This year, we’re celebrating play at the library! Everyone knows how beneficial play is for kids, but did you know that it is equally important for adults? It can be a wonderful stress reliever, boosts creativity, alleviates boredom, and may even lower your blood pressure. To that end, every month in 2024, we’re highlighting a different form of play. Each month we’ll have a bingo-style fun card. If you complete all the activities for a blackout on your card, you’ll receive a special prize. And if you complete all 12 fun cards, you’ll be eligible to win a grand prize and be crowned our annual play champion!
In honor of Pi Day, March is all about having fun with numbers! Playing numbers games can improve your math skills, of course, but specifically what they build are problem-solving and reasoning skills, as well as numeracy (literacy with numbers). Numeracy encompasses everything from recognizing numbers to basic counting to understanding numbers’ relationships to each other.
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