“Games allow kids to escape into new worlds, create communal memories of joy, find an accessible common ground to make friends, and overall play in ways they never would have thought possible on their own,” he says.įrom spooky monsters to funky ice creams to intense strategy games, we picked our favorites to liven up family game night. Steve Jozef, managing director at Brooklyn Game Lab in New York, also touts the benefits of good old-fashioned game time. “Games allow children to form and adopt theoretical solutions and strategies while challenging multiple methods of thinking as well as carrying out being in opposition and counter-opposition.”
“We should all realize that is an advantage to kids and one of the best-kept secrets of learning at home,” says Long Beach, Calif., educator and author Malissa Parks. Uno Attack Card Game is 50% off at Target.
