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Fruit Toss

Inspired by our caterpillars, I made this fruit toss game out of a box I got at the supermarket. I used a tea box to make the fruit and glued bottle caps onto them to make them easier to throw. I decorated the box with my caterpillar and more fruit and added a question I wanted students to be able to answer. The students have to be able to toss the fruit into the hole at the top of the box which is supposed to be the caterpillar's mouth. They have to count how many fruit they were able to get into the hole and tell the class. I showed the game to my goup and invited  them to make one themselves with their families. I'm saving mine to take to school and play with my class when we all finally go back.





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