Kristin Heim recently submitted this bulletin board that she created to remind parents why family game nights rock! Not only do they provide great bonding opportunities and a way to get involved in their kiddos' lives, games also reinforce important concepts like...

• Good sportsmanship
• Respect for rules
• Financial responsibility - i.e. a new board game costs $5-$25 and can be used over and over again, whereas taking the family to a movie can cost much more and is only good for several hours of entertainment, etc.
• Valuable life lessons/skills - i.e. negotiating, money management, how to respond when things don't go your way, etc.
• Educational development - i.e. one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, vocabulary, etc.

Here are a few close-ups of the informational game spaces...

Let's Play A Game!

• Background: Yellow bulletin board paper.
• Title: "Let's Play A Game!"
• Border: Complimentary patterned bulletin board border.
• Decoration: Design and draw a game board directly on the background paper, using markers to color in the spaces and a black permanent marker to outline the spaces/board. [NOTE: If you didn't want to color the entire board, you might consider using sticky notes in assorted colors. Simply glue the sticky notes to the board in the desired pattern/path and use a black permanent marker to create the outline.] Add the desired text (i.e. the reasons why family game nights rock and perhaps some game lingo - 'Lose a turn', 'Have a family game night. Move ahead 5 spaces', etc. - and finish off the design by adding real game pieces from various games!