinaesthetic, storybooks - audio + visual, apps - visual

Why Word Problems?

Word problems are a great place to start because they involve so many different skills that apply during later life as well as at school. Growing up, and as an adult, we encounter real-life maths problems every day and they rarely come to us already organised into neat equations. It is up to us to dissect the situation, identify the relevant information and formulate it into a problem that we can solve.

Learning these skills from a young age sets children up to solve similar problems when they enter the workplace and adult life.

Examples of Grown-up Math Word Problems:

If I earn £1500 per month, bills cost £900, food £100 and travel £100, how much do I have left to save?

If I have £30,000 of savings already in my bank account and save £200 per month with an interest rate of 1% earned, how many years will it take for me to save enough to pay for a house deposit of £50,000?

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The Importance of Word Problems

1. How maths applies to the real world

Maths is initially an abstract subject that might seem irrelevant to everyday life. Maths problems however, clearly describe situations where maths skills are essential. This in turn encourages children to practice using maths to solve problems.

2. Develop higher order thinking and critical thinking skills

Word problems can be confusing because they contain extra information that may or may not be relevant to the question. Children are required to call upon a variety of skills simultaneously such as literacy, numeracy, imagination and critical thinking skills, to process this information, extract what’s relevant and use it to find the correct answer.

3. Apply different maths concepts simultaneously

Math word problems are also an effective way to teach children how to use different types of maths skills at the same time to solve a problem. For example a problem may require knowledge of algebra, fractions and multiplication in order to find the answer.

4. Maths can be creative too

For challenging math word problems, a child may need to approach them in a new way. When confronted with a new challenge, we are forced to search a bit harder for potential methods to a solution and this is a creative process. Bringing seemingly disparate skills and knowledge together forms new links in the brain, giving way to new ideas.

5. Evaluate a child’s comprehension

When a child begins to succeed at solving a particular kind of math word problem, it signals to the parent or teacher that they have understood the concepts involved. This provides a useful tool in determining a child’s progress and their level of confidence.

How to Play

1. Lay out the Set Board and sand timer, separate the Movie Cards into piles according to age range and sort Prop Cards into groups.

2. Decide which player goes first by placing the Award Cards face-down (remember to shuffle!) and each turning over a card until someone picks up the Oscar. Whoever gets the Oscar plays the Movie Director role first (Player 1).

3. Player 2 (sitting to the right of Player 1) picks a Movie Card off the top of the pile and reads it aloud slowly for Player 1. Player 2 then places the card face up so that Player 1 can read it again if they need to.

4. Player 1 has 1 minute to choose a Set from the Set Board, choose their Prop Cards and act out the Movie Card. If they don’t solve the problem before the sand timer finishes, move on to the next player without recording any points.

Tip: Increase the number of sand timer flips to accommodate your child if they need more time to begin with.

5. Player 1 must act out the movie by arranging the Prop Cards on the Set Board to solve the problem, even if they already know the answer, otherwise they cannot be a Movie Director!

6. Player 2 then takes their turn while Player 3 (or Player 1 if only two are playing) reads the next Movie Card aloud.

7. Play to the best of 3. Whoever solves 3 problems first wins the round.

8. Whoever wins the best of 3 rounds wins the game and receives the Oscar award.

Inside the Box

Each game comes with instructions, answer sheets and links to more content online.

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The Team

Meet the OjO Team! Founded by Maha in 2016, our little team has grown. We are busy working together to bring you high quality educational games and experiences!

Timeline

We plan to begin fulfilling orders by October this year. Of course if there are any delays, we will keep you updated.

Risks & Challenges

Despite the fact that we have successfully managed 2 crowdfund campaigns before, the risks and challenges involved are the same.

Product Manufacturing

All of our products are tested with children, education experts and safety labs before to ensure they're safe, suitable and practical for young children to play with.

We are working with a trusted manufacturer that came recommended to us to produce the game. We maintain open and friendly communication, with a team member on site to ensure timely delivery and swiftly deal with any issues that might arise.

Shipping

We will start shipping as soon as the first batch is complete!

We promise to keep our backers updated about any issues that may occur that could impact the date of delivery. Please check this site for updates.

Please note also that you will be responsible for any customs duties, fees and import taxes applicable to your region.

Product Guarantee

Should you experience any problems with the game, send it back to us. We’ll happily replace any missing or faulty parts and send you a new one free of charge.

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