RoboRama – A Fun Robot Board Game!

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I found some robot figures and since I have a lot of students who like robots, I thought it would be fun to make a game with them. Keeping with my piano game philosophy of only playing fast games so we can spend most of our time learning artistry at the piano, (yes, that is my goal, after all!) I created a game called RoboRama. I tested it out on my K-5 students and both girls and boys liked it. This game can be played in less than 5 minutes if you play it the way we did. It’s over so fast they were excited to have time to play it more than once.

This is a game to review theory terms, so I made the cards in different levels, starting with primer. I actually went through all the primer level books I’ve collected over the years to make sure I was using common primer level symbols.  So keep this game in mind when you start new students. If your student is really new, you can print out several pages of just the keyboard cards and play with those. Texas teachers, the key signatures for the 5th grade of the TMTA test are included.

When I was writing the directions for this game, it seemed so complicated, but it’s really not. Actually, it’s a fast and easy game, because that is all I can think of!

Your students might be interested to know that robotics clubs often have contests with motorized robot vehicles that are programmed to move ping-pong balls. My husband and son have made these kinds of robots and I love to watch robot contests, so that is where I got the idea for this game.

Why I Like This Game

• It doesn’t take much lesson time.
• When I play this game with students, I discover right away what they know and what they need work on. So it is like an achievement test, only a lot more fun!
• This game has several concepts and teachers can chose which cards to use.