So the great indoctrination, er I mean introduction begins! Rich and I are big game people. We both descend from families that love playing card games, board games, etc. During our early married years, we would plan each weekend around having people over who we could play 4+ player games with and there were other nights where we would be frequently locked in a deadlock over some game until late in the evening.
Alexander's Omama and Opapa (both skilled and avid card players) gave him the game CandyLand for his birthday. He LOVES it. He even gets the give and take of turns. Thankfully though he has not quite grasped the concept of winning/losing. I'm not quite sure I'm ready for meltdowns if he loses... :) For now, he is just enjoying the game.
We've also been playing Concentration (with weather cards that I made for our first learning day). Any other ideas out there of games a 3 year old might enjoy/understand?!?!?
Very soon now, we'll be moving on to the all important next phase of introducing him to Kids of Cataan the obvious precurser to the mother of all games! ;) Thanks Jen and Joe for the introduction many years ago!
I bought the game Candyland about a year or so ago but Kayla does understand what "win" means. She doesn't get the "miss a turn" part.
ReplyDeleteI do need to get a new game, but haven't done it yet. I plan on getting "Go Fish" soon. Love
you must teach him chutes and ladders! that game was always right next to candyland in our closet.
ReplyDeleteoh and eventually he'll have to learn Connect Four. and what was that geography/flying game that you taught us? Take Off! i used to take that one babysitting (inspired by YOU!) and it was always a hit. :)
and you know what? some of my fondest memories were of the games that you would bring over and teach my brother and i when you babysat. :)
I also have "Chutes & Ladders" -- problem is Kayla doesn't like the chutes.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the game where you match the little square cards? Was it called "Memory"? Anyway, you might have to bend the rules a bit, but he could definitely find matching pairs of things.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we gave one family of nieces and nephews Twister (they would've been about ages 9, 5, 2 and 1 at the time). The two-year-old could spin the spinner and go where you directed her (put *this* foot on the red dot, etc.), but couldn't always stretch far enough. It was sure fun trying, though! Again, with a little rule bending (i.e. you can move your foot to a different red dot if you need to in order to reach), Xander could definitely play Twister since no reading is required.
Thanks for all of the suggestions... We'll definitely have to check some of them out.
ReplyDelete...and Andrea confirmed how game nuts I am. Yes, games always accompanied me on babysitting trips. Always eager for new converts, I guess! :)