One of the things that your child wants and needs most is to spend time with you purely for the pleasure of having fun with their parents. Children want parents to spend time with them, they want to be able to talk to their parents and also have their parents listen to them. All of this improves your child's self-esteem and makes them feel loved and wanted.
Playing board games with your preschooler will most certainly provide the perfect environment to satisfy your child's emotional needs. Board games also have the added bonus of providing excellent learning opportunities as well as satisfy your child's competitive urges and the desire to master new skills and concepts, such as:
Number and shape recognition, counting, letter and word recognition, reading, colour recognition and eye-hand coordination.
There are a great variety of games that preschoolers will enjoy playing. These days parents can find many games that are based on television characters like Dora the Explorer, these types of board games will naturally capture your preschool child's attention.
Older, classic games like Snakes and Ladders and Checkers are games that preschoolers will love to play. Board games that take the form of memory games are great for teaching kids through play.
Here are some of the best educational board games for preschoolers
Monopoly
We all know how much fun this game is and your kids will love you for introducing them to this game. Monopoly has the potential to teach your preschooler about making decisions on what to do with his or her money, how to earn money and how to take risks.
Scrabble
This game might be a bit of a challenge to preschool age children. Overcome difficulty by playing this game in teams, where the team consists of one preschool child and a parent or older child. Scrabble builds vocabulary and improves spelling.
Clue
Solving a murder mystery appeals to the investigator in almost everyone and the element of mystery will most definitely get young children hooked to this game. It is excellent for excersizing memory skills as well as improving concentration and strategic planning.
Checkers
When it comes to family games, it doesn't get much more classic than Checkers. It is simple to teach your preschool child and also very easy to play. Checkers teaches young children to focus and develops their concentration.
Pictionary
This game has the potential to provide your family with hours of fun and laughter. Attempting to draw a picture of abstract words will challenge most players. This game will improve many skills like drawing, reading and identifying. It will also improve concentration and teach children how to be a team player.
Pictionary can also be adjusted so that players don't draw their representation of the words, but act them out. Acting the words out increases the fun and laughter level of this game to new heights.
The board games that you choose to play with your preschooler does not have to be heavily academic to be educational. Just the act of playing them teaches important social skills like verbal communication, sharing, waiting, taking turns, and enjoying interaction with others.
These types of games can improve the ability to focus, and lengthen your child's attention span by encouraging the completion of an exciting, enjoyable game.
Playing board games with your preschooler will most certainly provide the perfect environment to satisfy your child's emotional needs. Board games also have the added bonus of providing excellent learning opportunities as well as satisfy your child's competitive urges and the desire to master new skills and concepts, such as:
Number and shape recognition, counting, letter and word recognition, reading, colour recognition and eye-hand coordination.
There are a great variety of games that preschoolers will enjoy playing. These days parents can find many games that are based on television characters like Dora the Explorer, these types of board games will naturally capture your preschool child's attention.
Older, classic games like Snakes and Ladders and Checkers are games that preschoolers will love to play. Board games that take the form of memory games are great for teaching kids through play.
Here are some of the best educational board games for preschoolers
Monopoly
We all know how much fun this game is and your kids will love you for introducing them to this game. Monopoly has the potential to teach your preschooler about making decisions on what to do with his or her money, how to earn money and how to take risks.
Scrabble
This game might be a bit of a challenge to preschool age children. Overcome difficulty by playing this game in teams, where the team consists of one preschool child and a parent or older child. Scrabble builds vocabulary and improves spelling.
Clue
Solving a murder mystery appeals to the investigator in almost everyone and the element of mystery will most definitely get young children hooked to this game. It is excellent for excersizing memory skills as well as improving concentration and strategic planning.
Checkers
When it comes to family games, it doesn't get much more classic than Checkers. It is simple to teach your preschool child and also very easy to play. Checkers teaches young children to focus and develops their concentration.
Pictionary
This game has the potential to provide your family with hours of fun and laughter. Attempting to draw a picture of abstract words will challenge most players. This game will improve many skills like drawing, reading and identifying. It will also improve concentration and teach children how to be a team player.
Pictionary can also be adjusted so that players don't draw their representation of the words, but act them out. Acting the words out increases the fun and laughter level of this game to new heights.
The board games that you choose to play with your preschooler does not have to be heavily academic to be educational. Just the act of playing them teaches important social skills like verbal communication, sharing, waiting, taking turns, and enjoying interaction with others.
These types of games can improve the ability to focus, and lengthen your child's attention span by encouraging the completion of an exciting, enjoyable game.
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