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These materials are for a Board Game Club for all students. Some students will play these during the Club meetings (5th through 7th graders) and my eighth-grade students will get to play these games during class time to increase communication and problem-solving skills. As the year goes and the Club continues to grow, students will begin to design a Family Game Night and work out logistics of hosting a Family Game Night. Students will host this night for families and members of the community to get together and build a sense of community with other students. This will help their school lives because they will find students who have the same interests as they do. Students who enjoy board games are often loners, and many of the clubs our school offers centers around big groups and socialization. Through a Board Game Club, those students who prefer to be in small groups and who do not like to socialize will get to work on those skills in a safe setting. Those students will get to find friends who share their interests and they will have something they can talk about together. For students who are already socially developed, they will find that the Board Game Club is a safe environment, that they are able to work on communicating effectively, and that playing strategy games will increase their ability to problem solve and plan ahead. Research shows that board games that are high in communication and strategy increase student problem-solving skills and increase their socialization skills. Therefore, these materials will greatly benefit all of my students, since there is not a single eighth grader who would not benefit from increases in these skill areas.

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These materials are for a Board Game Club for all students. Some students will play these during the Club meetings (5th through 7th graders) and my eighth-grade students will get to play these games during class time to increase communication and problem-solving skills. As the year goes and the Club continues to grow, students will begin to design a Family Game Night and work out logistics of hosting a Family Game Night. Students will host this night for families and members of the community to get together and build a sense of community with other students. This will help their school lives because they will find students who have the same interests as they do. Students who enjoy board games are often loners, and many of the clubs our school offers centers around big groups and socialization. Through a Board Game Club, those students who prefer to be in small groups and who do not like to socialize will get to work on those skills in a safe setting. Those students will get to find friends who share their interests and they will have something they can talk about together. For students who are already socially developed, they will find that the Board Game Club is a safe environment, that they are able to work on communicating effectively, and that playing strategy games will increase their ability to problem solve and plan ahead. Research shows that board games that are high in communication and strategy increase student problem-solving skills and increase their socialization skills. Therefore, these materials will greatly benefit all of my students, since there is not a single eighth grader who would not benefit from increases in these skill areas.

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