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learning through play

Board Games Increase Mental Skills

Increase Your Child's Mental Skills

How to increase your child's focus and concentration with board games.

For over five thousand years, humans have been working mental skills by playing games. Only recently, a… Continue reading

10 Super Fun Outdoor Kids Games

10 of the Best Outdoor Kids Games

Looking for a few awesome DIY outdoor kids games? How about a few easy to make ideas for a fun children’s party or picnic? These outdoor kids games should supercharge your creativity!

Ten Super Fun DIY Outdoor Kids Games

 

These games are all easy to make and will give kids hours of outdoor fun and make… Continue reading

Ten Awesome Skills Kids Learn Through Play

Ten Awesome Skills Kids Learn Through Play

Do you really know what fantastic skills kids learn through play? When kids are allowed regular play in a wholesome environment, they thrive both mentally and emotionally!

Play as discussed in this list is considered unstructured and mainly child-led, with the exception of infants and toddlers. When… Continue reading

Hoppy Floppy’s Happy Hunt Color Game

Hoppy Floppy’s Happy Hunt Color Recognition Game

What a fun way for children to reinforce color recognition!  Kids have to match colors and take turns with the Hoppy Floppy Squeezer while following the directives on the spinner. Preschoolers Color Recognition Game Hoppy Floppy’s Happy Hunt Game is a cute game with both chance and strategy which is… Continue reading

Grandma’s Trunk Alphabet Card Game

Grandma’s Trunk Preschooler’s Alphabet Card Game

Take learning the alphabet, phonics, and vocabulary to the next level with your kindergartners and this super alphabet card game! Perfect for parents and teachers alike.

 

Learning the alphabet has never been so much fun than with Grandma’s Trunk Alphabet Card Game which is really 5-games-in-1, all of… Continue reading

Frida’s Fruit Fiesta Alphabet Game

Frida’s Fruit Fiesta Alphabet Game

When looking for engaging games for your little ones it’s hard to know where to find the best ones with so many choices! Luckily for you, we’ve been looking too and we have found some great games that your toddlers are sure to love. Not only are these games highly… Continue reading

Fun Board Game for Kids to Learn US Geography

Learn Geography Through Play!

When learning geography, one of the best ways to reinforce their skills is for kids to play games.  U.S. Geography is learned and reviewed easily with the board game DestiNation USA.  This game is so much fun that even adults enjoy playing, with or without the kids!… Continue reading

Astronaut Costume for Kids Playtime

Kids Astronaut Playtime Costume

Skyrocket your kids imaginations with a fun astronaut costume, spaceships, real astronaut ice cream to make space play a learning experience.  Whether you’re studying space in your homeschool or just want to find a great astronaut NASA costume for your kids, you should see some of these incredible costumes.… Continue reading

Learning Through Pretend and Play

Kids Learn Best Through Play

One of the best ways children learn is through play.  This is either through playing board games or through imaginative play.  Playing board games is proven to enhance concentration and academic skills, as well as social skills.  Imaginative play increases creativity, social skills and language skills.

Many… Continue reading

Board Games – A Valuable Learning Tool

One of the Best Learning Tools for Kids – Board Games!

We all know board games are fun to play and we get them for our kids so they can enjoy them.  But, did you ever stop to think how many valuable skills they’re really learning?  Sure they learn great math skills from… Continue reading

Learning Style Myths

Myths About Kids and Learning Styles

There are many learning style myths and beliefs about how we learn best.  The three most common, mythical learning styles include:

  • We learn by listening to experts – Auditory
  • Experience leads to learning – Visual
  • Hands-on learning works best – Kinesthetic

 

Learning Style Myths About How Children Learn

 

Listening/Auditory

There is a great… Continue reading