Board games and dice and card games can have a substantial impact on your child’s development.

Social and academic growth can be had in playing fun and entertaining board games..

Kids board games are great for encouraging social skills.

Turn taking, sharing and  losing are some of the concepts our children learn whilst playing board games as well as math and reading, making board games great for homeschooling.
We love to play board games and find they draw us together as a family in a way that watching tv or going out to dinner do not…

Board games are meant to be fun so their is no pressure on the kids to have to learn formally. We have seen our kids grow in confidence and self esteem as they grasp a game and win once in a while.
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Patience, interaction and communication are all developed while playing board games.

Children develop focus and lengthen their attention spans whilst waiting to take their turns.

Board games are great for teaching about rules as well. After all you have to follow a set of rules to play a game..

Frustration and disappointment are often felt by children when they lose a game. If they win a game they are happy. A lot of children take this seriously.

You may find you need to be patient and understanding of your child asd they deal with their anger or frustrations at losing a game. You must let your child lose at times though otherwise thay will never learn these valuable lessons.

Different board games help with different skills. Some board games are valuable for teaching math skills, other for developing language skills. Other games teach solving problems and others may help with manipulation..

Some of our favorite games are:

The trouble board game is great , very simple the idea being to get your four colored playing pieces home first.
This game involves learning turn taking, losing/winning/ colors, and learning how to count to 12..

The Blokus Classics Game, A gamee that helps kids learn spatial awareness. This is a game of stategy for kids ages five and upward.

The game Chutes and ladders is a simple game for younger players. Children will learn taking turns, counting and winning/losing.

4.Qwirkle Board Game. A game where you match colors and shapes to win points. It is about strategically placing tiles to win the game. .

5.Scrabble, Boggle, and Balderdash are  games that help kids expand their vocabulary.

6.Cueldo is a mystery game that requires problem solving and deduction to work out who killed the victim. This is a game for older players..

Chess is a game for older children that teaches, patience, math skills, logical thinking and strategic planning.

Zingo is a game for players ages 3 and up. They will need to match tiles to cards similar to bingo cards. One side of the card is for younger kids and the other for older children
Monopoly is a great classic game.
9.Monopoly is one of our favorite classic games. It helps with stategic planning, money skills and reasoning skills.

We think board games are good. We enjoy spending time together as a family around a board game.