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That was a close game! Learn how to play Beat the

That was a close game!
Learn how to play Beat the Deck below! And if you love learning new games to play with your family, be sure to follow!

How to play:
Goal: flip out the entire deck onto the stacks in the grid by correctly calling higher or lower.
Set up:
Make a 3x3 grid of cards hold the rest of the deck in your hands.

Choose one of the cards in the grid and say whether you think the top card in the deck will be higher or lower than that card. (Cards are ranked Ace low to King high)
Flip the top card from the deck onto it. If you were right, repeat this step on any of the remaining piles in the grid.
If you were wrong, flip that entire pile over. Now that pile is out of the game.
If the card you flip out equals the card on top of the pile (a 6 on a 6) flip the entire pack over. It’s out of the game.

Continue until either you’ve gotten through the entire deck and win, or have no more piles left in the grid. Count your remaining cards. Lowest score wins.

Try these game modifications:

Make the game harder: Move through the tableau one card at a time. Don’t move on to a new card until you’ve lost on your current card.

Make the game easier: add another column for a 12 card tableau. This is a good option for young kids.

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My philosophy on screens as a mom of 7: screens ar

My philosophy on screens as a mom of 7: screens aren’t the enemy, but if you want to lessen the amount they’re used, you need to lower the friction towards other activities. We don’t keep games and activities behind locked doors, we encourage boredom and outside fun, and I don’t micromanage their choices for play.

Comment LINKS and I’ll DM you everything in this post.

If you don’t know what games to get your younger k

If you don’t know what games to get your younger kids, let these categories help you! Having 1-2 from each makes for a well rounded game shelf designed to help your 2-4 year olds learn and have fun at the same time!

Comment with the word GAME and I’ll send you my list with games in each category straight to your DMs!

The easier we can make choosing and playing games,

The easier we can make choosing and playing games, the more our kids will play.

Shuffling cards can be tricky, having a good shuffler can help kids confidently do this frequent game task without needing assistance. It was one of our top picks from our recent automatic shuffler review.

Comment PLAY and I’ll send you the link to it plus two more of my favorite game aids that make playing a breeze!

Really fumbled the game with that turn! Reply LEA

Really fumbled the game with that turn!

Reply LEARN and I’ll DM you the rules to this card game plus more family friendly card games you can play!
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Tampa was so good to us ☀️🥰 Some of the highlights

Tampa was so good to us ☀️🥰
Some of the highlights included:
• riding big rollercoasters at @buschgardens
• watching the kids be fearless on waterslides at @adventureislandtampa
• enjoying playgrounds on the Riverwalk
• friendly competition at @popstroke
• card games in the evenings
• lots of grandma and grandpa time 🥰

Here’s to checking lots of adventures off our summer bucket list!

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