Thursday, December 4, 2014

Different Fun Family Card Games Your Kids Should Play At Home

By Claudine Hodges


Having children at home will surely cause chaos at home. If you want to distract them from playing violently or from getting under your skin, then you should do your best to keep them entertained. Not only giving them entertainment, you also have to teach some lessons in life for them through how you keep them entertained.

It is a good thing that many methods are available for parents to use for this purpose. Most of these methods are not that difficult to execute. For example, playing fun family card games with these children will surely keep the latter entertained. You will also teach them some values with it, such as being a good sport, taking turns, and even counting.

You should not hesitate to introduce these activities to the children during play time. You can even participate in it, together with the children. You can choose from a wide variety of the said game. After all, there are many varieties to this that you can choose. Here are some of the varieties that you can play together with the children at home.

Go Fish. If you have a child at home who is seven years of age already, then this game is surely a fun way to start the day. Even if you only have one child at home, the game can still be played as long as you participate. The minimum player number requirement is two, after all. You also need a deck of cards for this.

There is the Crazy Eights as well. Counting you, you will now need another player to play the game. The maximum number of players you can have for this game is four, though. If the child is above five years old, then this game is suitable for him or her.

If you want a popular one, then there is the Old Maid. Just like with the other ones you can play, you will have to get multiple players for this. The more players, the more fun it will be. At least three people should do the deal. The players suitable for this game are those that are above the age of five years old.

A game called War can also be played with your children using a standard deck composed of 52 cards. This is suitable to play as a duel, meaning a two-player game. It might be a bit complicated for a child to understand the rules of this game so it is highly recommended that you play this with those children with ages six and above only.

You can play a concentration or a memory game as well. This is the kind of game that tests, as the name suggests, your concentration and memory. A minimum of two players is sufficient to start this game. Any child three years and above has the qualification to participate in a game.

There are various other options that are available for you to use for this purpose of entertaining the kids. You just make sure that you are making the correct choice. After all, this purchase will also help with the mind stimulation and exercises of the kids who are yet to go to school just to keep their minds sharp.




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