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Jenn Writes

Writing my way through life, one word at a time.

Board games I like for kids on the Spectrum.

April 8, 2015 by koalateagirl

Last week I blogged about how I use board games to help teach turn taking skills to kids with ASD. I’ve been asked what games I recommend and while I have some general guidelines and games that I always try out, not every game will be a hit with every kid.  I mentioned last time that Chutes and Ladders can be tricky as there is an element of chance in it, but it doesn’t have any text to read (a great thing in a kid’s game) and some kids really love the game. Some games come in character variant like Dora the Explorer or Transformers so that they engage kids’ interest. If you can find a game the child is interested in, that’s half the battle right there – they’ve bought in.  So, what games do I have in my stash for kids with ASD? It’s probably not what you’d expect.

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Filed Under: Autism, Games Tagged With: ASD, Autism, board games, Candyland, Co-operative games, Connect 4, Cooperative games, games, Guess Who, Harvest Time, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Lucky Ducks, Set, SPD, Turn Taking, Uno

Board Games I Love

March 30, 2015 by koalateagirl

I admit it, I’m a board game fanatic.  Luckily I have a great group of friends who also love playing board games and we get together 1-2 nights a month to play.  I own a lot of games myself, and though there is some duplication in collections (Many of us own Settlers of Catan for ourselves, along with Dominion and Carcassonne) I’d say that between all of us we have at least 500 unique games / add ons to games / variants of games. That’s a LOT of choices – though some get played very rarely (I’m looking at you Risk and Axis and Allies). Board games are my favourite choice for a night out with friends since it’s social without being in a loud restaurant or at a movie and I don’t have to have pre-read a book like at book club. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Games, Reviews Tagged With: 7 Wonders, Bananagrams, board game, family, friends, Fun, games, gaming, girlswhogame, Qwirkle, tabletop, Ticket to Ride, Tsuro

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