This post is sponsored by SimplyFun. One of the biggest challenges for me as a homeschooling mom is finding ways to keep my youngest kids busy during our school hours. At 18 months and 3 years, Felix and Greta are excited to be involved, but aren’t always the best classmates. 

Would a turtle like to eat a dog bone? Should we feed a fish to a rabbit? Which animal likes cheese the best? 

Enjoy playing with your youngest children in this adorable new “First Game” for children from HABA!

Competition is a great thing. 

Whether its board games, sports, or even academics, healthy competition helps prepare kids for life’s challenges as they must exert effort for results, stick with things even when it gets tough, and learn to manage both success and failure. 

If you have kids yourself, you have probably seen first hand that losing gracefully does not exactly come naturally. And if you watch professional sports, you know losing is not something made suddenly easy in adulthood. 

Losing gracefully, as with most things, starts in the home. Teaching respectful sportsmanship in the home is of great importance and board games are a great place to start and continue learning those lessons.