There’s tons of research on the educational value of games- this great TED talk gives a quick overview, if you’d like to hear it for yourself-and games were something that I often used as a classroom teacher. While anyone in school or out of school can "gameschool", the term is often applied to homeschoolers who use games as part of their educational plan.Īs a newbie homeschooler, I’d never thought about making games a part of our “curriculum,” but of course it’s a great idea. I was dying to know more, so I started Googling (of course), and found this definition of gameschooling: Gameschooling is the use of games (video games, board games, and other games) for an educational purpose. Wait, what!? That was my reaction when I first heard Cait and Kara (THE homeschool sisters and the hosts of the show) chatting about gameschooling. About a year ago, I was listening to The Homeschool Sisters podcast when I heard a new word that caught my attention: gameschooling.
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