Every year the week of Thanksgiving is named National Game and Puzzle Week"! So celebrate this week (November 18-24) by turning off the TV, shutting down the computer, and powering off the iPad. Take the time and sit down with your children and play a game with them or put together a puzzle. This is a wonderful, easy, and inexpensive way to spend quality time with your child...and playing games has "hidden" benefits as well!
I recently read a book called "A Board Game Eduction: Building Skills for Academic Success" by Jeffery P. Hinebaugh.
He states,
"What you may not realize is that classic board games that you enjoyed playing as a child, and that you still enjoy playing with your own children, are excellent tools for teaching fundamental and cor educational skills. Logic, math, language arts, communications, and economic principles are just a few of the key educational concepts that are developed through the play of classic board games" (p. 2).
So take some time this week between eating turkey, watching football, and shopping to spend some quality time playing a game or putting a puzzle together with your child ! Your children will thank you!!
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