Comments on: Finishing the Game

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:23:46 +0000

That’s great, Trish! So glad you found something that works for him!

By: Danette

Danette — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:21:56 +0000

That’s impressive! My 7-yr-olds have a hard time with board games. They do pretty good with turn-taking (after a lot of work on that) but BH prefers to play by his own rules and CB often loses interest after the first couple of minutes and starts getting hyper and being overly silly and pretty soon there are pieces everywhere.

They both wanted to try chess club this year but I think we’re done now. BH lost interest and CB keeps having meltdowns when he loses . Maybe we’ll try again next year if they want to.

By: Julie @ A Celebration Of Our Journey

Julie @ A Celebration Of Our Journey — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:38:57 +0000

That’s wonderful!!! I’ll keep this in mind. We’re working on board games. More turn taking than following rules and finishing…but we’ll get there!
Thanks!

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:49:03 +0000

I think it’s great too and I am going to start doing it with our boys. They get frustrated and what to give up right in the middle of the game many times. I think it’s great advice for families.

By: Frogs Mom

Frogs Mom — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:11:22 +0000

I’d say that is a pretty big breakthrough. This is one of those things that can make or break interacting with peers. Frog is still a long ways off from sitting for a board game, but I can see how making the rules reveiw part of the activity routine would be very helpful – I’m tucking this nugget away for later :0)

Thanks Trish!

By: Another Piece of the Puzzle » Chutes and Ladders, Anyone?

Another Piece of the Puzzle » Chutes and Ladders, Anyone? — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:27:03 +0000

[...] over at 5 Minutes for Special Needs today sharing about how we finally managed to finish a board game without anyone falling apart (me [...]

By: Melody

Melody — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:52:53 +0000

I don’t know, Trish, this sounds pretty earthshaking to me. I have two sons that we’ve worked with for years on this exact issue, and your approach is excellent. Way to stick with it, mom.

By: Hands-Free Heart

Hands-Free Heart — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:30:51 +0000

Great milestone!

Just last week, I reviewed with my son the merits of enjoying the process of playing Chutes and Ladders, and not being as concerned with who wins. I think we each won once.

It’s important to help our kids to enjoy things whether they win or lose. I wasn’t given the opportunity to lose, and now, while I enjoy a game for the friendship time and no longer excessively strive to win, I have a lot of trouble handling failures in real life.