Our Collection of Children's Board Games Has Provided Hours of Entertainment

Over the years, my wife and I have collected a number of children's board games for our son and daughter to provide them with a form of entertainment that is not always used these days. With the onset of video games, the Internet and DVDs, it is not as easy to convince young people to play board games, but my children love them and have played many of them dozens of time. Those board games have provided my children hours of entertainment.

One of the first children's board games that my wife and I bought for our children was Chutes and Ladders. It is a very simple board game to play that kids can play at a very young age, and the box to the game is worn out from use. The funny thing to watch now is the two of them get out the game and laugh as they are playing. The talk about how easy it is and how much they used to enjoy playing it, but that it is too simple now to really be that fun or challenging.

Another of the more popular children's board games that we have for our children, and that the rest of their friends have played, is Connect Four. This is the game that is played with the checker-like pieces that are placed into a big slot, the with objective being to get four of the same color in a row. I watch my daughter play that game with her friends and it may seem kind of silly, but I always a feel a little pride when my daughter wins the game and empties the pieces out of the slot to start the game over.

I also bought my children the game Win, Lose or Draw, and both of my kids absolutely love it. It is a game kind of like charades, in which one person draws a picture for a phrase and the other participant tries to guess the phrase. My children will play this game with two of their friends and they are always on the same team. We have this game for years, and my children almost always win. I try to get their friends to select some of the other children's board games that we own when I see them choose Win, Lose or Draw, because my kids know the game and each other so well.

Children's board games have provided my children and many of the neighborhood children with hours of entertainment. I am glad to see that my children like them so much because I think it is good for them to try something different and use their imaginations.