What Kids Can Learn From Experiencing Escape Rooms

These days, it’s easy to be a little worried about your children—video games, smartphones, and other technologies are keeping them stuck at home with little physical exercise. This sedentary type of lifestyle is not necessarily ideal for growing minds so finding another way to get them active is your best option.  The challenge here is to find something creative and fun while still making sure they get the exercise they need. Thankfully, there are more than a few ways to do just that with escape rooms, a wonderful option to get them excited again.

What is with escape rooms and why are they so popular? It might be confusing for anyone who’s never tried it yet but experiencing it just once will show you just how much fun you’re going to have, even as adults. From solving puzzles to the sheer excitement of finding the next clue, the whole experience is tailored to creating an environment that can force people to think on their feet. Plus, the fulfilment you get after successfully “escaping” is one that’s hard to match.

Now, let’s take a look at the most common benefits that kids can gain from experiencing escape rooms. Keep in mind though that your mileage may vary depending on how participative you get with the escape room.

Cooperation

First and foremost will have to be cooperation. To complete an escape room, the group will have to work together in order to be efficient and complete all the tasks in time. Anyone trying to complete things by themselves will surely end up using all their allotted time.

This makes it the perfect opportunity to teach children how to work together. What helps here is that they have a clear goal that they all share which should give them the motivation they need. Teaching them this lesson early on in their lives can give them an advantage when working with a team.

Abstract Reasoning

The puzzles you might face in an escape room will have you processing puzzles consecutively. All this problem solving has the effect of teaching children how to think about these problems in an abstract manner, i.e. finding patterns in intangible objects that they can use to their advantage. 

Allowing children to process problems of this sort early on in their development can give them access to more opportunities in the future. The added benefit here is that you also have the chance of exciting interest in other such problems, helping them train their brains for the future.

Confidence in Decision Making 

When children successfully complete the various puzzles and challenges present in escape rooms they are guaranteed to feel a boost in their confidence. After all, simply experiencing the challenges can bring out an inquisitive mind. Completing the challenges, meanwhile, can improve their self-esteem and make them more decisive in the future.

Conclusion

At the end of the day, it’s all about finding a creative way for kids to learn outside of the classroom. Doing this early in their development stage can help make them more curious about the world and hopefully help with their education. All that, with just a little push in the right direction.

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