I LOVE this game. The kids quickly learn the cuisenaire values, get great sensory discernment, memorize their math facts, and learn to measure in centimeters with their hands!
It's just chutes and ladders. The print out you see is from this free book. You could also use a regular Chutes and Ladders board.
Instead of using a spinner, you draw rods out of the bag. Yes, that IS a bag for crackers. My pretty canvas bag hadn't come in the mail yet.
You may have to set a time limit on how long someone gets to root around in the bag looking for a "5" so they can go up the ladder, but I think it's worth it.
In order to master the game, there were several spontaneous "time outs" called by the short folks to line up all the rods by size and practice measuring with eyes closed. They were worried that I wouldn't like that. As Margaret Homfrey from Montessori World says, "You see the children doing intelligent things....and the teacher is very pleased."
