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Month's Featured Childrens Board Games |
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Alpha-Bug Soup
Spells fun for the whole family! Early readers
build letter recognition and vocabulary skills
as they call out words beginning with selected
letters. Advanced players compete by listing and
spelling as many words as possible. |
20Q -- Electronic 20 Questions
It's hours of fun as you try to stump 20Q. To
play, think of something... anything... then
answer a series of 20 questions. Your friends
will watch in amazement as 20Q tried to guess
what you're think... |
Spongebob Ants in the Pants
SpongeBob’s got an itch in his britches - it's a
bunch of bugs! Flip and bounce the ants into
SpongeBob’s pants! Be the first to land all your
ants inside to win! No reading required, so even
the youngest SpongeBob fans can play! |
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The Teaching Of Values Through
Childrens Board Games |
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Like all learning activities,
playing childrens board games is an excellent way to teach life
skills. While many teach specific skills, like vocabulary,
math or strategies, most childrens board games also teach social
lessons as part of the cooperative process of game play. For
example, the notion of taking turns, and respecting other
players is an essential part of all childrens board games.
Playing by the rules, fair play and even the responsibility
of cleaning up afterward (and putting the game away) are
also part of the mix. Most childrens board games involve some
degree of patience, as well as perseverance to both wait for
a turn, but also staying with it - sticking it out to the
end. And no one wants to play with someone who does not deal
honestly with the other players - childrens board games teach
kids to acknowledge both success and failure, and to learn
from them. Many childrens games involve making choices, and
accepting the consequences of those choices, whether good or
bad. And of course, starting over, beginning from zero,
applying past experiences as you go forward is another
important lesson evident in all childrens board games. |
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