Gingerbread Man Squeeze

"Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man..." Okay, so we may not be able to catch him but we sure can give him a squeeze!

We played a math game called Gingerbread Squeeze with our fifth grade buddies.  The object of the game is to have your partner guess the number you are thinking using a number line and two gingerbread men.  I would use real cookies...but that is just me!

Person 1 thinks of a number between 1-20 and writes it down so he/she doesn't forget.  Partner 2 guesses a number.  Partner 1 tells the person if that number is too high or too low--then they move the gingerbread man either to the left or right depending on what their guess was.
Play continues until you narrow the number down between the 2 gingerbread men.  Switch roles and play again!

We enjoyed squeezing our gingerbread men to find the correct number.  We would have rather enjoyed eating them...but that can be another math activity.