Sam really wants to play games. He loves game boards and all of the little pieces. However, a lot of game rules are still too advanced for him. On Saturday Eric's sister Shannan brought over two Thomas the Train games for Sam. He was so excited and kept begging me to "play Thomas," but they're not something he'd understand yet.
This morning he was so bummed about not playing Thomas. Then - aha! - I remembered that we have Chutes and Ladders. He has to spin an arrow (check), read the number (check), and count that number of spaces (check!). I only had to explain it once before we happily played away.
Right away it looked like he was going to win. I thought that was great, because then I'd be done. Then he landed on a slide. He started over. Then I landed on a slide. I started over. We climbed up and slid down that board for ages before he finally got tired of it and left. I almost finished it by myself, just to prove to the game that at some point, it would HAVE to end.
I need to stop having great ideas.
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Of course Sam is going to lose interest in a game that is not challenging. Maybe you have to introduce Thomas the Train.
I would love to play Thomas with him - but I can't for the life of me figure out the rules!
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