Dexterity games are great for motor skills but are also a great way for kids to spend time with older family members like grandparents! Not all grandparents want to learn a new strategy game, but they’re almost always up for something like Crazy Tower. Crazy Tower is a dexterity/building game with a crazy […]
Kelsey Norwood
Language Arts games are such a fun way to increase vocabulary, build brain connections, and create an atmosphere of curiosity, excitement, collaboration, and competition in learning. Word games help kids learn spelling by increasing their familiarity with words. Learning happens best when we begin with the familiar, and increasing the amount of familiar knowledge helps children […]
One of the reasons we use so many games for math instruction is that games often require deductive and inductive reasoning, or thinking forwards and backwards about a problem. Some games, like Wilson & SHEP, feature these deductive reasoning skills but at the level of younger children. Six years old, in this case! Games […]
Many moms I’ve talked to are resistant to the idea of gameschooling because they don’t like to play games. Or so they think… Today’s games are not like the games of our childhood. They’re clever, beautifully designed, and companies like Blue Orange have taken classic games like memory and spruced them up a bit […]
Board game art has come a long long way from the games of my childhood, and Shifting Stones, a new game from Gamewright Games, incorporates lots of really fun art elements that I find so appealing! I see whispers of Scandinavian and other folk art in these beautifully designed tiles, which just adds another layer of […]
Get ready to sleuth your way through an evening’s entertainment at the Cloaked Cats Ball, a game of deduction and logic for 2-4 players ages 7+ where CATS are the honored guests of the ball. The cats are disguised, but each has a few features that will give you clues including pose, coat color, coat […]
Lots of kids want a pet and they all PROMISE they’ll be the one to look after it. Before taking the plunge, maybe try out this game where players MUST care for Honga, a very needy saber-toothed tiger. Maybe the experience of making sure he’s attended to will make kids think twice about wanting a […]
Citadels is a city building game with a twist – become the Master Builder and create a city with 7 separate and thriving districts while switching characters and abilities each round. You might be familiar with this game from its original release in 2000, but it now has a fresh look with new unique districts […]
Ocean life is vast and yet mostly undiscovered, still, in this age of exploration, technology, and knowledge. This game celebrates the miraculous, often strange life that we do know of in the ocean, specifically the noc·ti·lu·ca | a roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent, especially when disturbed. The setting of the Noctiluca, which […]
It’s great to find a science resource that kids enjoy but that can also be used in conjunction with a variety of different topics throughout the year. Earth science is such a broad topic, I actually use this particular Professor Noggin trivia box (which we always love!) to narrow down such a broad topic. It’s […]
