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: 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: 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
Age: 6+ (box says 8+) Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 30 Minutes Category: Card Gameschool Area: Math Price: $9.50 on Rainbow Resource Publisher: Gamewright Games We have lots of math games and use many every week to practice math skills in a fun, non-academic way. Games are great for helping kids see the real-life value of … Read more
Age: 6+ (box says 8+) Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 20 Minutes Category: Card Gameschool Area: Math Price: $11.95 on Rainbow Resource Publisher: Gamewright Games If you’re a fantasy, creature loving family, today’s game is for you. If you like simple, fun, replayable card games, today’s game is really for you! Of all the new games … Read more
Finding ways to make practicing math facts fun is the best thing I’ve been able to do for my kids’ math education. Playing games using math makes it relevant, puts it into context, and encourages kids to WANT to get good at it. Kids want to excel and improve and do well, sometimes we just … Read more