Let's play. Our games 24m+

Even though I would love to have pictures taken specially for this post, it's not in my powers to do so.

Memory pairs

I can't find any picture of us playing it but it was this game which made me realize he can follow simple rules and play games. The best for us is to play with reduced number of cards, like 12 seems to be ideal. That joy from turning the cards and happiness from seeing his favourite animals on the other side no matter if he found the pair or not makes me enjoy playing with him.

Janod: Fishing Game

The latest and probably the last game I bought for him. The fish are big enough for toddler hands, and after a few tries, he became quite a skilled fisherman. Hopefully soon he'll let us put them in the bath, so the fishing will become more challenging. Oh, and they come in a plastic bag with a zipper, he loves to practise opening and closing it.

Jenga/Tumbling Tower

This includes everything Teodor enjoys: building, destroying and a free play. He has to be helped to find a lose block but then he takes it out on his own. And when the tower collapses, he is genuinely happy.

BambinoLÜK

This is a genial "game". He got it for his second birthday but didn't understand it. It was yesterday? two days ago? when he got. He loves it now and I'm thinking how to get him more workbooks because once he'll understand the self-check concept, it'll be perfect. 

BOARD GAMES

Haba: My Very First Games: Animal Upon Animal

I wrote about this game earlier, he is becoming much better at stacking the animals and he fully understands how to play the first variation of the game. 

Haba: My Very First Games: First Orchard

I seriously love Haba games, they are a bit pricey, but the animals/fruit are wooden, rules are simple and even an adult enjoys playing them. This is another game he understands from the beginning till the end. Of course he loves throwing (not rolling) the dice a lot and to move with the bird because he's a big fan of birds. Actually, he doesn't understand the concept of winning and loosing, not sure how to explain it or if I even want it. 

The fruit is massive and very good quality.

I was cleaning our apartment yesterday afternoon and he was left to play alone...when I came to the living room, he set the game on his own. I couldn't say no to him. So we played. For some reason he doesn't like to play it today, though.

Djeco: Loto

Children version of Bingo. Cute pictures (Djeco has very eye pleasing design) and easy rules. It was the second game he was able to play after memory pairs. We only changed the rules a bit, after he turns the picture, we put it away because he would to turn the same card over and over again to see if the animal there remained the same. We also help each other, so if I turn the animal he needs, I give it to him and vice versa, so the game is over before he gets bored. 

Djeco: Little Cooperation

This game is 2.5+, he doesn't understand it fully but we can play if I give him instructions what to do. 

We both love the plastic animals, Teodor is happy that there's a polar rabbit and I love the penguin. It is another cooperative game without winners or losers, either the animals get to their igloo or they are stuck on the iceberg.