Preparare il terreno per una sessione di gioco perfetta
1. Tutto sul coinvolgimento
Il nostro compito più importante come educatori e genitori è creare sessioni di gioco di qualità , essenziali per coinvolgere tutti i partecipanti. Basta un adolescente che non vuole giocare per trasformare le dinamiche del gruppo, quindi dobbiamo trovare giochi da tavolo che motivino tutti. La mia esperienza ha dimostrato che, se riusciamo in questo, possiamo creare un ambiente di apprendimento interattivo attraverso i giochi, in cui anche gli adolescenti, spesso difficili da coinvolgere, hanno maggiori probabilità di rimanere coinvolti.
2. Navigare negli interessi degli adolescenti
Valutare gli interessi, che possono spaziare dalla scienza e dalla tecnologia all’arte, alla musica e qualsiasi altra cosa, può essere un buon approccio. Il mondo dei giochi da tavolo moderni è molto vario e credo che esista un gioco adatto per ogni interesse. Forse la chiave è soddisfare interessi diversificati con giochi brevi, cambiandoli frequentemente e poi passando a un coinvolgimento più approfondito man mano che l’autoregolamentazione si rafforza all’interno del gruppo.
3. Il tempismo è tutto
Credo che dobbiamo inquadrare adeguatamente il nostro tempo dedicato al gioco da tavolo. Dovremmo dedicargli tempo ed energie. Anche se non giochiamo partite lunghe, possiamo comunque giocare frequentemente. Non affrettiamoci, prendiamola sul serio; questo va a vantaggio sia degli scopi educativi che di intrattenimento.
4. Alimenta il cervello
Le opinioni possono variare sull'opportunità di mangiare e bere a tavola mentre si gioca ai giochi da tavolo, ma è certo che parte di una sessione di gioco da tavolo dovrebbe implicare garantire un sano ringiovanimento. Stabiliamo le nostre regole, ma in modo da fornire ogni quadro necessario per un impegno di qualità .
5. Riflessione per il rinforzo
Non dovremmo concentrarci principalmente sulla realizzazione di tutti i modi in cui ci siamo sviluppati o di tutto ciò che abbiamo imparato. Dovremmo piuttosto utilizzare il dibattito sui giochi come mezzo per organizzare sessioni di giochi da tavolo sempre migliori e più attraenti per i giovani, rendendole più efficaci e coinvolgenti.
Approfondimento sui giochi
Bananagrams
Bananagrams is a fast-paced, Scrabble-like word game where players race against each other to build a grid of words using their letter tiles, without the need for a board or a turn-based system.
Strumenti
The game includes 144 letter tiles, all stored in a unique banana-shaped pouch for easy transport and storage.
Competenze sviluppate
Bananagrams enhances vocabulary, immediate word formation skills, anagram creation, linguistic creativity.
Catan
Catan is a thrilling board game where players aim to build and develop holdings by trading and acquiring resources.
Players take turns rolling dice to produce resources, which they use to build roads, settlements, and cities. Through trading and strategic placement, they compete to be the first to reach 10 victory points and win the game.
Strumenti
19 terrain hexes, 6 sea frame pieces, 9 harbor tiles, 95 resource cards, 25 development cards, 4 building cost cards, 2 special cards, 16 cities, 20 settlements, 60 roads, 2 dice, a robber piece, and a rulebook.
Competenze sviluppate
The game enhances strategic thinking, resource management, negotiation skills, and decision-making, as players must trade, build, and expand while adapting to an ever-changing board.
Codenames
The classic Codenames in a picture version, which makes it playable with younger children as well.
Strumenti
A standard Codenames box includes 200 double-sided word cards, 40 key cards, 16 agent cards (red and blue), 1 assassin card, 7 innocent bystander cards, a sand timer, and a rulebook
Competenze sviluppate
The game develops critical thinking, word association, teamwork, deduction, and communication skills.
Dixit
Dixit is a card game that invites players to rely on their intuition and imagination to guess which card one player, the storyteller, is describing.
In Dixit, one player is the storyteller for the turn and makes up a sentence or phrase that might describe one of their cards. Then, each player selects a card from their own hand that they feel best matches the storyteller's description, and after shuffling and revealing the cards, all players except the storyteller vote on which card they believe belongs to the storyteller.
Strumenti
Dixit includes a deck of 84 unique, beautifully illustrated cards, a game board, six wooden rabbit tokens as player markers, and 36 voting tokens in six different colors.
Competenze sviluppate
Dixit develops creativity, abstract thinking, and social interaction skills as players interpret and guess the story behind the images.
Pandemic
The game is perfect for high school students as it offers intellectual stimulation, fosters teamwork, and educates players about global health and geography facts.
Players take on different roles as scientists, researchers, and medical experts, working together to treat infections, prevent outbreaks, and find cures before time runs out. Using action points each turn, they travel, treat diseases, share knowledge, and collect cards to discover cures. The team wins if they find all four cures before too many outbreaks occur or time runs out.
Strumenti
1 game board, 7 role cards with matching pawns, 59 player cards, 48 infection cards, 96 disease cubes (in 4 colors), 6 research stations, 4 cure markers, 1 outbreak marker, 1 infection rate marker, and a rulebook.
Competenze sviluppate
The game enhances cooperative strategy, critical thinking, teamwork, decision-making, and crisis management, as players must work together to stop the global spread of diseases.
Scrabble
Scrabble is a classic word game where players earn points by creating words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15x15 grid.
In Scrabble, players take turns drawing letter tiles to create words on the game board, with each word laid out either horizontally or vertically. Each letter has a point value, and players aim to make high-scoring words based on the board's bonus squares to accumulate the highest total points.
Strumenti
The Scrabble game set includes a 15x15 grid game board, 100 letter tiles, 4 tile racks, a tile bag, and optionally a scorepad and timer.
Competenze sviluppate
Scrabble enhances vocabulary, spelling, strategic thinking, and mathematical skills through word formation and scoring.
Taboo
A lesson in communication, Taboo forces players to convey ideas without obvious cues, a valuable skill in effective communication.
Players take turns giving clues to help their team guess a target word while avoiding a list of forbidden words. If they say a restricted word, the opposing team buzzes them. The team that guesses the most words within the time limit wins the game.
Strumenti
260 double-sided word cards, 1 cardholder, 1 buzzer, 1 sand timer, and a rulebook.
Competenze sviluppate
The game enhances vocabulary, quick thinking, communication skills, and verbal expression, as players must describe words without using restricted terms.
Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is a true classic and an excellent introductory game, as its rules are not too complex, yet there is plenty to think about.
Players collect train cards to claim railway routes on the board, aiming to connect cities based on their destination tickets. Longer routes and completed tickets score more points, but incomplete routes result in penalties. The player with the most points at the end wins the game.
Strumenti
1 game board, 240 train car pieces, 110 train cards, 30 destination ticket cards, 5 scoring markers, and a rulebook.
Competenze sviluppate
The game enhances strategic planning, decision-making, route optimization, and spatial reasoning, as players must carefully choose and connect railway routes while blocking opponents.
Unstable Unicorns
Unstable Unicorns is a fantastic game that brings an exciting mix of strategy, interaction and a touch of whimsical fantasy into a high school classroom learning environment.
Players take turns drawing and playing cards to build a stable of 7 unicorns while using special abilities and attack cards to disrupt opponents. Different types of unicorns and action cards add chaos and strategy, making every game unpredictable. The first player to fill their stable wins the game.
Strumenti
135 cards (including Unicorn, Magic, Upgrade, Downgrade, and Instant cards), 1 rulebook, and a storage box.
Competenze sviluppate
The game enhances strategic thinking, decision-making, adaptability, and hand management, as players must build their unicorn army while sabotaging opponents.
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