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Cornhole Will Help Your Kids With Math
If your kids are younger and learning to process simple addition and subtraction in their head, Cornhole scoring is a great real-life way for them to practice. A Cornhole is worth 3 points. This is earned by sinking, sliding, or nudging a beanbag through the cornhole. On the other hand, an Ace is worth only 1 point. These are bags that stay anywhere on the cornhole board. Bags that fall off or never make it to the board are worth nothing. When kids are made scorekeepers for the game, or at least for their team, processing the simple mathematical equations in their minds reinforces what they're learning in school. They can practice addition by adding, for instance, 3 points plus 3 points plus 1 point plus 0 points – hypothetical scores from one round. Cornhole also helps them work on beginning multiplication. Now they can work on 3 points times 2 bags plus 1 point times 1 bag. They can further practice math by figuring out how many cornholes or aces is needed by the other team to get ahead. Cornhole is also a good way to teach children about taking turns, about patience, and how to win or lose graciously. More and more, team sports leagues are teaching our kids that there is no real winner or loser. It might hurt us to see our child disappointed from a loss, but it's a lesson in life they need to learn. Like it or not, they will, later in life, lose out on some jobs and promotions. When they apply to colleges, they probably won't be accepted by all of them. We can prepare them for the losses in life by helping them accept the little losses in game playing. And a fun game of Cornhole can help you teach these life lessons. Fun and educational – who'd have thought it? Playing cornhole also gives us opportunity to teach our kids how to respect other people (their opponents) and to respect things that may or may not belong to them (the cornhole board and beanbags.) And of course we can teach them about cleaning up when the fun and games are over. Who'd have thought so many vital life lessons could be taught from one of your favorite games? Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Dave Roth runs SC Bean Bags, a website devoted to the game of cornhole. The site offers Cornhole bags, sets, and directions for building your own set. |
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