Jean in Newcastle Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 My brother's son is in his 30's and has Down's. He can read very very simple words I think and can read at least the numbers up to five. I remember on a past visit he had so much fun playing "Hi Ho Cheerio" with my dd when she was about 4. But while he had fun playing with her as the older cousin, I think he would be offended if we played that at a time when it isn't developmentally appropriate for my kids. (I could be wrong here but that's my gut feeling.) Are there some simple but still "older" games that we could play with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoLuRu Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 How about classics like checkers, Connect 4, Life? Simple card games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Could he do dominos with shapes and colors instead of numbers. Something like: http://www.hearthsong.com/qwirkle-board-game_p1843.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Does he know colors? If so, Uno is perfect! Our entire family loves playing Uno for hours and hours. You don't even have to keep score, just play hand to hand. Pretty easy concept to understand and there's lots of different "kinds". We have Harry Potter, Bass Pro, the one the shoots cards out at ya..... Yeah. We're a little weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Candyland? nm, didn't read the part about developemental appropriate 'older' games. Rummicubes? Uno's a great suggestion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I Spy Eagle Eye. We've been playing it with all the kids and there is no advantage to being older. My youngest actually won a few times with no help at all. Scrabble Jr can be played without reading as long as he can match letters. Mastermind for Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthwestMom Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Jenga? Connect 4? Many Wii games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I like the Uno suggestion -- great for NT adults, but easy enough for people with limitations you describe. Mancala -- you're just redistributing pieces Chinese Checkers Sorry, Trouble Blink is only 2 players, but it's matching. Sequence (there's a kids version, too, but even the main one is matching to a large extent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Dd learned to play these games when she was 5 so her older brothers would play with her: Farkle Blokus Sorry! Pictionary Jr. Edited July 27, 2012 by Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hana Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 My brother has Downs. He loves UNO. We used to play regular, but he's regressed some, so now we play it with everyone's cards laying face up on the table so we can guide him a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 My sis who is dev delayed likes Uno and Bump a.k.a Aggravation, Battleship, Chinese Checkers and Connect 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 If it's not too fast-paced, we ALL love Cranium Hullabaloo! LOL Gets 'em moving and I don't think it's babyish, but that's just my opinion. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 UNO is a great suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisel_le Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 My son has Downs and he loves Sequence and a modified version of Yatzee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 UNO Connect Four Sorry Trouble Aggravation (I'm sensing a theme, LOL -- sorry, trouble, aggravation) Those are all the ideas I have. Enjoy your visit. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Uno Skip-bo if he can recognize the position of numbers 1-10 Bohnanza (trading and set game, no reading, asking for trades and recognizing pictures to make sets) Space Beans (similar to Bohnanza where cards are passed around and you keep the ones which help you make your sets..he'd probably need help with when to score but if you keep both piles face up/no secret stack it would be easy to help him) Checkers Backgammon (if he can read dice) Ubongo (if he has good spatial sense and can fit shapes together to fill a space) Faces (like apples to apples but with faces/little reading, if someone does the reading when its his turn once per round its very easy to play this) Incan Gold (press your luck adventure game, he just has to decide to stay or leave) For Sale (bidding on houses game, good with a large group) Cooperative Games (you can easily do coaching): Castle Panic (fighting orcs together) Forbidden Island (looking for treasure while the water level rises) Saboteur (although if he has problems with being a secret enemy you may want to always make sure he's a good guy, laying tunnel..they just have to match up) How is his fine motor control? If its good you can do a lot of games like Sorry! Sliders, Elkfest, Crokinole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 My SN son also enjoys Zooloretto (collecting zoo animals and making sets). He doesn't do any of the fancy strategy to make money and win the game but he loves collecting the mother and father animals to make babies. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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