A fun domino game to enhance

thinking, for all ages…

The game "Thinking dominoes" can be used as a teaching tool; for children from the age of six or seven and upwards.  One of the aims of the game is to encourage learners to think on a super-ordinate level; and to help them to organize the information they have about the world.  On a simple level it can also be used to reinforce reading skills.  Alternatively it can simply be played for enjoyment.

On the top half of each domino, is written a category name. On the bottom half, is displayed a picture which represents something from a different category. 

The main principle of the game is to match category names with pictures of things that belong in the category.

When joining the dominoes, players must always place a picture half next to a word half, or vice-versa.  The picture must always be appropriate for the category name to which it is being joined (and vice-versa). 

For example on the top half of one domino appears the word "season"' and below this word, there is a picture of a cow.

In this case, if a player wants to match the word "season", they have to find a domino which shows -on its bottom half- a picture of spring, summer, autumn or winter; and place it with its picture next to the word "season".  If they want to match the picture of the cow, they have to find a domino on which is written – on the top half – the word "animal".

The game comprises 12 categories.  The names of which are as follows:

1. Animal

2. Furniture

3. Number

4. Color

5. Town in Israel

6. Jewish festival

7. Fruit

8. Direction

9. Shape

10. Season

11. Natural element

12. Musical instrument

There are 48 dominoes in the game and each category name is written on four different dominoes.  Corresponding to each category name are pictures of four different things that belong in that category.

For example, to correspond with "animal" one domino has a picture of: a tiger, there is one with a picture of a donkey; one with a cow and one with a sheep. 

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