January Activity Day: Yut-Nori

So for this month's activity day I suggested that we do something that has to do with the Korean/Chinese New Year because it would be that weekend. One of the teachers said that we could play yut-nori. So we made a big board and pieces for the students to play with. Then we mixed the classes to get 2-3 teams for each time slot.
The game is very simple. Each person/team as 2 markers to get around the board. It's almost like the game Sorry or Frustration. Instead of dice you have 4 sticks. The sticks have 2 sides to them, a rounded side and a flat side. You throw them and they land inside a square (if they are outside, you lose your turn). The moves are as follows: 1 flat side, 3 rounded sides = 1 move, 2 flat, 2 rounded = 2 moves, 3 flat, 1 rounded = 3 moves, 4 flat = 4 moves + 1 extra turn, 4 rounded = 5 moves + 1 turn. Each move represents how fast an animal moves: 1 = pig, 2 = dog, 3 = sheep, 4 = cow, 5 = horse.
This is Jin teacher and the yut-nori board.
The board is set up that you go around a square or through it. So you start in the bottom right hand corner. You go up and then to the left or through the center, only you have to land on the corner spot to go through the center by getting the exact number to land there. If you miss it you go to the next corner and if you miss that corner you have to go all the way around. You can also bring your second marker into the game at any time. Also the other player/team can land on you and send you back to start. In this case the other person gets a second turn. Also you can land on your own marker, but then they are stuck together for the rest of the game, unless the other person/team lands on you.
You win when both your markers have successfully landed on start.
The students had a good time playing the game.
This is Angel, in the green coat, from the lowest level class and she just got to move 5 for the second time in a row. She was very surprised, as were everyone else on her team.
So the prize for the winning team was a tray full of snack foods. The students who won thought this was great.
Here is one of the teams enjoying their tray of great snack foods. Starting on the left is Zach, behind him Ben, then Matthew, in front of him Frank, and then Louise on the right.
Unfortunately, for the losing team they got a tray of snack foods with a twist. On the snack foods were ketchup, cream cheese, or hot pepper sauce. Some of the students didn't care about the extra toppings, but others thought it was really gross.
This is one of the losing teams eating their snack foods with a twist. On the left in the red coat is Holly, behind her Jessica, next Ron, in front of him in the brown jacket Tom, and in the middle front Joseph.