Today see’s the publication of Michael Rosen’s Book of Play through Profile Books. The book is published in connection with the Wellcome Collection. Known for his wonderful children’s books, including one of our own favourites We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Michael Rosen wants to promote the whole idea of play.
I think we’re all well aware that schools are under so much pressure to test our children at every possible opportunity. I’m lucky that my nine-year-old son isn’t a big tech fan, so he rarely uses my iPad and doesn’t have a phone. But a lot of his friends are already big gamers. The whole idea of Michael Rosen’s Book of Play is to remind us all to bring more play into our lives.
Believing that play helps children to learn how to cope with change and become more flexible in their outlook, he discusses ideas to promote play, both indoors and out. Whether it be with instruments, role-playing or just by drawing the Eiffel Tower, Michael Rosen’s Book of Play is full of ways to promote play for all the family to enjoy.
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Monopoly – great family game and no tech!
We love to play Monopoly together, it encourages adding up and strategic skills, and it’s fun together!
We like to sit in a cirle on the floor and make up a story possibly using some props to help and each taking turns to continue the story!
We enjoy board games that involve all the family and are fun for different age groups
The family loves to play board games together, like Monopoly, Cluedo or The Logo board game
A games compendium set as this was a main gift when i was a kid even though it was just pressed cardboard.
My family loves to play board games. With my children and their partners we play Monopoly, Balderdash and Taboo. With my granddaughter I enjoy playing Snakes and Ladders, Snap and Giraffes in Scarves.
LEGO because it encourages creativity, and the fortunately/unfortunately game because it can be played anywhere and is creative and funny
We like Scrabble because it’s a lot of fun.
Hello! We like to play card games together like black jack as it is fun to do and the rules are easy to remember.
Jigsaws are our favourite, great for learning and concentration
We love board games, Monopoly is our favourite, there’s so many good versions to choose from
SRCRABBLE – Nevrr tire of tryng to win
ludo love that game x
We love to play Monopoly its als good for teaching them maths
We enjoy role-playing supermarket, post office and school.
we love dobble in our house hold it just great fun and doesn’t matter about the age gap between my boys they can play equally :0)
for us it’s games that you can express yourself with and get some laughs, rapidough, charades etc!
We like to play board games together as it gets then thinking and it shows them it doesn’t matter if you win or loose you can still have fun.
We love playing GUESS WHO
We love playing monopoly as we find it fun!
Has to be minions monopoly as we enjoy it
I like uno, snap, and dominoes because they are all simple to play for almost all ages.
we love playing yahtzee together, it’s good for teaching the kids their numbers and math xx
Love a good board game especially something simple like Ludo
I like playing card games and board games with them – they’re good fun, but also have a definite end point!
we love board games and jigsaws. lego creationary is a particular favourite. we can all join in and have a laugh
We all get involved in board games, card games and building Lego models
we love to play board games, they have loads in thier bedroom! x
Snakes and ladders board game, as fun for all the family. Can be intergenerational.
Jigsaw puzzles as it keeps me and my little girl busy for ages and its such a good feeling when it gets completed! Xx
We love to play in nature and also anything crafty
Top trumps, as my son is learning numbers
lego because you can use your imagination.
Lego. We all love to sit around the kitchen table and use imagination to build a fun world.
Monopoly although it gets very competitive in our house
JUST STARTED TO PLAY SCRABBLE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL
We enjoy playing monoply together
Cards so many different games
Top Trump’s is soooo boring but the boys love it and sit so we’ll, plus it’s helping them with reading and recognising numbers.
Uno we can play that for hours
Trivial pursuit, it’s fun and it’s informative.
Monopoly as they get to learn counting and a little bit about morals.
Snakes and ladders. It helps them learn counting and also not to expect to win all the time
Card games as they’re so portable, they fit in your pocket.
My daughter loves playing all types of games my favourite is a paw patrol chase game, as it is easy to set up and play, and fun.
We play cards. Lots of different games and no big equipment to carry around!
We like playing Scrabble and Boggle
We like playing with playdoh!
What’s your favourite non tech type of game you like to enjoy with the kids and why?
noughts and crosses . . . . . easy for even the youngest to understand, can play any time, anywhere and they even let me win sometimes
Twister is out favourite family game to play, great fun and suitable for all ages.
A great game of Cluedo.
Monopoly, it’s fun buying and selling property.
We like to play board games like monopoly as it’s a game we all enjoy
It has to be board games – we really like Labyrinth.
the classic and original monopoly!!!
Love to play board games! Monopoly and cluedo are classics that all the family enjoy
Risk – Who doesn’t like a bit of world domination!
Noughts and crosses or I spy because we can play them anywhere
Has to be board games, they’ve been a feature in my family since I was a child, and the tradition will continue. Our favourite is 3D snakes and ladders.
Matching games with my 4 year old, shes very competitive
we love to play cluedo
we love uno and scrabble
Boggle is definitely an underated classic!
We love Trivial Pursuit family, as we can all have fun,
We love playing card games, one of our favourites is UNO.
We love UNO, the rules are simplete and even my youngest can join in and play.
We enjoy playing monopoly together
Any card game really. Quite liking dobble at the moment
Board games like Snakes & Ladders 🙂
Has to be the Board game Monopoly.
Lift the flap books, and musical instruments!
Junior monopoly
We play all kinds of board games xx
We love a board game because it’s something we can all do, take turns and communicate with each other. (Angela Kelly)
We love to play Monopoly. We have Nightmare Before Christmas theme which we all love and it’s a great way to spend some time as a family, taking turns, being competitive and having lots of fun.
We’re really starting to enjoy board game nights together recently
We love playing hide and seek and also chess
We love to play board games. Mouse trap is a current favourite xx
we play board games and cards – I’ve recently taught D (aged 9) to play cribbage its great for working on maths
Jenga because it’s so much fun to pick a risky block and makes everyone laugh 🙂
We’re trying out more board games because they teach so many skills in a fun way.
We love board games as we can play them as a family and it teaches patience, counting and team building so it’s perfect for non tech time.
We play spotting various things when on a long car journey eg a pink car, a man up a ladder etc and first one to spot it gets points.
Love a board game!! Especially Monopoly.
We love to play Monopoly. We have a load of different fun editions and it teaches the kids the value of money!
Trivial Pursuit, the concept is so simple yet it is addictive and fun
We love twister and charades. They really get the family laughing.
We’ve just had a board game weekend – playing Cool Catch, Greedy Granny and Frustration. Love the latter the most as so easy to play and soooooo annoying at times lol