Cooperative games are a really big hit with students and mentors!
Cooperative games differ from traditional board games in that everyone works as a team together.
Traditional board games are great and provide lots of benefits. The benefits include how to win/lose gracefully, enhancing logic skills, and logic learning progressively.
“Cooperative board games encourage children to discuss decisions and justify their reasoning”.
Cooperative games differ from traditional board games in that everyone works as a team together. In the article Cooperative board games for kids by Gwen DeWar Phd. in Parenting Science says “People play because they feel intrigued, challenged, entertained. In fact, some kids — including young children — may actually prefer cooperative games to competitive ones. “ they additionally say that “Cooperative board games encourage children to discuss decisions and justify their reasoning”.
Mentors and students work together to solve progressively complex problems.
I have seen light bulb moments where students discover new ways to solve problems. Additionally. the relationship between mentors/parents and students/children grow with cooperative games.
Some of the most popular cooperative games that I have used with students are:
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