Brain Warriors Escape Rooms: Trapped in the Gingerbread House - ADVANCING Skills
A Christmas themed Escape Story! Use your math word problem skills and participate in fitness activities to help The Gingerbread Man escape from the Gingerbread House before Santa comes on Christmas Eve. Exercise your brain & body!
Lisa Harris, M.Ed. Reading Specialist
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(223)
Rising Star
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 1 - 2
Your learner will travel together with the class through all of the Holiday Themed "clues" of the escape challenge using a variety of word problems (addition & subtraction) to unlock the codes and help the Gingerbread Man escape. Once the code has been unlocked by the class, a fitness skill will then need to be completed by the class in order to free the Gingerbread Man from the next "room" and eventually . . . onto Santa's cookie plate. Learners will be given time to complete the codes by recording their answers on an erasable white board or using paper and pencil. SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN AS NEEDED along the way. Learners will take turns revealing the codes and leading the count for the fitness exercise. The word problems will be read aloud and will resemble this one: Timmy and his sister, Penelope, are helping their mom decorate the Christmas tree. Timmy hangs up 12 red ornaments. Penelope hangs up 9 green ornaments and their mom hangs up 10 blue ornaments. How many ornaments are decorating the tree? Examples of the fitness skills include activities such as: 20 jumping jacks, 10 star jumps, twisting 20 X, stretching for 30 seconds, or 10 toe touches, just to name a few. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a "practice" class, not an initial instruction of skills class. Support, strategies, and a little basic instruction is given when needed and when students request help, but the basic concepts are needed for registration (no memorized facts required).
Learning Goals
Learners will practice and review basic math skills.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Note: This class involves movement and should be supervised appropriately. Your learner will need a safe open space, free from furniture and other objects that could cause injury. Students may participate with or without footwear as long as the space is free of debris. A water bottle is also suggested for this class. No physical warm-up is needed.
Supply List
a dry erase board, marker and eraser OR paper and pencil space to move safely
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2020
4.9
223reviews
Rising Star
Teacher expertise and credentials
It's exciting for me to teach 3 types of classes to K- 4 students on Outschool (reading, science, and math) because it's so hard to choose just one!
I am a certified reading specialist with a Masters Degree in reading, and have taught in a variety of capacities in public schools. These include kindergarten, first grade, second grade, college reading courses at Chapman University, many years as a School Reading Specialist, and mentor teacher for my former school district. I am now retired, but I just couldn't stop teaching. Every time I saw that school bus heading down the street, my heart would flutter. So I took my teaching online when I discovered Outschool!
One of my unique passions is teaching children about how their amazing brain works. Because of my huge curiosity, fascination and a great deal of self study, I am able to answer common questions kids have about their brain in a fun and interactive way that makes sense to them. Each Brain Warrior class is designed to help children understand the science of their brain and the things they can do to make their brain stronger. Because we actually have more control over our brain than we think!
And finally, I have recently discovered how much I LOVE writing and creating children's stories using graphic design elements. Having read so many wonderful children's stories aloud in my classroom for 34 years it was finally time to create my own! The stories I have written all have an "escape" element to them. And combining my stories with math skills and exercise . . . the Brain Warriors Escape classes were born!Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$15
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 7 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-8
3-6 learners per class
