A Game of Strategy

With a game room that will actually hold all of our games in one central location and an organization system that has them far more readily available than they were before, the kids have REALLY been exploring their options with the games we have. This morning I taught them both (one at a time) to play checkers. The majority of the games we play don't really have opponents and never really involve thought out technique. It was so funny to see the difference in strategy.

Little Miss A was aggressive, chasing me all over the board with her pieces. Mr. D, on the other hand, was far more defensive in his play by play strategy, looking up to see my reaction with every piece he was going to potentially put down. Given the difference in strategy, completely offensive vs. totally defensive, it probably doesn't come as much of a shock to hear the reactions to losing checker pieces. Little Miss A just laughed (sweet girl) and tried to get another one of mine, Mr. D pouted with furrowed brow upset that he "was losing". So I'd set my pieces up so that he could take a few in a row to change his outlook on the game. When attempting to play one another, Little Miss A lit up at the chance, D got worried and decided not to play once the pieces were all set up. Maybe next time. :)