Magnetic Chess
From Educational Insights
Item # 2980 EI
- Price:
- $9.95 $9.95
- Recommended Age:
- 8 years and up
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Description
Play this mind-bending game anywhere! Magnetic Chess from Educational Insights is the perfect game for travel, vacations, or camping because the magnetic pieces hold their ground and the durable, high-quality plastic allows the game to go anywhere! Magnetic Chess from Educational Insights stores all the pieces in the plastic folding board, making it the perfect mate for life on-the-go! Instruction guide included.
Developmental Benefits
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Logical
LogicalBenefits
Play that focuses on reasoning and sequencing. This benefit of play will improve children's problem solving abilities, concentrating on numbers and patterns, logic and sequencing. Children with logical interests desire to see processes and to experiment with the world, searching for patterns and sequences in everything they do and see. Toys that are ideal for this developmental benefit of play are puzzles, logic games, arithmetic problems, and strategy games - everything that will help children focus on logic and sequence. These mathematical minds won't settle for a simple 2+2 game!
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Spatial
SpatialBenefits
Play that is visual in nature - full of color, creativity, and images. Learning takes place in a world of images and pictures, as this benefit of play encourages a child's artistic side. These toys open up the visual environment, providing children another way to learn through the creation of pictures, graphs, diagrams, or models. This developmental benefit will improve children's observation skills and stimulate an active imagination. Whether creating a masterpiece by paint, building the next great architectural wonder, or solving that impossible maze, this benefit of play adds the perfect visual dimension to a child's learning environment - look out Picasso!
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Interpersonal
InterpersonalBenefits
Play that encourages communication and teamwork, through understanding others and positive interaction. Playing with others in a cooperative manner teaches children about group dynamics through learning how to understand others' feelings and work in a productive way. This developmental benefit will teach children how to work collaboratively, share ideas, and take on responsibilities for the benefit of the entire "team." Group play also encourages children to communicate their thoughts and feelings, realizing how their input is essential to successful outcomes. Let these little helping hands in on the action!
Types of Play
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Quiet
Quiet Play
Play that keeps children's mouths shut but their minds open. Playtime for children should have the opportunity to be quiet — the playtime for which adults are sometimes grateful! Children need quiet time to intently digest the items in their learning environment, like books and puzzles. Quiet play provides children an opportunity to think and reason and can include such activities as: * Beading a necklace * Working on puzzles * Reading or looking at pictures By providing a silent environment, children can focus on their toys and playthings and really get down to the work of being a child. After all, play is the work of children!
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Cooperative
Cooperative Play
Play for your child and a group of friends. Cooperative play can take place almost anywhere — outside on the playground or downstairs in the basement. In any environment, children learn from watching other children play and interacting with them socially. Some fun cooperative play activities are: * Interactive pretend play * Basketball * Board games Game time, make believe time — it's all fun time when other children are around to take part in play!
