Age: 10+ Players: 2-12 Playing Time: 15-30 minutes Category: Words/Vocabulary/Card Gameschool Area: Science, Price: $30 Publisher: Genius Games You know I LOVE a game that covers multiple subject areas, and Nerd Words: Science is a great game to learn a HUGE variety of science related words. There are over 400 different science terms included … Read more
Age: 8+ Players: 2-6 Playing Time: 5-30 minutes Category: Card Gameschool Area: Science Price: $14 Publisher: Looney Labs Card games are my favorite kind – they’re short, easy to learn, and there are so many great ones! I have been hearing about Fluxx from friends and in Facebook groups for a while now, and there … Read more
Age: 14+ Players: 2-8 Playing Time: 30-45 minutes Category: Words/Vocabulary/Card Gameschool Area: Language Arts Price: $20 Publisher: Greater Than Games If you like word and/or guessing games, this game will be right up your alley! Medium is a word clue guessing game with a fun psychic theme. There are 12 sets of cards (which … Read more
Age: 8+ Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 30 minutes Category: Board Gameschool Area: Geography Price: $17 Publisher: Winning Moves Games Today I’ve got another CLASSIC game for you – I do love the classics, they’ve stood the test of the time and have some nostalgia to them. Playing Game of the States is a fun way to … Read more
Age: 10+ Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 90 minutes Category: Words Gameschool Area: Language Arts Price: $17 Publisher: Winning Moves Games Well, it doesn’t get more classic fabulous than Scrabble, and even though it’s a game that’s been around forever, it’s one of THE BEST word games there is. It’s been around forever for good reason! … Read more
Age: 8+ (Box says 10+) Players: 2-8 Playing Time: 25-40 minutes Category: Card Gameschool Area: math, strategy Price: $25 Publisher: Grandpa Beck’s Games Grandpa Beck does it AGAIN! Cover Your Assets was one of his first game hits, and Cover Your Kingdom is a similar concept only with a fantastical, funny, fabulous theme. The … Read more
Age: 4+ Players: 1+ Playing Time: 20 Minutes Category: Storytelling Gameschool Area: Language Arts Price: $30 Publisher: SCS Direct “I would rather be the children’s story-teller than the queen’s favorite or the king’s counsellor.” –Kate Douglas Wiggin– “There is no better place in all the world for telling a story than in the home, … Read more
Age: 8+ Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 20 Minutes Category: Card Gameschool Area: Geography, Art Price: $22 Publisher: Pencil First Games Games are inspiration. I use them to help inspire my kids to develop new interests, learn new things, ask questions, be curious, think, collaborate, strategize, and reason. Games are also a source of beauty … Read more
Age: All Players: All Playing Time: Endless Category: Card Gameschool Area: Art, Drawing Price: $20 Publisher: Createures One of the reasons I wanted to educate my children at home was to give them more opportunities to learn, practice, experience, and love the arts. My own arts education was severely lacking – I took … Read more
Age: 7+ Players: 2+ Playing Time: 30 Minutes Category: Card Gameschool Area: Geography Price: $35 Publisher: Byron’s Games We love card games and we love geography, so Continent Race has been a big hit at our house. The game was created by a little boy during an extended hospital stay – talk about resiliency, … Read more