{"id":166,"date":"2014-11-20T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicscientist.com\/2014\/11\/why-games-are-the-best-teaching-tool"},"modified":"2014-11-20T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T15:51:00","slug":"why-games-are-the-best-teaching-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puppetbuildingworld.com\/magicscientist\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"WHY GAMES ARE THE BEST TEACHING TOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><u><i>WHY GAMES ARE THE BEST TEACHING TOOL<\/i><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>1. Games are the best way to fully engage kids.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px;\">Games turn spectators into participants.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px;\">When a kid is playing a game they are completely engaged in what they are doing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px;\">Kids become active instead of passive.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px;\">Games engage kids like nothing else.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>2. Games can illustrate lessons.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px;\">Character traits can be taught through game play. Things like honesty and citizenship are learned through playing games. Math skills can be practiced and developed through the use of games, also.<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>3. Games teach kids how to win and how to lose.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px;\">In the real world sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.&nbsp;If you want to prepare kids for life on this planet as we know it, then you have to let them experience winning and losing.&nbsp;They need to learn to be gracious in victory and how to keep from being devastated when they lose.&nbsp;That is a critical life lesson.<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>4. Games promote teamwork.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px;\">This one is the most obvious but it it still true. Games teach kids how to work together for a common purpose.<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>5. Games provide a natural way for kids to interact and connect with adult teachers.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The teacher explains the game to the kids.<\/li>\n<li>The kids listen because they instinctively know they need to understand the game in order to play it.<\/li>\n<li>This cultivates a rapport between the kids and the teacher.<\/li>\n<li>That can become an effective step toward opening communication lines with the child.<\/li>\n<li>The connection that happens during the explanation of the game is sometimes more meaningful than the game itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>6. Games reach boys like nothing else will.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px;\">Boys are wired for competition. One of the reasons we are losing the boys in our culture is because we have ignored the motivation that comes from competition in our education systems.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/%3Ca%20href=%22http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0465072100\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0465072100&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=magic097-20&amp;linkId=RZSIZJWEP7WDQA4L%22%3EBoys%20Adrift:%20The%20Five%20Factors%20Driving%20the%20Growing%20Epidemic%20of%20Unmotivated%20Boys%20and%20Underachieving%20Young%20Men%3C\/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=magic097-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0465072100%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20\/%3E\" style=\"color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Boys Adrift<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;by Dr. Leonard Sax<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;talks about this destructive trend. The boys who are not athletic enough to compete in sports still need an outlet for their competitive side.&nbsp;Parents with boys will tell you their boys turn everything into competition. Example: \u201cWho can get into the car first!\u201d<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 5px 0px;\"><strong>7. Games allow a kid to be a kid.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px;\">Our coarse world forces kids to grow up too quickly. It is healthy for a kid to be able to have fun playing.&nbsp;They need a few minutes to forget pressures from home and school.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 20px; padding: 10px 0px; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;\">Play is like oxygen in a kid\u2019s world.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY GAMES ARE THE BEST TEACHING TOOL 1. Games are the best way to fully engage kids. 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