Education through board games? Experiencing winning and losing? Program released for the 3-hour 'Parent-Child Board Game Festa' where play turns into learning

To the Press, March 27, 2026 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Education through board games? Experiencing winning and losing? A 3-hour event where play turns into learning 'Parent-Child Board Game Festa' program released ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Toy manufacturer GP Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; President: Shuji Yonekawa) is announcing the program for the 'Parent-Child Board Game Festa,' an experiential event for elementary school students (recommended for new 1st to 3rd graders) and their parents, to be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026. *This event is hosted by board game manufacturer 'GP' and supported by the editorial department of the parenting media 'AERA with Kids' (Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc.). ■ Board games in education: Solving the 'How do I do it?' dilemma! In recent years, the value of board games in the world of education has been gaining attention. Magazines and educational media are increasingly highlighting their educational benefits, such as: ・Developing critical thinking skills ・Developing problem-solving skills ・Acquiring communication skills However, there are very few opportunities to experience exactly 'how to play to make it a learning experience.' This event was planned with the goal of allowing many people to actually experience the 'moment when play becomes learning.' ■ 5 Key Points of the Event 1. Experience winning and losing! Board games involve a learning cycle of: [ Thinking → Trying → Failing → Trying again ] Especially important is the 'experience of winning and losing.' It is said that children have fewer opportunities to experience 'losing' in recent years. [ Feeling frustrated → Trying again → Thinking about what to do next ] We believe that these experiences are what lead to a child's growth. At this event, participants can experience both winning and losing through board games. By experiencing this process as a parent and child, we provide an opportunity to foster a child's ability to 'think' and 'take on challenges.'