One of the things I do to try to keep creative is come up with tricks for holidays. While Pi Day 3.14 isn’t a traditional holiday, it’s a theme that I can create a trick for. Here’s a counting trick using Pi Day as the theme.
“We’ll the first 5 digits of Pi which are 3.1415, without the decimal, so we’re using: 31415”
“Let’s start on the first digit, so touch the three. Now you’ll spell “Pi Day” jumping one number per letter. You can move forward, or backwards for each jump, you just can’t jump from end to end. Go ahead and start jumping now.”
“Pi is a number that never ends and I’m going to guess you’re not on either end, so eliminate the 3 and 5. That leaves us with the 1, 4, and 1.”
“Using the number you’re touching, jump that many times, forward or backwards.”
“I’m guessing you’re not on the first number one. That leaves us with a 4 and 1.”
“Using the number you’re not touching, jump that may times.”
“You’re on the number one!”
There you to a simple trick that could be used as a social media video or as newsletter content!
-Louie