I occasionally check my kids' drop-down menues to see where they're going on the internet. My son has been spending some time at addictinggames.com I found out why. That website is loaded with games you want to try just one more time to see if you do better. One has you placing the states on a blank US map. I've played it 3 times, improving my score with each round. It got me to thinking...

How much money would be an incentive to my child to play that game? I could bet him - and the girls too - that they couldn't reach a certain score. I was thinking of making it an incremental bet too. Like, I betcha 5 bucks you can't get to 50%. And I betcha $10 you can't get to 75%. I betcha $20 you can't get 100%.

Too much?
Play and see.
I'm always looking for sneaky ways to get my kids to learn stuff, just like the stealth vegetables I try to mix into dinner.

Beware, they've got Hawaii in the Caribbean. I didn't realize how poor my Midwest geography is. I had those blocks all stacked wrong my first time through.
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