Do your children play board games? They seem a bit antiquated now I suppose. We love them though and we are constantly on the look out for new ones.
Quentin enjoys Bird Bingo (seen here), and Snakes and Ladders (seen here). Today I introduced Checkers because he’s been asking how to play.
The board was made by my father for me when I was a child. Old and worn it was a perfect match to the newly oiled wooden checkers that arrived in the mail today.
There are so many valuable lessons to be learned from competitive games. Concentration, patience, critical thinking. All the things the latest childhood research is telling us we need to teach more of in school.
I think there is something much more important.
“I won Mama.” A smile beginning on his lips. Then, a hand reaches across the table.
“Good game Mama. You tried hard.” A tiny hand shakes mine before sitting back to survey his achievement.
“Wanna play again?”
