I was wondering about whether or not a 10 year old would typically have difficulty with a game like 20 Questions. It’s actually a game called Headbands, which is supposed to be appropriate for 6 year olds. I’m not sure why that is because even my 6 year old had a lot of difficulty with the game. The only thing I could think of is that the vocabulary is on about a kindergarten/first grade level. However, both of my children had difficulty coming up with questions (I did, too, but I think I may have some undiagnosed LDs).
My 10 year old tends give up very easily and cried quite a few times while playing tonight, so we kind of changed the rules a little (no timer, esp.). I think that it will be a good learning experience for all of us, if we can keep our children playing. Hopefully, they won’t get too frustrated and we can also have some fun!
Margo
Actually thinking of questions, if that’s the game, is a fairly hard task for children. My 5th grade students who don’t necessarily all have ld, would have a hard time with that. It’s asking them to … think in blank space and it’s definitely a learned skill.
Children are used to being asked to answer questions. That’s the way school typically works. Only rarely do schools ask kids to think up the questions.
It’s a great skill and a great critical thinking task that I’m sure your son will get hang of. It would be helpful if someone could successfully model it for him - maybe you could play with partners until he’s feeling more comfortable.