Education in Board Games

In my opinion there are so many advantages with interactive learning. When kids have fun, they are more likely to remember what they did in association with that fun activity. There are multiple things that can be taught through board games. Everything from math to history. Now im not saying that these games can be the most fun but they can defiantly be effective. I remember in elementary school when my teacher made us all stand in a big circle around the room and she had a ball that we would toss from one person to another. The ball had numbers all over it. When you caught the ball whatever numbers your two thumbs landed on were the number you had to use. My teacher told us to either add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers. This was a simple game that didn't take much preparation but was much better than sitting in a desk staring at my teacher write and solve problems on the chalkboard. There are studies show that even board games that make you move spaces teaches kids that it take longer to move 8 spaces than to move 4. It also visually shows them that it is twice as many. Also there are many games that require you to move backwards which then incorporates subtracting. More and more games are being added to the way teachers teach. Kids are much more excited to learn when they can have fun and im sure kids will remember things for a longer period of time.