The Game of 48

It is with great pleasure to introduce the game of "48" to the primary students as part of our PE adventure challenge curriculum at Taipei Kuei Shan School. This is a game I created back in America in 1995 and have introduced to many schools and students in Taiwan.

48 is a game made for all students to play. Girls, boys, high-skilled, low-skilled, all students can play this game and have fun. It's also a game that the whole class can play at one time.

Four teams, four cans, 8 balls and you have the

amazing game called 48.

Another thing that makes this game so great is that there are rounds in this game. Within each round the strategy changes, and in the end the team with the lowest score wins. Teams can go against each other one round and the next round partner up with this team to get someone else. What is great about the low score wins, is that it usually keeps each team with striking distance and gives every team a chance to win.

Students are asked to exercise in this game, like with other games, however with this game they actually don't know they are moving as much as they are. They are enjoying the game so much that they don't realize how hard they worked and that they are sweating from head to toe.

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With this game they also have to learn how to communicate, play fair, and strategize. They not only communicate with their own team, but the game allows them to play with other teams round by round.

In 48, the students referee the game from within, they are taught ways to administer the rules that are broken and they are the ones who control the game, the teacher just oversees the activity. With each round’s score being announced, each round is played differently and the students have to figure out what strategy they want to use and whose team they should attack or pair up with.

It’s a game you’ll surely enjoy watching as your child plays as much as they enjoy playing.