{"id":13262,"date":"2018-11-12T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T10:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/?page_id=13262"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:50:27","slug":"playing-to-grow-cherries-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/playing-to-grow-cherries-on-the-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing to grow: Cherries on the run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 listalibri landingpage\">\n<!-- Bollino --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Focus_on_BOLLO.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- Bollino END --><br \/>\n<!-- Titolo --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n<h1 class=\"maggio23\">The <em>Playing to grow<\/em> series: Cherries on the run<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Titolo END --><br \/>\n<!-- Highlights --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 linea-landingpage\">\n<hr>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><em>Quick, decorate the cake and collect the candles!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">Throw the dice,  figure out what you have to do and then quickly&#8230; put the cherries on the  cake.&nbsp; Who can be the fastest  baker of all?<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:31px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/wp-content\/themes\/erickson_international\/img\/ico-you.jpg\" alt=\"youtube\" width=\"31\" height=\"24\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a id=\"5a81b3a7e055c\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/335084352\" title=\"\">Video<\/a><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\n        $(function(){\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\n            var setwidth = 640;\n            var ratio = 0.75;\n            var height = 480;\n            var link = 'https:\/\/vimeo.com\/335084352';\n            if(width < setwidth)\n            {\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.75);\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.75+\", new height \"+ height);\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\n                $(\"a#5a81b3a7e055c\").attr('href', new_url);\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\n            }    \n        });\n    });\n    \/* ]]> *\/<br \/>\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>CHERRIES ON THE  RUN <\/strong>is a game from the \u00abPlaying to grow\u00bb series, created by Gianluca Daffi, an  expert in child psychology and university professor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">\t   Each game  focuses on specific executive functions or cognitive processes with the goal of  aiding their development through play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>CHERRIES ON  THE RUN<\/strong>, in particular,&nbsp;develops  skills of <strong>attention<\/strong> and <strong>emotional self-control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/psychologypsychiatry\/executive-functions\/cherries-on-the-run\/\">Find out more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.erickson.it\/ei\/SiteAssets\/Pagine\/Giochi-educativi\/700x700_BOX_Ciliegie%20in%20fuga_II.png\" border=\"0\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><br \/>\n<!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\" style=\"background-color:rgb(56, 135, 178); color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center\">HOW TO PLAY<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Game objective<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\nThe objective of the game is to quickly place the cherries on the cake based on the indications of the dice, in order to earn more candle cards than your opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/static.erickson.it\/ei\/SiteAssets\/Pagine\/Giocare-per-crescere-CILIEGIE-IN-FUGA\/LP_Ciliege_in_fuga3.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Game set-up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">The game is composed  of: 1 \u201ccake\u201d game board divided \t\t      into 4 concentric  circles; 15 little cherry balls (5 yellow, \t\t      5 red, and 5 blue);  18 elastic bands (6 yellow, 6 red, and \t\t      6 blue); 10 candle  cards; three dice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">To begin, insert the \u201ccake\u201d game board into the box andplace it in the centre of the table.  Place the little balls and the elastic bands in the lid of thebox.  Prepare the materials in the box based on the number of players as indicated in the following\u201cgameplay chart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/700x390_LP_international_Ciliegie_in_fuga.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Things to know before starting the game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">The meaning of the dice:<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.erickson.it\/ei\/SiteAssets\/Pagine\/Giocare-per-crescere-CILIEGIE-IN-FUGA\/LP_Ciliege_in_fuga5.jpg\" style=\"width:30px; vertical-align:middle\"> The colour of the elastic to loop around your thumb<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.erickson.it\/ei\/SiteAssets\/Pagine\/Giocare-per-crescere-CILIEGIE-IN-FUGA\/LP_Ciliege_in_fuga6.jpg\" style=\"width:30px; vertical-align:middle\"> The colour of the cherry ball to take<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.erickson.it\/ei\/SiteAssets\/Pagine\/Giocare-per-crescere-CILIEGIE-IN-FUGA\/LP_Ciliege_in_fuga7.jpg\" style=\"width:30px; vertical-align:middle\"> The colour of the hole in which to place the cherry ball<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">The blue and red cherry balls and the blue and red elastic bands are represented on the dice by their respective colours, while the yellow cherry balls and the yellow elastic bands are indicated by blank dice faces.  The player, looking at the three dice, must remember the missing colour, yellow, and deduce which element that colour refers to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Starting the game!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The youngest players  throws the dice. At this point all players\t    must complete the  following actions in this order:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"maggio23\">\n<li>loop the colour of elastic indicated by the dice around their thumb&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>pick up a cherry ball of the same colour as indicated by the dice<\/li>\n<li>place the cherry ball in the correct coloured hole as indicated by the  dice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Players who do not succeed in taking correct coloured elastic or cherry ball,  or those who do not place the cherry ball in the correct coloured hole in the  correct ring on the cake are eliminated.&nbsp;  After each round, play passes to the next ring of the cake, working  inwards, reducing the number of elements in play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Who wins?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">The last player  remaining in the game earns a candle card.&nbsp;  At  this point,\t\t    the game starts again  from the beginning with all players.&nbsp; The  winner \t      of the games is the player  who collects the number of candle cards \t\t    established at the  beginning of the game. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><br \/>\n<!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\" style=\"background-color:rgb(56, 135, 178); color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center\">A GAME WHICH STIMULATES EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS<\/p>\n<p>\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/INFO_giochi-inglese.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\">What are executive  functions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"> Executive functions are the set of mental  processes which monitor our thoughts and behaviours. They incorporate various  neurological operations which are needed to control and coordinate our actions.<br \/>\nPut more plainly they are like a series of  little gnomes who all work together in our brain, helping us execute any kind  of task we might face in our daily lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>FLEXIBILITY<\/strong> \u2013 In other words the ability to adapt to  new situations and handle contingencies appropriately<br \/>\n<strong>PLANNING<\/strong> \u2013 In other words the ability to see yourself  reaching an objective and understanding the steps to be taken to achieve  it&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>FOCUSED ATTENTION<\/strong> \u2013 in other words the ability to  concentrate on certain elements, selecting what is useful by  &#8220;filtering&#8221; it from all the other information available&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>WORKING MEMORY<\/strong> \u2013 In other words the ability to  remember information connected to the execution of an activity and the time  needed to conclude said activity<br \/>\n<strong>RESPONSE INHIBITION<\/strong> \u2013 In other words the ability not  to implement the first response we impulsively tend to produce, whether it is  opportune or not<br \/>\n<strong>EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION<\/strong> \u2013 In other words the ability  to handle your emotions and keep your feelings under control so they do not  prevent you from reaching your goals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><br \/>\n<!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"maggio23\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/playing-to-grow\/\" class=\"requestbutton dwbtn smallviewrq\" style=\"position: relative; top: 0; right: 0;\">DISCOVER ALL THE GAMES OF THE SERIES<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\" align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Playing to grow series: Cherries on the run Quick, decorate the cake and collect the candles! 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