Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
Design your own maze on squared paper with one true path and lots of dead ends, then swap with a friend.
Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Would You Rather? Draw It
Would you rather fly or breathe underwater? Pick, draw and give your reasons.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- opinion and reasons, decision making, speaking
What kids do
“Pick one and draw it! Then tell us why.”
- Would you rather…
- Draw yourself doing your favorite pick
How to run it
- Read the first choice aloud and add the “or” together: breathe underwater? a pet robot? a castle?
- There are no wrong answers, only reasons.
- Great for morning meetings.
Talk about it
- Was any choice really hard?
- Did anyone change their mind?
- Write a new “would you rather” for the class.
Take it further
Make three new would-you-rather questions for a friend.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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