Games? (Like board games, maybe apps, etc)

[akafred]

In the absence of formal testing, I am pretry sure Char has deficits in these areas (possibly more): Executive function, working memory, visual processing, auditory processing, concentration. I somehow ended up on a mailing list for ADDitude magazine and every so often an article will pop up about games to help one of these deficits. Sometimes it's super simple: Simon Says for auditory processing, Go Fish for working memory. Sometimes it's something new to me, like Smack Gugli app for visual processing.

Just curious if any of you play any games to help with deficits. I do think since we've played card games that her working memory is coming along, and board games seem to be helping executive function (of course it could also just be maturity). I bought a couple new games on Amazon yesterday and I'm excited to try them this weekend. One is Swish Junior which has clear card with shapes on them and you try to match the shapes up by stacking them; supposed to be good for visual processing, working memory, and spatial skills. The other is Quoridor, which is an all wood game (so it appeals to me lol) where you try to move a pawn through to the other side around wooden barriers. On your turn, you can either move your pawn or erect a barrier to your opponent's pawn. Supposed to help executive function and strategy.

Any other great ones out there?

[hopecounts]

DD loves her iPad so we use iPad apps to encourage her to work on certain things in a fun way.
She really loves preschool monkey lunchbox which covers matching/puzzles/an old school memory type game and so on. It gives verbal instructions (the monkey wants the smallest fruit) that she has to listen and follow for example.

We also play games like freeze dance party, play music and dance but you have to stop when the music stops we'll do varying segments of time. It forces her to pay attention and work on controlling her body.

[mrsbuttinski]

A good game for visual processing and memory is "Guess Who?".

The best thing for auditory memory and processing is to limit all screen time to 30 minutes daily and read aloud for an hour nightly. Audio books are a great option during your commute.

[cam]

Classic Tangoes (tangram puzzles - she could race someone, race against a timer, and/or do the puzzles solo, whatever best fits with what your goals are for it)
www.amazon.com/Tangoes-T100-Classic/dp/B00000K3BU/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1427391887&sr=1-3&keywords=tangram+games

A game like Topple where she has to plan and move carefully and strategically to make it stay balanced enough to not topple on her turn while trying to make it difficult for her opponent(s).

The various games where you have to try to guess the other person’s word/phrase (20 Questions, Pictionary, Charades, I Spy as in the verbal game commonly played while on road trips, etc).

[akafred]

Mar 26, 2015 12:51:04 GMT -5 mrsbuttinski said:

A good game for visual processing and memory is "Guess Who?".

The best thing for auditory memory and processing is to limit all screen time to 30 minutes daily and read aloud for an hour nightly. Audio books are a great option during your commute.

We rarely do more than 30 min of screen time during the week. Weekends a little more as we do a movie sometimes. Once or twice a week we watch a 40 min tv show, but I try to do those when she hasn't been playing on the Leap Pad in the car. Not always but generally. We do listen to audiobooks in the car but the interruptions are frequent most of the time.

[akafred]

The new games are a hit with her and me. And she is GOOD! She is way better than MH at Swish Jr. (but special stuff isn't his thing like it is mine). In fact I feel like I should have bought the full game. And she is crazy good at Quoridor. The first time she played she managed to trap me on 3 sides with fences! She doesn't need a handicap at all. I'm really surprised because they both use things I thought she had a deficit in.

[Captain Serious]

Have you tried Spot It? I also like Shut the Box to work on math skills.

[Captain Serious]

If you like Quoridor, you may also like Lego's Minotaurus game. It's cool that they encourage players to make up part of the rules and change things up.

I LOVE Qwirkle, too. It can get pretty complicated to keep track of all the patterns, but the rules are simple.

[litebright]

We play Uno pretty often, which I think has a few benefits -- you play cards that affect other players (skip, reverse, draw 3 or 4, etc.) and their play can affect you directly, so you have to be gentle/not rub it in when you play a card that you know is going to put someone 'behind', and you have to handle it like a good sport when it happens to you. You have to think ahead and strategize to get rid of all your cards (I think this has been really good for DD1 and I see her getting better at it).

I like the cooperative board games like the Busytown ones, or the active ones like the Dr. Seuss diner and Simon-says-style game, I can't think of the names right now. DD1 requested mancala for Christmas and enjoys playing that as well.

I also like the Once Upon A Time card game, but that's definitely for older kids. We have done something similar informally around the campfire, but I'd like to introduce the girls to it now that they both can read and I think would enjoy making up a storyline.