I had the most amazing lunch a few weeks ago. My five-year-old and I started playing tic-tac-toe... You could almost see the synapses firing as we worked through different scenarios of where to go first, who should go first, etc. I always now let him go first, and he knows to go for a corner, and if I take a side space, he'll win 90% of time time. I still will trick him now and again by taking a middle space or a corner, but each time we work through more scenarios. It was, and continues to be, a wonderful Daddy moment watching your child "figure this stuff out". The great thing is, my four-year-old also caught on, although he's not quite figuring out which squares to go in first, and doesn't block me.. But he'll figure it out soon enough...

The only graphic I should post is a crayon-laden tic-tac-toe sheet, but I don't have one :)