We had 15 kids sign up, only 9 came. 3 were mine of course.
Kids ages: (including mine)
3,4,6,9,9,10,11,13,14 (four families)
We started with Treehouse. I did a couple sample rounds, then split them up into 2 groups.Each group played a couple games of Treehouse. Then we split. Gavin (14) taught ThinIce to a couple kids (we play slightly different- seems to work better with kids). Connor (13) taught Volcano to a few. I played Martian Match-Up with the younger kids.
Martian Chess and Black Ice were also played.
I enjoyed people watching. Seeing how the different parents interact with the kids and seeing the differences in the kids. It was very obvious which parent played games with his little girl and which parents didn;t play many games at all. (which the parents confirmed when we talked a bit about what games they liked playing at home)
The 2 moms who didn't play many games with their kids asked a lot about the Treehouse games and checked to make sure the store sold them. I don't think they purchased, but they were interested and both plan to come back to more game workshops. And whether or not they purchase in the future. I am just glad to excite parents about playing games with their kids.
I have a second game workshop Friday, then I go to one a week. Friday is full, so I guess that means we should get about 1/2- 2/3 of the signed up amount.And if it goes as well as today, hopefully the game days will pick up momentum.
I decided to have a 'bring your own game to play' time after the Looney Lab workshop hour. It seemed to work well.
---Kimberly