Skill Taught: Emotions Description A variation of classic Uno where players must express an emotion when they play a special card.
Games to Teach Social Emotional Skills
Candy Land
Skill Taught: Turn Taking Description A simple board game for young children that teaches rule-following and turn-sharing.
Charades
Skill Taught: Social Cues Description A mime game where players guess the word or phrase someone is trying to represent without speaking.
Chess
Skill Taught: Decision-Making Description A classic strategy game that encourages planning and decision-making.
Dixit
Skill Taught: Imagination, Interpretation Description A card game where players use their imagination to match images with stories or concepts.
Guess Who?
Skill Taught: Conversations Description A deduction game where players must guess the opponent's mystery character.
Jenga
Skill Taught: Self-Control Description A skill game where players remove blocks from a tower without causing it to fall.
Monopoly
Skill Taught: Financial Literacy, Patience Description A property trading game that teaches money management and negotiation.
Pandemic
Skill Taught: Team Strategy, Problem-Solving Description A cooperative game where players work together to stop the spread of global diseases.
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Scrabble
Skill Taught: Flexibility Description A crossword game where players create words on the game board to earn points.
Team Pictionary
Skill Taught: Teamwork Description A drawing game where teams must guess what one of the members is attempting to illustrate.