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• Lotto Boards for Games
• Download BoardMaker Files

Lotto Boards for Games

This is a set of Lotto boards that have 9 symbol locations. Each board contains basic vocabulary relating to a theme, for example, food or weather. Each board prints out in colour and in portrait setting.

To make a Lotto game, print out two copies and cut up one set of pictures. For a ‘pairs’ game, both copies need to be cut up. It’s a good idea to laminate or print the board onto card and then cover it with plastic book covering.

You can store the games in plastic zip bags. Remember to label the bag so you know which one is which. The games can be used for matching activities and to develop vocabulary through saying or signing the word..
 

Download BoardMaker Files for Lotto Games

For Macintosh (compressed files):
  

lotto games folder	food	school
christmas	fruit	transport
clothes	garden	vegetables
colours	houses	weather
drinks	parts of the body	zoo animals
farm animals	places

• Click on a topic to download the compressed file for that topic. If you want ALL the topics, click on ‘lotto games folder’ to download a folder containing all of them.
• Once the compressed file has been downloaded, your computer should automatically decompress the BoardMaker file (e.g. ‘food’) or  ‘lotto games folder’ onto your hard disk. If you only see the downloaded file with the filename ending in ‘.hqx’ (e.g. ‘home1.hqx’), then you must double click on it to obtain the actual BoardMaker file.
• Technical Note: the downloaded ‘.hqx’ file is a self-extracting compressed file produced by StuffIt. Depending on the web browser used, the file may be automatically decompressed once downloaded.

For PC (compressed files):

IMPORTANT! - for Users of Boardmaker v5.0, please download this .pdf file first, which contains important explanatory notes
  

lotto games folder	farm1	parts
christ	food	places
clothes	fruit	school1
colour	garden1	trans
drinks	house

• Click on a topic to download the compressed file for that topic. If you want ALL the topics, click on ‘lotto games folder’ to download a folder containing all of them.
• Once downloaded, you must decompress the file (in .zip format) using a program such as WinZip or PKZip.
• If you are using Winzip, double-click on the file after it has been downloaded and wait for Winzip to decompress the file. When you can see the Boardmaker file in the Winzip window, drag it across your desktop to the folder in which you wish to keep your Boardmaker file.
• NB. These files were created with the original version of Boardmaker for Windows and have to be IMPORTED into Boardmaker Version 5, rather than opened directly by Boardmaker, i.e. go to File - Import, rather than File - Open..
   

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