Object: a playing piece from a children's board game

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever played (hold up the playing piece and name the game?) I love to play games like this. What are some of the games that you play at home? (Let them answer.) I want to tell you a story about some friends about your age who were playing this game. The friends enjoyed playing games. They each went to one friend's backyard and decided they would play this game on a summer afternoon like today. This was a game that some of them had never played before. So, one of the friends told the others the rules of the game. One of the children said, "This sounds difficult. I can't believe that these are really…