While this may be stretching the limits of children's literature, I would like to discuss the wide world of children's board games. I think it is related to children's literature because it still takes a creative person to develop the board games and many of them also increase children's learning and social skills. Some of the most popular games that I can remember include Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Cootie, Battleship, Connect Four, Guess Who, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Operation, Twister, and Trivial Pursuit Junior.

For the ones listed above, each game teaches children various aspects of social and learning skills. Candyland teaches children colors and counting, Battleship teaches children logic, Connect Four teaches forethought, Hungry Hungry Hippos teaches hand-eye coordination, Operation teaches various parts of anatomy as well as dexterity, and Trivial Pursuit Junior teaches knowledge in several different subject matters.

I am convinced that playing games is one of the best ways for children to increase their knowledge and learn good social skills that they will carry for the rest of their lives. Socializing with children of their own age is a skill that is invaluable and is immensely helpful as they begin their formal education.