Board Games
Surprisingly, I do not feel disappointed when, in a book in the series that specifically details the numerous board games world-wide, I find one named “congklak,” which is not at all related to military use. It is only a game of moving small pieces – seeds or small seashells – from hole to hole while counting them, and tallying them at the end of the game with the possesser of the larger number of the pieces as the winner.
`The children will like it. They will be motivated to learn numbers, this way, and they can play it by themselves at home. Perhaps there is also a way to have them learn higher levels of mathematics using this game.`
I am pulled away from my musing when Atlanta rudely covers the page that I am reading with the paper board of what I recognise as belonging to a “snake-and-ladder” game.
“Too much reading or studying is unhealthy,” she blithely writes on the conversation paper when I complain. “Come play then eat then sleep. I ordered us some Italian food. We can have a break when it arrives.”
I glare at her. I am so tired of being treated like a little child.