During our time at home, many families may be spending time playing games. Many games require skills like turn taking and demonstrating good sportsmanship with winning and losing, but there are additional skills that are also involved when playing games. Please see below for some common games and the skills you can highlight with your children as you play.
During our time at home, many families may be spending time playing games. Many games require skills like turn taking and demonstrating good sportsmanship with winning and losing, but there are additional skills that are also involved when playing games. Please see below for some common games and the skills you can highlight with your children as you play.
Pictionary: flexibility and time management
Pictionary: flexibility and time management
Freeze Dance: attention and self-control
Freeze Dance: attention and self-control
Jenga: self-control, flexibility, and planning
Jenga: self-control, flexibility, and planning
Simon Says: response inhibition, attention, and flexibility
Simon Says: response inhibition, attention, and flexibility
Sorry: working memory, inhibition, and flexibility
Sorry: working memory, inhibition, and flexibility
Chutes and Ladders: frustration tolerance
Chutes and Ladders: frustration tolerance
Monopoly: goal setting, decision making, and problem solving
Monopoly: goal setting, decision making, and problem solving
Mastermind: impulse control and frustration tolerance
Mastermind: impulse control and frustration tolerance
Clue: critical thinking
Clue: critical thinking