level 1 | mathematics | gamiverses | my-first-comparisons

Description

Pancake Sort is a collaborative sorting game. It teaches putting things in the right order (mostly in terms of size).

The group works together to get all pancakes onto a plate. But, as we all know, pancakes are only allowed on top of bigger pancakes! You need to find the right order such that you’re able to play all the pancakes, without wasting a plate.

The game has simultaneous play: nobody needs to wait their turn, you all act at the same time. The default mode is cooperative (working together, helping each other), but you can also play competitive (play against each other).

The rules are incredibly simple and tactile. The base game rules are only a single page (which is true for practically all of our games). No material is needed beyond some plates and pancakes (in different sizes) to cut out.

Once players can handle the base game, you can move to the expansions. These introduce special pancakes, frying pans, and other fun methods to help you out, like … flipping an entire plate of pancakes upside-down.

Have fun and keep learning!

Details

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Product Contents

  • Rulebook PDF (1 front page, 1 page base game, 2 pages with variants/expansions)
  • Material PDF (5 standalone sets, one page each; 1 page miscellaneous expansion material)
  • The raw assets (illustrations, layout file, etc) for you to view/edit. (As .af files, which you can open with the free Affinity software.)

Fine Details

DetailValue
Activity Structuresimultaneous, turn-based
Age3
Duration15
Languageen
Level1
Multiplayer Modecooperative, competitive
Player Count1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Subjectmathematics
Textlesstrue

Subject: Mathematics

The curriculum is split into six main subjects that align with your typical school subjects.

This resource is part of the Mathematics subject. Below is a summary:

This subject teaches Mathematics from first principles to calculus. Level 1 explores the basic skills needed before you do any counting or see any numbers (such as grouping and comparing objects). Level 2(+) can then introduce numbers, counting, addition, multiplication, and more.

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Faction: Gamiverses

This resource is part of the Gamiverses Faction.

But that's just one way to teach and explore its topic(s)!

You can always move to a different Faction to find a more effective way to teach the same topic.

Played a quiz? Try a game! Played a game? Try an escape room! And so on.

For example,

Charm: Board Game

This product is part of the Board Game charm.

Visit its main page to learn more about what that means. Below is a summary:

Board Games are simply physical games (as opposed to video games). They could be played using cards, without a board, with players physically moving around, anything.

Our board games follow the rule that your first game should only require a single page of setup + rules. Most of them are cooperative multiplayer experiences.

Spell: My First Comparisons

This resource is part of the My First Comparisons topic (or "spell").

Earlier topics taught Apprentices to identify if things are the same or not. This topic takes the next step: HOW are they different? This also gently introduces the idea of sequencing: putting things in order based on … something.

Use the buttons below to navigate to the previous or next topic in the curriculum.

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The Spell (or "educational topic") of this product is My First Comparisons.

Use the buttons to navigate to the next or previous Spell. It selects a product of the same type if possible. Otherwise it brings you to the overview page.

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The Faction (or "product type") of this product is Gamiverses.

This approach might work for some Apprentices but not for others! That's why we recommend exploring each topic in a variety of ways.

Maybe a (different) game works better? Or a quiz, story, or escape room? Below are some random suggestions.