When your toddler is around 3 years old you may want to
start thinking about using board games to help them learn and grow. When we
were growing up, board games were all the rage. But as technology and hand-held
gaming devices started to rule the kid’s game market, the traditional board
game fell by the wayside.
You may be asking why you should dust off the old board
games in the attic. Board and card games have a lot to teach your children. Not
only can they teach them about success and disappointment, they can teach
valuable cognitive and social skills through hands on experience. And many
children learn more effectively through hands on experience.
Here are some of the benefits of playing board games:
- Learning to follow rules
- Being honest
- Focusing on a single task
- Social Skills
- Taking turns
- Sharing
- Learning to count
- Matching
- Learning colors, numbers and letters
A few examples of games that incorporate these skills:
- Candyland
- Chutes and Ladders
- Sorry
- Hi-Ho Cherry-O
- Trouble
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