I read an interesting article on The News & Observer regarding a new series of games released by Hasbro that help preschool-age children improve their social skills. The series includes three games that focus on different lessons: sharing, listening and good manners. They follow a group of kids in a fictional town called Noodleboro as they navigate tough social situations. Players are rewarded not for a particular dice roll but rather for listening carefully, sharing tokens with friends and saying “please” and “thank you.”
This new series comes after Hasbro conducted market research indicating parents are much more concerned with imparting basic social skills than academic skills to their young children. More Noodleboro games will be released next year.
