MAPEH 8 Indoor Recreational Activities

Indoor Recreational Activities
SCRABBLE
Scrabble
 A wordgame in which two
to four players score points
by forming words from
individual lettered tiles.
Tiles
 Game equipment consisting
of a flat thin piece marked
with characters.
Tiles
Point Values Scrabble Letters
 0-----------------  Blank Tile
 1-----------------  A, E, I, L, N, O,
R, S, T, and U
 2-----------------
 D&G
 3-----------------  B, C, M, and P
 4-----------------  F, H, V, W, and Y
 K
 5-----------------
 8------------ J and X
 10---------- Q and Z
Blank Tiles
 Tiles
that may be used as
any desired letter.
Count Tiles
1. Before a game begins to
ensure that there are 100
tiles.
2. Near the end of the
game, knowing exactly
how many tiles remain to
be played.
Bingo
 Any
word that uses all
seven letters on the rack
earning a bonus of 500
points.
Blocking
 Theact of playing a word
on the board that stops the
opponent from making a
potentially large score.
Hook Letter (a.k.a Hook)
 A letterthat will spell a new
word when it is played with
in front or at the end of a
word already on the board.
Challenge
 Anopponent calls a
“Challenge” when s/he
thinks a play is not
acceptable.
Double-Double
 Whena player makes a
play with letters that cover
two Double-Word Squares
(DWS).
Duplication
 A termthat describes a
rack that has more than
one of a given letter.
Pass
 Wherein a player may pass
his/her turn by not
exchanging tiles and not
making a play on the board.
Power Tiles
 Tiles that consists of:
 2 blanks
 4 Ss
 the letters J, Q, X, and Z

End-Game
 The
portion of the scrabble
game when there are less
than seven tiles left to draw
from the bag.
AGREE or DISAGREE
INSTRUCTIONS:
Put a positive ( + ) sign if
you agree with the statement
or a negative ( - ) sign if you
disagree.
1. Playing Scrabble
will enhance your
vocabulary.
2. Scrabble is played
with exactly 100
tiles.
3. The objective of
Scrabble is to score
more points than the
opponent.
4. Playing Scrabble with
your family will not only
enhance your vocabulary
but also increase closeness
within.
5. Players cannot place any
word which can be found
in a Standard English
dictionary.
6. Reading books will
help you improve
your vocabulary.
7. Generally, foreign
words can be placed
on the scrabble
board.
8. You can play blocking to
stop your opponent from
making a potentially
large score.
9. Enhancing your skills and
strategies can be done through
online scrabble competition or
watching online videos about
scrabble strategies and
techniques in playing.
10. Concept of
sportsmanship cannot
be applied in scrabble.
CHESS
CHESS
 A boardgame for 2 players, each
beginning with 16 pieces of six
kinds that are moved according to
individual rules, with the objective
of checkmating the opposing king.
STAUNTON
 A modern design of Chess
pieces.
 The type of pieces that are now
used in all tournaments
worldwide.
STAUNTON CHESS PIECES
LONDON TOURNEY (1851)
 The first international chess
tournament.
ADOLF Click icon to add picture
ANDERSSEN
Won the London
Tourney (1851).
PAUL Click icon to add picture
MORPHY
The first great
American-born
chess player.
1866
 The
first official championship
chess tournament.
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STEINITZ
A Bohemian
(Czechoslovakian) Chess
player.
World’s first official chess
champion until 1894.
BENEFITS FROM PLAYING
CHESS
 Chessincreases the
mathematical & scientific skills
of the students.
It also enhances the problem
solving skills, concentration
ability, & logical thinking ability
of the students.
 It
develops a sense of confidence
& self-worth of a student.
 It
also improves communication
skills.
 It
gives a lesson on hard work &
commitment.
 Chess
provides entertainment
and relaxation.
 Chess has also health benefits.
 Chess
as a from of indoor
recreational activity can
strengthen family relationship.
CHESS PIECES
KING
 The most important chess piece.
 It is also considered as one of the
weakest.
 Moves only one square in any
direction.
QUEEN
 The most powerful piece.
 It moves in any one straight
direction.
ROOK
 May move to any square as far
as it wants, but only forward,
backward, and to the sides.
BISHOP
 Maymove as far as it wants, but
only diagonally.
KNIGHT
 Moves in an “L” shape.
PAWN
 Moves forward, but captures
diagonally.
 It can never move backwards.
CHESS TERMS
CASTLING
 The
player moves his king 2
squares over one side and then
move the rook from that side’s
corner on the square next to the
king.
CHECK
 Is
the result of a move that
places the opposing king under
an immediate threat of capture
by one or sometimes two of the
opponent’s pieces.
CHECKMATE
 A situationin which one player’s
king is threatened with capture
(or in check) having no move to
avoid the threat, thus ending the
game.
DRAW
 A chessgame where nobody
ends as a winner.
EN PASSANT
 A special
pawn capture which
can occur immediately after a
player moves 2 squares forward.
PROMOTION
 A specialability of a pawn
wherein if it reaches the last of
the other side of the board, it
can become any other chess
piece, except the king.
DOMINOES
DOMINOES
 Generallyrefers to the collective
gaming pieces making up a
domino set or to the subcategory
of tile games played with domino
pieces.
DOMINO SET NO. OF NO. OF
TILES DOTS.
Double Six (6-6) 28 168

Double Nine (9-9) 55 495
Double Twelve (12-12) 91 1,092
Double Fifteen (15-15) 136 2,040
DOMINOES ARE CALLED:
 Bones – because the earliest
domino tiles were made from
animal bones/ivory.
 Tiles
 Stones
 Tickets
 Spinners
PIP
 Alsocalled “dots”
 Domino spots
 The word ‘pip’ also commonly

means “spot” or “speck”
BAR
 Refers
to the middle line
dividing the 2 squares of a
domino tile.
BAR
BLOCKED GAME
 Occurs when neither player
has tiles that they cannot
play
BONEYARD
 Refers to the stock of
domino pieces.
DRAW GAME
 A domino game in which a
player having no playable pieces
is forced to draw from the stock
(boneyard) until he/she gets one.
BENEFITS FROM PLAYING
DOMINOES
 Providesfun &
opportunity for
interaction among family
members.
 Thegame provides learning
opportunities to stimulate
the critical thinking &
decision making.
 It
develops social skills &
builds character.
MORE ABOUT
DOMINOES
 Evidence
shows that tile
games have been found in
China as early as 1120
CE(Christian Era).
 KeungT’ai Kung – credited
by historians as creator of
the dominoes game.
HOW TO PLAY
DOMINOES
 The
dominoes must be
shuffled to make a
boneyard.
 Onceyou begin drawing tiles,
they are typically placed on
the edge so that you & your
opponent can see your tiles,
but without showing the value
of the tiles.
 Eachplayer chooses a domino
at random, with the first move
going to the player holding the
“heavier” domino.
 The first player places the
first tile on the table,
usually a double-six.
 Take
turns placing tiles with
your opponent. If someone
cannot make a move, you can
draw from the boneyard.
 The
game ends when you
have placed all your tiles, or
when a game is block.

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Double Six (6-6) 28 168

 The word ‘pip’ also commonly

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