Grocery Store Games - Lake County Schools / Overview© Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved....

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Activities to make shopping trips fun and educational for the kids.

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Food BINGO

Bring the Food BINGO game with you to the store to keep your kids

distracted and entertained while you get your shopping done. Your kids

can use the BINGO game card or the blank template (add your family’s

favorite foods). As you place food in your cart, your kids can mark off

each item on the card. To give them extra help, call out some of the

BINGO coordinates as you make your way down the aisles. If they get

BINGO (five in a row across, down or diagonally) before you are

finished shopping, they’ve won!

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B I N G O

Free Space


Food

Chicken

Bread

Cereal

Apples

Blueberries

Eggs

Grapes

Cheese

Strawberries

Hot dogs Green beans

Broccoli

Carrots

Milk

Juice

Pretzels

Peas

YogurtPasta

Rice

Fish sticks Popsicles

Mac n’ Cheese

Lettuce

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Guess the WeightDuring your next supermarket trip, test your child’s knowledge (and imagination) of fruit and vegetable weights. To play, ask your child to guess how much three apples, a pineapple, or another fruit or vegetable purchase might weigh. Then put the item or items you’re planning to buy on the scale and see how close your child came.Mix it up by telling your child the total weight of a fruit or vegetable, and see whether he or she can guess how many items it will take to make up that amount. For example, you might say, “We need a pound of apples. How many apples do you think that will be?” If playing with older children, relate the questions to simple math. For example, “The peppers cost a dollar for three pounds. How many peppers will be a dollar’s worth?”

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The Price Is RightAs you make your rounds through the aisles, ask your children to guess the price of the products you are going to purchase. Whoever gets the closest price without going over can put that product in their designated shopping bag or side of the cart. At check out, the child with the most products is the winner.

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Word JumbleThis is a great brain-buster game that will keep your little one entertained so you can get in and out of the grocery store quickly. To play, use the aisle signs, product names, and store displays all around you. The object of the game is to see how many words can be made out of the letters on the sign. The orange juice container, for example, contains the words “rang,” “ran,” and “ice.” When you and your child play together, keep using the same sign until it stumps one of you. The last player to get a word from the sign is the winner.

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Hum-a-SongMaking music with your kids is a great way to pass the time. Sing or hum with your kids to keep them distracted and entertained during those shopping trips or long waits. To play, take turns with your kids humming a song and see who can guess the name. Stick to favorites like Old MacDonald, This

Old Man, and other well known children songs. During the holidays, hum seasonal tunes. Mix it up by clapping out a tune, and humming a song in a monotone.Or try to do a one-note hum-along. To play, choose a song. Each person hums a single note alternating turns until the whole song is sung.

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I’ve Got Your NumberKids won’t think about the skills they’re building, but asking and

answering questions about numbers helps them understand the

characteristics and meanings of numbers.

To play, have your child think of a number. Then try to guess

it by asking 20 or fewer questions.

Once you guess the number, let your child

take a turn as the guesser. For younger

children, start with a lower range of num

bers, such as one to 20 or one to 50.

By putting a limit on the number of questions asked,

your child will exercise reasoning and judgment.

For example, if the number is greater than 50, it’s

better to ask whether the number is greater than 75

than whether it's between 50 and 60.

Directions:

Shop for a Sentence

What can you do to entertain your kids with the thousands of products

in the grocery store? Turn them into sentences, of course.

To play, give your kids a time limit to “collect” words they see

in the aisles. These can include object names, descriptions of

the items they see and hear (such as “brown” for the

bags,“squeaky” for cart wheels, and so on) and actual words

from signs.

When the time’s up, your children use the words they’ve

collected to create as many sentences -- serious or silly -- as

they can.

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Critical ThinkingJoanne saw a grocery advertisement in the newspapershowing the following items.

Joanne needs to buy 1 loaf of bread, 1 gallon of milk, 2 pounds of apples, and margarine.

1. If Joanne buys her groceries from Daisy Hill during the sale, how much will she pay for all her purchases? __________

2. If the items are not on sale, how much will Joanne spend? __________

3. How much will she save if the items are on sale? __________

4. Stop and Save offers triple coupons. Their items cost thesame as Daisy Hill regular prices. Joanne has a couponfor $0.30 off margarine. At which store will she pay theleast for her groceries? How do you know?

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5. Joanne decides to add frozen corn to her grocery list.She has a coupon for $0.35 off. At which store will shepay the least for her groceries?

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6. If Joanne buys a gallon of milk and orange juice on sale, how much would she save? ______________________

Extend Your Thinking

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Daisy Hill Grocery

Regular Price Sale Price

apples $0.99 per lb $0.69 per lb

frozen corn $1.19 $0.99

napkins $0.70 $0.50

1 gallon of milk $2.10 $1.85

orange juice $0.85 $0.75

bread $1.23 $1.05

margarine $0.99 $0.79


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Critical ThinkingJoanne saw a grocery advertisement in the newspapershowing the following items.

Joanne needs to buy 1 loaf of bread, 1 gallon of milk, 2 pounds of apples, and margarine.

1. If Joanne buys her groceries from Daisy Hill during the sale, how much will she pay for all her purchases? __________

2. If the items are not on sale, how much will Joanne spend? __________

3. How much will she save if the items are on sale? __________

4. Stop and Save offers triple coupons. Their items cost thesame as Daisy Hill regular prices. Joanne has a couponfor $0.30 off margarine. At which store will she pay theleast for her groceries? How do you know?

__________________________________________________________________________

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5. Joanne decides to add frozen corn to her grocery list.She has a coupon for $0.35 off. At which store will shepay the least for her groceries?

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6. If Joanne buys a gallon of milk and orange juice on sale, how much would she save? ______________________

Extend Your Thinking

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$5.07

$6.30

$1.23

Stop and Save

$0.35

Daisy Hill; $6.30 – $0.90 (3 ! 0.30 for triple coupons) =

$5.40, which is still more than Daisy Hill’s sale price.

Daisy Hill Grocery

Regular Price Sale Price

apples $0.99 per lb $0.69 per lb

frozen corn $1.19 $0.99

napkins $0.70 $0.50

1 gallon of milk $2.10 $1.85

orange juice $0.85 $0.75

bread $1.23 $1.05

margarine $0.99 $0.79


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