Saturday, April 21, 2012

Boardgames as education

Playing monopoly and "Game of Life" are a very important part of my kid's education.

The Game of Life teaches him to get good grades so he can get a good job in order to earn money.  In Monopoly, he learns that he not only have to earn money, he needs to have a plan what to do with the money. he can't win the game by earning the $200 each time he passes "GO". He needs to buy one green house, and then another, until he has 4 green houses. The  convert the green house into a red hotel.

Hence, from the 2 games, he learns he needs to have 2 plans in life....one plan is how he plans to earn money. The 2nd plan is what he plans to do with the money after he earns it.

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