On Monday, January 08, 2007, at 05:27PM, "Kimberly Terrill" <kiter5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I taught treehouse to a friend of mine. Her 4 yr old boy came over to see >what we were doing. Knowing him, I knew the Treehouse game would be a bit >beyond his grasp for the time I had to play and teach him. So I let him >pick his favorite color (he choose the Cyan) and I choose orange. After >putting our pieces in the tree formation he had to cover his eyes (which he >could barely do- he was too excited). I rearranged my 3 pieces and then he >opend his eyes and copied it with his peices. After he knew what we were >doing I added a nest (so he had 2 nest each). And he had to copy not only >the layout but color placement (but of course we were using different colors >so my purple was his cyan and my white was his orange). And after he copied >what I built I closed my eyes and he made an arrangement for me to copy. He >had a lot of fun. Then his sister came ove (she is 6) and he taught her the >game. The 4 yr old really loved playing. He really liked making the >arrangement for me to copy! I think I might buy a stash and mail it to him >with a card. (and send a Happy Flower to his sister). And it was neat >becasue his dad was there and I could tell his dad didn't think he could do >it. His dad kept trying to tell him how to do- but the boy had already >gotten it. I think that made little Sam feel very good, too. That sounds cool. What have you named this game? >My 10 and 13 yr old taught Treehouse to a boy at church. We were all sitting >around the little cafe part and there was boy (about 15) all alone and >looking bored. So I gave them a Treehouse Stash and told them to inivite him >to play. It was a great ice breaker and they learned it's okay to ask 'the >new kid' to join them and they got practice in being friendly. (the boy was >just visiting and his parent was in the service or something- but he was >just waiting- he seemed so happy to be asked to play) Reminds me of when we played Fluxx and Nanofictionary with strangers in the airport. :) >--Kimberly (yes, we have a little coffee shop inside our church- just incase >you thought you read wrong) A coffee shop in your church? Where's your church, Seattle?