All Games Teach the Following Life Skills:



All Games Teach the Following Life Skills:

1. Cooperation/Teamwork – Taking turns and working with others; respecting other family members.

2. Responsibility – Playing by the rules; taking care of the materials and putting the game away so it will be ready next time.

3. Perseverance and Patience – Waiting for your turn or for that “special card” or throw of the dice; sticking it out to the end; trying again.

4. Honesty – Playing fair; being able to admit mistakes and learning from them.

5. Understanding/Accepting both winning and losing – Knowing that we can try to win, but sometimes we will lose, and being able to cope with wins or losses tactfully and graciously.

6. Making choices and accepting the consequences of the choices you make.

Educational Skills Games Help Teach:

Math Skills – 1:1 Correspondence, Number Recognition, Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Sequencing

Other Skills – Totaling and record keeping, Vocabulary and spelling skills, Colors, Strategy, Deductive reasoning, Increasing attention span, Problem solving, Negotiation, Compromise, Money management skills, Observation, Concentration, Eye-Hand Skills

Good Game Choices:

Trouble, Hi Ho Cherry O, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Bingo, Skip Bo, Uno, Yahtzee, Dominoes, Sequence, Scrabble, Sorry, Clue, Monopoly, The Game of Life, Jenga, Deck of Cards

Tips:

Younger children who cannot read CAN play many games with the rest of the family, such as Clue, Monopoly and Yahtzee if an older sibling or an adult plays with them as a partner. Take the ages on games with a grain of salt. You know your family and what each member can do!

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