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Griddly Games Adds Games that Get Your Mind Going
Get your mind going with our two latest games: Chronicles of the Mind and Words of the Wise! They are the prefect size to bring on your road trips, camp, parties, and anywhere else you want to have fun with friends. Both games have won Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products award. Plus, Words of the Wise has won Game of the Year from Creative Child Magazine! Get the games at your neighborhood toy or gift shop!
Articles
Experiential Learning (Games 4 Educators)
Vancouver, BC - (March 22, 2011) – On Friday night I watched my 16 year old son sit around the kitchen table with four other friends playing board games.
They were deep into play taking over the world and challenging each other. I supplied the food and drinks and they played well into the evening took a break for
family dinners and came back to finish off more games.
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Eating Together + Playing Together = Great Communication + Great Memories
Vancouver, BC - (April 27, 2010) – Board games are a great way to bring family and friends together for quality time. They might not even notice!
The dinner table is an important element in the family dynamics. Regularly sitting down to a family meal has lots of benefits for you and your kids.
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Picking the Right Game for the Right Kid
Richmond, BC - (August 3, 2009) – Playing games appear to have potential in helping children with learning challenges deal with their specific learning related emotional and motivational concerns.
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Teach Our Children to be Good Communicators
Richmond, BC - (August 3, 2009) – The ability to communicate masterfully is like the “Midas Touch”. It allows you to turn virtually any opportunity into a hit. Through skillful communication,
success becomes possible in every area of your life - career, relationships, and finances. Effective communication is essential to all of these and more.
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Stress Relief Through Games
Richmond, BC – (June 9, 2009) - Teaching kids day in and day out is a rewarding career, and many teachers will tell you that they love their job. After all, as a teacher you get to make a direct
impact on the kids that you teach. On the other hand, teaching a classroom of kids can also be quite stressful. The key is in knowing how to reduce your classroom stress, and refocus your
students on the lesson at hand
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Power Play for Griddly Games
Richmond, BC - (April 17, 2009) – Griddly Games is keeping hockey fans in the game between periods and off-days as the National Hockey League playoffs get underway.
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Erin Gruwell : Using Games in the Classroom
Richmond, BC - (March 24, 2009) – I was given the rare opportunity to meet a life angel in today’s world. Erin Gruwell stood in a room filled with strangers before she was to
speak at our children’s high school fundraiser. It was obvious to me that this woman had a unique ability to meet each person and make each individual to be put at ease and feel
like they were Erin ’s best friend. To hear Erin tell her story is inspiring to anyone but especially to any educator looking for inspiration. So there was no surprise when Hollywood
chose to tell her story in the 2007 movie Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank
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Latest Awards
Wise Alec is ″Teacher's Choice″
The teachers at Learning Magazine has awarded Wise Alec the prestigious Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom! With questions taking straight from grade school curricula, Wise Alec is a fun way to learn facts, challenge your memory, and have fun with the whole family. In addition to Question Cards based on Spelling, History, and Science, the often hilarious Wise Alec Cards will get you doing jumping jacks, tongue twisters, and brain teasers. Plus, get points for being polite, or lose points for passing gas in public!
