Showing posts with label challenging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label challenging. Show all posts

Friday, December 06, 2024

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SORRY

I used to play games with my kiddos when they were young.  Cards, board games and puzzles.  SORRY was and is one of my favorites.  The other day I was playing SORRY with my 6.5 year old grandson.  

He's the firstborn of the family and like most firstborn children he's very particular, wants/needs to do everything perfect as far as he's concerned and he has trouble losing.  
So this is a good game to teach losing/winning/losing.  The game can turn on a dime (actually, at the pick of a card) and I'm trying to encourage him that it's ok to lose.  It's a difficult lesson.  
I was just like him when I was young and I remember how long it took for me to get the point of almost winning/almost losing, winning and losing but enjoying the journey through the game.
It's tough being the first born.
Birth order is weird.

Friday, December 18, 2020

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The New Chess Set

My friend just received this new chess set and he was setting it up to take some photos of it.  Of course I offered to make a few images of him with the board. 

I only had my cell phone with me, but I think it did an admirable job of capturing the board and my friend.