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Author|Chuan Ma
For this board game recommendation, I almost vomited blood!
Classmates who are familiar with me know that I am particularly keen on buying board games for my child and playing board games with him. I have also successively recommended many fun and meaningful board games to everyone.
For me, playing board games is first of all high-quality parent-child company.
Usually, Dad Chuan and I are very busy. Even if I accompany Xiao Chuan, we still get down from time to time and work hard.
But when we play board games, we are all involved, putting down our mobile phones and working, and we have no distractions. Although my old waist hurts terribly because he always has to play on the bay window, I also cherish this rare parent-child time.
In addition, playing board games with Xiaochuan also mixed with some of my selfishness, hoping to exercise his mathematical ability, spatial ability, logical ability, observation ability, reasoning ability and rule awareness through playing games.
Fortunately, children are naturally fond of games. He does not reject even puzzle board games. He really loves playing and researching. Coming along the way
, I also witnessed the many surprises brought to him by board games.
snake ladder
is like this snake ladder. I played with Ogawa many times. At the beginning, he would be sad and annoyed because of a "fall from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the valley", and even lose his temper.
But slowly, he began to slowly learn to calm his emotions and look at winning or losing with a normal heart. I gradually understood that if you encounter difficulties, you must not give up. Maybe the next corner will be a miracle.
underestimates the process of winning or losing, enjoying the life, the homework and practice of this life, children begin to experience and experience through board games from an early age. The
board game will really provide a good educational opportunity and provide children with a third choice besides learning and playing foolishly.
played so many board games with him, accumulated some experience, and shared with everyone.
1. How to choose a board game?
is number one, with cute shapes, rich colors and attractive.
Lively, cute and colorful board games can capture children's curiosity and interest at once.
For example, the bunny bounce and crazy squirrel that I recommended to everyone before are very cute, and many children like it, and they can play wherever they go.
Second, the rules are simple and easy to learn.
designed board games for children. The simpler the rules, the better, so that children can quickly find the confidence and fun of the game, and they can also focus on the game itself, constantly go through the game and challenge themselves.
is like the Wisdom Gypsophila I have recommended to everyone before. The rules of the game are very simple: children only need to place the star pieces according to the level, and then use the remaining pieces to fill in the other vacant positions.
In this way, while helping the child to familiarize himself with the rules, it also gives the child a great sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, prompting him to play at each level.
Third, the difficulty increases step by step and the form changes. Although the
rule is simple, the difficulty setting has to increase step by step, and the form is changeable.
Only in this way can children go through easy to difficult exercises, slowly open their minds, and constantly break through the shackles of conventional thinking, so as to exercise children's ability to concentrate, logical reasoning, global planning and spatial thinking.
is like this Bone Mino. Although it is a multiplayer board game, it also has a variety of ways to play such as beginner, intermediate and advanced.
I like this type of board games very much. The design of follows the recent development zone theory put forward by educator Vygotsky.
Vygotsky believes that there are two levels of children’s development, one is the child’s current level, the other is the child’s possible development level, that is, the potential obtained through teaching. The gap between these two levels is the most recent Development zone. The easy-to-difficult design of
is based on the child's abilities. It is a little bit more difficult for him, and he can only get it by jumping. On the one hand, let the child feel that he can hold it, on the other hand, I can always feel full of challenges and will not feel boring.
can promote the development of children's potential to the greatest extent, inspiring children's imagination, creativity and problem-solving ability from both breadth and depth.
Fourth, choose the right board game according to the ability you want to exercise.
Playing board games for children is a very good way to entertain and teach. Therefore, as long as I encounter a good board game, I generally will not let it go. In addition to choosing
from the three aspects of rules, styles, and difficulty, I will also see what abilities it can train children.
For example, when learning addition and subtraction within 100 from a child, I will buy him board games such as Snake Ladder and Monopoly that contain a lot of mathematical calculations.
Last year, I also specially wrote a story about a monopoly. If you are interested, you can read it. A simple tycoon can make 90% of Chinese children learn how to make money and spend money, learn arithmetic, negotiate and understand social phenomena...
is average, these abilities are written in detail on the box or product details page , You can also focus on it when you buy.
chooses for the ability you want to exercise right now.
If these standards are not well grasped by everyone, there is a simple and rude way to target these brands:
Smart Games, Thinkfun, HABA, think tank, Asmodee, HappyPuzzle, Fat Brain. These brands of
are very good, generally you can't buy it wrong.
2. Recommend some fun and meaningful board games
Although I have recommended many board games to my parents before, most of them are for older children and have received many protests from mothers of younger babies.
These days, I have put together all the board games I have at home with great power, and selected them carefully, and made a list of board games for your reference (! Good board games are not limited to these 10, Just because of the limited space, I will continue to recommend next time if I have the opportunity).
01Day&night Day&night building table game
Applicable age: 2 years old and above
Number of participants: single
exercise ability: zz color recognition, shape recognition and spatial sequence recognition of s3z You, when I first got it, I was attracted by its gorgeous colors and the texture of the logs. The game rules of
are very simple. There are 48 levels in total, divided into day mode and night mode.
night mode~
day mode~
children only need to restore the building block shape according to the pattern on the question card.
Although the gameplay is simple, don't underestimate it. In the process of building according to the picture, children must first observe the shape of the blocks on the question card, what they grow, and which blocks are used.
Then, find the required blocks from the pile of blocks, and restore them step by step according to the order. If they are misplaced, they must be patient and carefully compare the question card with the real object, find the mistake, and then remove it and try again.
After a game trip, the child's information screening ability, observation ability, fine hand movement, abstract thinking ability, spatial perception ability, spatial planning ability, patience, and anti-frustration ability can be exercised.
Moreover, it can unlock many ways to play.
For example, play finger puppet games and make up stories.
For example, for graphic recognition~
for color recognition~
length, size, etc.~
when playing with beads~
as a building block~
This is one of the few high-value board games I have seen that is suitable for young babies.
02Three Little Pigs
Applicable age: 3-6 years old
Number of participants: 2-4 people
Exercise ability: puzzles, counting ability, addition within 10 is the first to attract my board game. It is the theme of "Three Little Pigs".
The story of the three little pigs is familiar to almost every child. About its story, we have heard many versions, but never played a board game about it.
Therefore, from the subject matter alone, it is particularly attractive to the child and can bring him into the story situation very well.
Ogawa likes to play this game very much, and he is immersed in the context of the story since the game board.
He also enjoyed the process of building a house very much, and he spared no effort to take a few more steps to build a house in front of me and reach the end. If
rolls the dice and goes to the wolf's position, he will be happier, and he will turn into a wolf in an instant, and the turntable will blow my house away.
Because in this process, it will continue to destroy, rebuild, and then destroy and rebuild, so it is not easy to build three houses and finally reach the end.
But because of the blessing of the story situation, children especially enjoy this process. At the same time, in this process, they can continue to practice addition within 10 to improve their calculation ability.
03Story Cubes Story Cubes Q
Applicable age: 3 years old and above
Number of participants: 1 or more
Exercise ability: language organization, language logic, imagination and creativity
, there are no rules, and there are no restrictions on this board game. The number of people, the interest comes, you can invite the whole family to play one or more rounds together.
9 story dice, 36 story patterns, you can tell a different story every day, never repeat. When
first started playing, I might feel that language is very lacking and imagination is very poor.
Seeing this, we may not be able to connect the map, the puzzle, the crab, and the boy at once, but after playing it a few times, our thinking will become much broader.
For example, I followed the treasure map to the beach to hunt for treasure. I found a building block dropped by a child. I also saw a crab walking on the beach. I happily pointed there and told my mother: "Mom, mom, I found it. "
is just a version I thought of. Although the story elements are the same, in the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Hamlets, there are many possibilities.
is not a competitive game. There are no wins or losses, no right or wrong, and even no scores. We only need to encourage children to use their imaginations freely and tell fantastic stories.
Of course, we can also play Story Solitaire with children and tell a story together, which is very fun.
04Leeping Louie Rolling Louie
Applicable age: 3-6 years old
Number of participants: 2-4 people
Exercise ability: observation ability, adaptability, hands-on ability, spatial recognition ability
is definitely the most favorite board game for airplane fans. .
It has a very interesting game story, allowing children to understand the rules of the game in seconds.
Louis is driving his plane, constantly rolling in the air, and swooping down to startle the chickens on the farm. All you have to do is to protect your chickens and let Louis hurry up and leave.
It allows children to join or withdraw at any time, and it is Ogawa's favorite for a long time.
05Look! What’s different? Let's find the difference!
Applicable age: 4 years old or older
Number of participants: 2-6 people
Exercise ability: Observation, memory
This board game is very famous, won the Oscar in the board game industry as early as 2015-Germany Game of the Year Award Spiel des Jahres.
has a total of 32 cards, and each card has almost the same pattern. If you don't observe carefully, it is difficult to find the difference between them.
Let me show you a few cards. Can you see how they have changed? How about
? It’s still a bit difficult~
What if you want to find the flipped card among five, six, seven, or even more cards? Is it harder?
This is what the child wants to do. After the little friend "hands and feet" flips the card, he finds the flipped card, which is a test of eyesight and memory.
06 Variety car
Recommended age: 4 years old and above
Number of participants: Single player game
Exercise ability: spatial geometrical ability
This is a very good board game to exercise children's spatial geometrical ability. View, top view, left view, geometric spatial capabilities can be easily played.
has a total of three playing methods: elementary, intermediate and advanced.
is elementary, the child starts from "observation-imitate", follow the instructions in the picture, and put together the established shape. For the intermediate level
, the child must use this plan view to think of the combination of building blocks.
is advanced, and it appears to exercise children's three-dimensional spatial ability. For example, a concept of "hidden" has begun to appear. The red blocks are blocked, leaving only three colors of green, yellow, and blue.
also extended the top view and the left view, if you want to exercise the child's sense of space, you can play this set.
07 Real estate tycoon
Recommended age: over 5 years old
Number of participants: 2 people or more
Exercise ability: financial education, arithmetic, negotiation skills
real estate tycoon (born Mono100), this is also called the board game tycoon. Very popular in Europe and America. For those of you who want to know more about it, you can read my previous special recommendation article—>A simple monopoly can enable 90% of Chinese children to learn how to make money and spend money, learn arithmetic, negotiate and understand social phenomena...
In the game, the player's ultimate goal is to have as many real estate as possible and become the richest person. Although it focuses on cultivating children's emotional intelligence, it brings more meaning to children.
It can also cultivate children's mathematics and calculation skills, so that children can recognize social injustice and understand the balance between making money and spending money.
is an excellent game close to social life, children can actively learn all aspects of knowledge and apply what they have learned while having fun, and can also be truly entertaining and entertaining. The only bad thing about
is that one round is too long, and sometimes it can’t hold for 2 hours~
08 Bunny bounces
Recommended age: over 5 years old
Number of participants: Single player game
Exercise ability: Concentration, sense of space, planning ability, logical thinking ability, problem solving ability, teamwork ability
It looks very cute, it is a high-profile + high fever The famous board game for brain. The game rules of
are very simple, choose the challenge level, arrange the components according to the card, and then send the rabbit to the brown hole. Although
is a single-player board game, the team spirit is vividly reflected in it.
To send the bunny to the hole, it is impossible to rely on the bunny's strength alone. It needs the help of mushrooms and foxes to match the bridge to send it home.
This is something I like very much.
09Cubeez face-changing magic
Applicable age: 6 years old and above
Number of participants: 1-4 people
Exercise ability: color recognition ability, logical thinking ability, observation ability, practical ability, space flip ability. When
first got it, I was fascinated by its funny expressions. Looking at the challenge card, just imitating the expressions, we played for a long time.
Every time I see Ogawa’s hard-working face, I can’t help laughing.
It has 50 challenge cards and 50 expressions. The rules of the game are very simple. Children only need to observe the expressions on the challenge card carefully, and then find the corresponding face on the challenge card, quickly rotate the building blocks, and use three building blocks to spell it out. That's it.
can be played alone, or 2-4 people can play speed competition, which can exercise children's observation ability, space flip ability and so on.
10 Bone Minor
Applicable age: 6 years old and above
Number of participants: 1-8 people
Exercise ability: Observation, attention, color recognition, logical thinking
This board game is very classic and the rules are very simple. , One person can play, and the family can also compete against each other. Whoever finishes playing the bone Mino card in his hand first wins. Although
had only 8 bone minos in his hand at the beginning, the cards in his hand are not as easy to play as imagined. These two conditions must be met: at least 2 color blocks are adjacent and adjacent The color blocks must be the same.
If there is no card to play, you can only draw the cards constantly, and you have a sense of stare at play. This time I went to Kenya and I took it there. The children like to play very much. Every night we have to "gather crowds to play cards" and play high.
is playing cards in the Library of the tent hotel~
has a limited space. I only recommend these 10 board games according to age group. There are many fun and interesting board games. Grasp the points mentioned above, I believe everyone can find a board game suitable for their children (of course, the pros who are too busy and have no time to trust me can wait for our recommendation).
Finally, I would like to say that no matter how good a board game is, it cannot replace our company.
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Of course, gifts are not the point, the point is brainstorming. My personal experience is always limited. I hope to be able to attract more mothers and find more and more interesting board games, so that our children can play happier and smarter.
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