Hide and Seek :)
When a rabbit senses a nearby hungry coyote, its whole heart-pounding mission is to hurry up and hide, and then hope it doesn't get found. Mice running from owls, ants running from anteaters, kiwi run from stoats – they’re all at the wrong end of the deal, and they’re all terrified as they scamper away.
So it’s funny that human kids, in the absence of cheetahs chasing us around, have invented a way to feel that same kind of fright: Hide and Seek. Even if it’s just your little sister coming after you, the fear of being found is electrifying, especially if she’s wielding the water gun that you’re usually aiming at her.
With that, let the countdown begin!
So it’s funny that human kids, in the absence of cheetahs chasing us around, have invented a way to feel that same kind of fright: Hide and Seek. Even if it’s just your little sister coming after you, the fear of being found is electrifying, especially if she’s wielding the water gun that you’re usually aiming at her.
With that, let the countdown begin!
Questions
Wee ones (counting on fingers): Can you count backwards from 5 to 1? From 10 to 1? From 20 to 1?
Little kids: If your friend closes his/her eyes and starts counting, you can run 10 meters for every 5 numbers they count. How far can you get by the time they get to 20?
Big kids: If there are 28 pieces of furniture in your house, and 1/4 of them have enough room that you can squeeze yourself under them, how many under-furniture hiding spots do you have? Bonus: What if there are 52 pieces of furniture?
Little kids: If your friend closes his/her eyes and starts counting, you can run 10 meters for every 5 numbers they count. How far can you get by the time they get to 20?
Big kids: If there are 28 pieces of furniture in your house, and 1/4 of them have enough room that you can squeeze yourself under them, how many under-furniture hiding spots do you have? Bonus: What if there are 52 pieces of furniture?
Answers:
Wee ones: …count backwards.
Little kids: 40 meters.
Big kids: 7 hiding spots. Bonus: 13 hiding spots.
Little kids: 40 meters.
Big kids: 7 hiding spots. Bonus: 13 hiding spots.