The Maze On the screen Ideas • Encourage children to say right, left, up and down as 3 moves through the maze. • When they have found a way through the maze, help them to count the number of moves it took. Then click the dotted icon and see if they can find a shorter route or a longer route, counting the moves with them as they make them. • Try to do it the smallest number of moves. • Try to do it in as many moves as possible without going through the same square twice. • Try to do it in as few moves as possible without going through the same square twice. • Try to cover every empty square in the maze with several routes. With just one route. • Can you ever manage a maze using just three arrows? What about using using only two arrows? The Maze helps develop children’s sense of direction, and familiarises them with the words left, right, up and down. They can be encouraged to plan ahead so that they find an efficient route though the Maze.  Click on the blue arrows to direct 3 through the maze to reach her Buddy Blocks avoiding the Problem Blob and the blobs of slime. Click the dotted icon to try the same maze again, leaving a different trail so that you can compare routes. Click the red swirly arrow to get a different maze.   The loudspeaker turns the direction control sounds on or off. .