Hello everybody. Recently I played a good old fashioned game of marbles with a group of little boys and girls. The children were shooting the marbles all over everywhere. They were missing the whole pile of forty six marbles. There were many life lessons that were pointed out during the game. These lessons were repeated over and over throughout the game.

1. The children had to be redirected often. It's easy for young people to get distracted and lose focus.

2. There are rules that have to be followed in order for the game to be fun and fair.  At some point someone attempted to break the rules, or attempted to change the rules in the middle of the game. It's interesting to watch the other children defend the rules, and make each other accountable to keeping the rules.

3. Pick a goal and go after your goal. When this was taught the children became much more successful at knocking the marbles outside of the circle. They caught the vision quickly, and everybody's game improved.

4. Several games were played so the children learned that everybody wins, and that everybody loses.


5. Most importantly, the children learn to have fun and enjoy themselves.

Have you been trying to teach a life lesson to your children. There is nothing like a good game to illustrate life's lessons. Playing games is an excellent way to build a good relationship and teach life lessons with your children.

What games are you playing with your children?