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Re: [Edu] My 1st Gaming Workshop

  • FromKristin <kristin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • DateWed, 30 Jan 2008 08:07:34 -0500
Sounds like this was lots of fun!  Yay pyramids!  Yay Kimberly!

Thanks for teaching families how to play with our pyramids!

-Kristin

--On Jan 29, 2008 Kimberly Terrill <kiter5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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









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