Back to Board Games !

Board Games are vanishing gradually from our households as a result of Technology invasion in all of its forms.

Is that happening to you ?
Well, you need to reconsider ...
WHY ?

* Board Games are rich in learning opportunities. They satisfy your child's competitive urges and the desire to master new skills and concepts, such as:

•number and shape recognition, grouping, and counting
•letter recognition and reading
•visual perception and color recognition
•eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity
•subject related games for math, literacy, ... etc depending on grade and age
•Important life lessons such as:
- Good sportsmanship
- Respecting rules and ethics
- Analyze your options
- How to plan ahead (reasoning & strategy skills)
- Every move has consequences
- You can win some and lose some, and still end the game with dignity
- Even when the odds are not in your favor, you can still turn the game around, so never give up
- Taking time to spend with your children in an activity that requires you to sit down together, to face one another, to talk to each other, and to enjoy each others company shows your children that you love them, which is one of the most important lessons kids learn through board games.
- Games don't need to be overtly academic to be educational, however. Just by virtue of playing them, board games can teach important social skills, such as communicating verbally, sharing, waiting, taking turns, and enjoying interaction with others. Board games can foster the ability to focus, and lengthen your child's attention span by encouraging the completion of an exciting, enjoyable game

HOW to Choose the Right Game at Every Age ???
While in the long run we need to teach values, ethics, academic skills, and the importance of playing by the rules, in the early years the primary goals are helping your child become more self-confident and ambitious and to enjoy playing with others. For example, as children approach 5, they have more sophisticated thinking skills and can begin to incorporate and exercise their number, letter, and word knowledge in literacy-based games. By 6, children may prefer more cognitively challenging games like checkers, which require and help develop planning, strategy, persistence, and critical thinking skills.

Need to know the best award winning board games based on age and skill in question, wait up ... I will be posting a special post on that !!

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