So here’s a selection of competitive and cooperative games that are easy enough for 5-year-old children to play by themselves where the learning elements are well hidden. And often you’ll find ...

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This is also an age where the options for board games really take off!” Keder said. How can child development issues impact the type of toys 5-year-olds play with? “Toys should always meet a ...

Cooperative games have all players working together toward a common goal. These games can help 5-year-olds practice skills like collaboration, compromise, communication, and conflict mediation ...

It doesn’t get much better than giving a toy to an excited 5-year-old boy. Their imaginations run wild, their interests are varied and quirky from trains to drones, and each of these ...

To test a gift’s popularity with five-year-old girls and boys, we organised a series of play dates to try out each one in a home environment. We assessed the toys, games and STEM sets for how we ...