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Diversions for dipping digits

Playing simple card or board games helps kids work on social and math skills as they while away the hours at home during a cold winter break.

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Students have been out of school enjoying winter break, and there’s still another six days to go.  As temperatures dip into the teens and 20s, and snow remains elusive, kids are either reaching ever increasing levels and high-scores on popular video games, making ever deeper indentations on the family sofa as they watch yet one more episode of Good Luck Charlie or Phineas and Ferb, or driving their siblings and/or parents up a wall out of sheer boredom.   

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