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All
Games Teach The Following Life Skills:
- Cooperation/Teamwork – Taking turns and working
with others; respecting other family members including
extended family.
- Responsibility – Playing by the rules; taking care
of the materials and putting the game away to it will
be ready next time.
- Perseverance and Patience – Waiting for your turn
or for that "special card" or throw of the
dice; sticking it out to the end; trying again.
- Honesty – Playing fair; being able to admit
mistakes and learning from them.
- Understanding/Accepting both winning and losing -
Knowing that we can try to win, but sometimes we will
lose, and being able to cope with wins or losses
tactfully and graciously.
Making
choices and accepting the consequences of the choices
you make.
Different
Games Teach Different Types of Skills
Yahtzee…math skills; counting, totalling
and record keeping.
Scrabble…vocabulary and spelling skills.
Sorry!…counting, colors, strategy
Clue…memory, deductive reasoning, and
record keeping
Monopoly and The Game of Life…attention
span, problem solving, strategy, negotiation,
compromise, money skills
Boggle: vocabulary, spelling skills and
word recognition
Payday…planning and money management
skills
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