Fab Fridays 84- How Games Teach Kids To Think — Fab Fridays 84- How Games Teach Kids To Think⁠↗

Video games are essentially simulations. They give kids a chance to practice solving complex problems that mirror real life. The thinking skills they need to win games set them up for success as adults.

You can learn almost anything from a video game. They’re a way to store and transfer human knowledge, just like books. Both books and videos games are complex, but video games are also interactive.

You can’t practice with a book, but you can with a video game. You get to learn from taking action, making mistakes, and course correcting. In this way, video games are like learning the piano—but better.

Kids are afraid of looking stupid or getting in trouble when they talk to adults. It shouldn’t be this way, but that’s the reality. Video games have nearly zero costs. You can make many mistakes, learn from trial and error, and keep playing.