Sunday, November 19, 2017

Board Game Fun

One of the skills we work on at occupational therapy each week is social skills. Waiting your turn. Following rules. Winning with grace. Losing with grace. Playing age-appropriate games.

Xander is making progress with all of those things. We're still working on losing with grace. And sometimes, we revert back to some older games that may not be age appropriate, but look at that smile. Who wants to play a little Chutes & Ladders?



Hint. It's not me. The game is a trial in frustration and annoyance. I totally get not being able to lose with grace on this one. You get all the way up near the top, then have to slide all the way back down. Or worse, you keep sliding back down on the same exact ladder. Me and the little girl in the pink dress who eats the cookies are going to have a few rounds one day. She gets me EVERY single time.

Xander always says "bad boy, slide" when he has to go down.

But, here's the progress, he now follows that with "you try again next time" instead of just throwing all the pieces off the board!  :)