Family Game Night

“We play Cards Against Humanity, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, The Resistance, Acquire.” Shane Martinez

5 Reasons to Have Family Game Night

Quality Time

It’s important to bond with the family, build relationships and improve communication. It’s fun to reconnect with your family once in a while. When playing the games you can go and get some snacks for the family. And it’s just fun to laugh with your family. It’s great to make new memories with the family.

Learning Opportunity

Kids can learn great sportsmanship, and they learn to follow directions, to be patient, and to be friendly with others around them. Kids tend to gloat when they win and whine when they lose, and they try to cheat at least once during the game; they learn to accept the position that they got.

Inexpensive Entertainment

Once you get older you might not have money to go out and do something fun with the family, while playing games at home is super cheap. And it lasts longer, and you are able to play with as many people as you choose.

Healthy Habits

It’s good brain exercise. It keeps kids away from electronics and gets them interacting with the family. As kids get older they tend to disconnect from the family and spend time with their friends or on their phones; it builds relationships with the family and gets you off any device.

Fun Factor

It’s a great time to build new memories, have fun and laugh together.

“Cards Against Humanity, or any other card game.” Trevor Miller

Some Games You Might Be Interested In

Card games:

• Spades
• Spoons

Classic games:

• Pictionary
• Charades
• Telephone

Cheap games:

• Dominoes
• Uno
• Apples to Apples Expansion

“We have family game night so we can bond, and we like it. We do many things: we play Would You Rather, Imagine If, Life, Clue, or we watch movies.” Celia Spragg

Resources

• http://liparentsource.com/5-reasons-to-have-family-game-night/
• http://www.moneycrashers.com/family-game-night-ideas-board-games/
• http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/toys-books-and-entertainment/family-game-night
• http://www.encourageplay.com/blog/four-reasons-to-have-a-family-game-night
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-family-game-night-important-marla-f-fernandez-benavides