09 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Types of Play
We have returned! After missing a week, the Family Gamers are back, and talking about types of play.On this week’s podcast:
The AAP is re-considering their recommendation of no screen time for children under 2.
Games we played:
- World’s Fair 1893 – and Anitra wrote a review!
- Ragnaroll
- Takenoko
- Super Mario 3D World
- Fruit Ninja
- Lords of Waterdeep (iOS version)
- Alkemia
- We attended a taping of Ask Me Another!
Our Facebook question this week: What was your favorite game as a kid?
We also talked about four different types of play.
- Fantasy/dramatic play -examples: dress-up, RPG, playing “pretend”, Story Cubes
- Competitive play
- Physical play
- Constructive play – building sandcastles, blocks, LEGO, “sensory boxes”, pillow forts, DinoTrucks
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