I have a difficult game I’m required to play with my students and I recently realized it’s a lot easier if we turn it into Boggle.
Any recommendations on actually building the game?
I’d love to be able to use an actual Boggle board, but for most lessons I need a 3×3 board. I’ve seen a few generators for paper versions, but they don’t let you pick the letters.
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I have ABC bingo boards for my younger students, so I just choose a random section from those and write them on the whiteboard. (I edit slightly in case of something like a Q without an accompanying U.) Maybe you could use a bingo board generator and just cut out 2 columns to make it 3×3?
Make a tray of shallow boxes.
Make paper/cardboard cubes that are slightly smaller than the holes in the tray.
Or maybe buy, like, throwable foam, or make plush dice?
Get an actual boggle set, or look up a picture online, to see how the letters are arranged on the dice.
Make a cover, or just have the kids throw the dice into the tray (this is why you could make them out of something other than paper). For a throwable set, have a higher outer border to avoid having dice bounce out of the board (wastes time).
A large-scale shakable set would be difficult.
If you want a boggle-sized set, you can probably get blank dice-sized cubes and a square plastic box (check Tokyu Hands?)
Edit: Just focused on the “you pick the letters” part…
Is it like, you’re given a word that kids have to find other words in?
Do you have a board you can write it on?
In whatever format you’re supposed to give the letters, or in Boggle format, try demonstrating a few words, then leave them to it. They’ll get the hang of it after a few lessons. How often do you teach the same class?
I made it in PowerPoint.
Just use a generated 4*4 board and make sure some of the answers are easy to find. Print the answers for yourself and crop a picture into PowerPoint of the board.