Children learn without realising it while playing games. They also need practice at taking turns and learning to win or lose.

Either commercial/shop bought or home made games can be used.

Examples:

• matching games, matching pictures, colours, numbers or words
• snap cards, dominoes, lotto games
• I spy
• Kim’s game (items shown to a child and covered, child to see how many items he/she can remember)
• Guessing games e.g. how many apples do you think are in the bowl?
• Board games, e.g. snakes and ladders
• Puzzles, e.g. word searches, crosswords etc.