Activity: Game Time

My kids have been very into playing games lately. They saw the game UNO on the counter and got all excited about the colors on the package. My daughter would not stop asking to play the color game. Now, UNO says it is for ages 7 and up, but who says we can try at almost 4?

So, I decided to make our own version. We used 4 cards person instead of 7. To begin with we just tried to match colors, not numbers. We ignored the skip, reverse, and draw extra cards. We matched the colors on the pile and practiced our colors.

My daughter, almost 4, enjoyed it so much! After a while she wanted to try to match the numbers and "extra" cards. She did really good. My son, 2.5, did not want to sit still. He was not okay with waiting his turn. He wanted to make his own game with the cards and not sit and play. This is okay! They are at different stages. They are both going to want to have different activity levels.

I'm hoping to see what other games we have that we can adapt to toddler/preschool age level and play anyway!