Description

Your child invents a brand new active game, decides its rules and how to score, teaches it to the family, and then changes the rules that turn out not to work once everyone plays.

What to prep

• space
• ball

Play guide

1. 1Clear a safe space to move in, indoors or outdoors, and ask your child what kind of movement game they want to invent.
2. 2Help them decide the basic rules, how you win or score, and what the boundaries are.
3. 3Let your child teach the game to whoever is playing, explaining the rules in their own words.
4. 4Play a round together and watch for rules that are confusing, too easy, or too hard.
5. 5Afterwards, let your child change one or two rules to make it work better, then play again with the new version.