Fun and Games

We are beginning to teach the Bunnies how to play games.  It's a process, and we are at the beginning.

We put out a simple little, preschool game called Go Fishing.  The fish are face down in the ocean and there are 4 different colored boats and one fishing pole.  The children must take turns with the pole to catch a fish, turn it over and match the color of the fish to the same color boat.  When all boats are full, the game is over.  No winner, no loser - just turn-taking and filling boats.

What we are really going for here is the pattern of thought "I have a turn, now you have a turn" repeatedly.  This is the first and most important skill of playing games.  Once we have that well under way, we can introduce the many other skills of game playing.