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Mancala…

Today we read the book Trouble by Jane Kurtz, illustrated by Durga Bernhard. It was an African story (from Ethiopia) about a little boy whose father helped him stay out of trouble - he thought. His father made him a game to bring along to play when he traveled. You’ll have to read the book for yourself to see if the game helped the little boy stay out of trouble!

Here’s a couple students playing the game. The African name is gebeta, we call it Mancala.

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15 Responses to “Mancala…”

  1. lauren Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    That was really fun. I LOVED playing it.

  2. ashley Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:05 am

    thats hard because the holes were to deep

  3. RyLeIgH Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Mancala was my favorite game of all I won twice out of three times!!! :D

  4. Jeff Dell (Chase) Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Mancala is fun but Derrick always beat me. He has a good strategy. I don’t evan have one.

  5. Zachary Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:11 am

    PLaying Mancala was fun.

  6. Shelbi Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:11 am

    The story taeches you a lesson; although you think something’s good luck, it might not be!!!
    Anyway, the game was really fun!! Another friend and I played two different ways!! :)

  7. lucas Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    mancala is fun and chalenging you nee a strategy in the game .

  8. luke Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    This game was really fun!Its all about thinging ahead of the other oppent.

  9. savannah Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Thanks Mrs.Spence mancala is my favorit game thank you for teaching it to us!!!!!!!!

  10. Govanni Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Mancala was a fun game we played it with beans you realy use marbles. We also used an eeg carton you realy use a wood bord. It was fun because we all got to learn a new game!!!!!

  11. Ethan Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    HOWDY YALL!!!!!!!!!

  12. morgan Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am

    manacal is one of my favorite boardgames uts so cool that most people that have never known about a game and they end up loving it after a few games!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

  13. lucas Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    it is easy when i played against charlie i won he realy needed a strategy
    to win you need strategys when you play .

  14. Summer Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    I liked playing mancala it was awsome!

  15. Alyssa Flores Says:
    August 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Oh that game i played that before on my fave website. Its a cool game for 8-20. Bye i got to ear Dinner We are having Churchs Chicken Bye

    Ps .I love the Spicey kind!Bye

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