Perhaps board games and role-playing games like D&D tap into the very human need to sit around a campfire and tell stories to each other.
Read MoreThese games are exciting and one of the simple ways to help your students bond. Games for the beginning of school: Blindfolded Animals: List the names of a series of animals on a piece of paper and give them to the students randomly, animals such as cows, dogs, chickens, pigs, etc.
Read MoreAs a kid growing up, I loved board games ... loved playing The Game of Life, Clue, and Sorry with my friends as a preteen and then Backgammon throughout my undergraduate years. Research indicates that there is power in using board games in the classroom.
Read MoreNot just co-operative boardgames and 'co-op modes' on computer games: party or 'parlour' games, word games, 'car' games and children's games too.
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