Board games are more than just a way to pass the time when the internet is out or share an evening with loved ones. For children with autism, board games are a tool to learn critical skills such as fine motor skills, problem-solving, language and communication, memory, attention, emotional regulation, and sequential learning.
Conservation Crisis: The Board Game
Are you and your family into board games? This game is perfect for these wetter summer holiday days with the children that we seem to be having lots of at the moment.
Learning at home with family board games
We’ve collected tons of board games over the years. We always take a couple when we go away, but generally speaking ‘real life’ is so manic that there is rarely any time to just sit down and play a game.
Big kid time
With two big kids and two babies I always think it’s important to try and carve out separate time for the little ones and big ones, as much as they enjoy being together it’s good to distinguish sometimes. One way to get a bit of big kid time is by playing games. We have lots […]
Christmas gift guide: part fifteen
Welcome to part fifteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’ – how is your shopping going? Do you wrap as you buy or do it all in one go? I love the idea of doing it all in one go in front of a good Christmas movie with a glass or mulled wine, but these days […]