Three is the perfect age to begin playing board and card games with your child. Board and card games help teach your child about aspiration, success, and disappointment. She'll gain experience with both winning and losing.
Games also give you the opportunity to teach your toddler about rules, about integrity and honesty, and about luck.
Games also can help increase your child's ability to focus her attention.
Game playing enables and encourages your preschooler to practice important social skills that she will need to play well with other children. Nearly all games, for example, involve taking turns, sharing dice or a spinner, waiting for your turn, patience, and learning how to be a good sport. (When you play games with your child, try to emphasize the fun of game as much as possible, rather than focusing on "who's winning.")
Besides helping to acquaint your child with "life lessons" and to practice valuable social skills, most good children's games also afford toddlers to sharpen certain academic skills. Most board games for preschoolers involve either counting or color matching, for instance. Games like picture lotto can help expand your preschooler's vocabulary and give her practice at analyzing and matching pictures.
Besides helping to acquaint your child with "life lessons" and to practice valuable social skills, most good children's games also afford toddlers to sharpen certain academic skills. Most board games for preschoolers involve either counting or color matching, for instance. Games like picture lotto can help expand your preschooler's vocabulary and give her practice at analyzing and matching pictures.
Sometimes your child will think up thier own game to play! My 2 yr old daughter would look at us with mischievious eyes and say "uh, losbster..." we finally cought on and would reply "uh, jellyfish" she would reply: " uh...whale." this "think of an animal" game as my husband and I call it. Is really entertaining for her and us both. It's great in car rides etc. and we cannot take any credit , because she invented it herself! Yes your kids are sure to blow you away, just tune in and don't ignore when your tot is chatting endlessly away. You could miss something great!
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