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THAT’S A QUESTION Squirrely Question Game

Kids LOVE asking questions. I think they love being asked questions even more though, especially if it’s a fun and silly question, definitely not, “Would you like to do the dishes or sweep the floor?” Obviously . . :) But “Which would you miss more if it ceased to exist? A: The color pink or […]

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MY FIRST CASTLE PANIC Sequencing Color & Shape Matching Game

Board Games

We’ve been pulling out all the games that have any sort of connection at all to ROCKS, our science topic for the month. We’re finding there are a lot of games that have rock elements to them, like My First Castle Panic! (We’re also studying England, Ireland, and Scotland, so this is the perfect game […]

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OHANAMI Japanese Garden Card Drafting Game

Card Games

I’ve said it before…we LOVE card games! They’re great for lots of players of all ages and they ALWAYS use math and logic skills. Ohanami is a lovely set collection game illustrated with Japanese garden features. There are 4 suits/colors (water, vegetation, stones, and Sakura trees) and numbered cards from 1-120 with no repeated numbers. […]

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FOSSILIS Paleontologist Dig Site Dinosaur Game

Gameschooling

Fossilis is a game we are playing on repeat as part of our study of rocks. We’re getting creative – studying rocks can encompass so many different things! Today we’re studying rocks as they pertain to fossils and playing this excellent game to super charge our learning! The components that come with this game are […]

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THE GAME Number Fluency Cooperative Card Game

Gameschooling

At our house, we love math games and we love card games, so a game that is both gets pulled out and played every single gameschooling week! THE GAME is an addictive, cooperative, race to the top (and bottom…) number game for 1-5 players. It plays in about 20 minutes and the box says for […]

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10 FRAME TOWERS Preschool Number Fluency Building Game

Gameschooling

Preschool at our house isn’t academic at all. We don’t worry about reading or formal math or anything but playing and having fun! Play is a very effective teacher. We’re starting to work on identifying sums of 10, I like to call them The 10 Friends, by rolling dice and making towers with these ten […]

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KARUBA Tile Placement, Treasure Hunting Expedition Board Game

Board Games

We love exploration/tile placement games and Karuba has fun illustrations, great mechanisms, and is a really fun family game! Players set up the game by taking turns placing one explorer and one temple at least 3 spaces apart on the board. Explorers go along the beach (sandy edges) and temples go in the jungle (green […]

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FLASH Visual Perception & Arithmetic Dice Game

Dice

Everybody loves a dice game! They’re quick, easy to learn, and addictive! They always use math – there’s probability and arithmetic, plus quick hands and focused eyes! Flash comes with 6 sets of colored dice and 6 stars with numbers 1-6. Each player chooses a set of dice and gets ready to play! There are […]

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MARVEL VILLAINOUS Super Hero Strategy Board/Card Game

Board Games

Mythology and fairy tales are a huge part of our homeschooling curriculum. I always have my kids reading from a book of myths or fairy tales – the stories and heroes of old are so classic and provide modern readers with background and context with which to understand and enjoy all stories more deeply. Good […]

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CODENAMES PICTURES XXL Clue-Giving, Picture-Guessing Vocabulary Building Game

Board Games

Codenames has a nice variety of games for word lovers. The regular version is classic and fantastic, and we also love the pictures version! The picture format gives younger kids and non or struggling readers a fighting chance against older opponents and can help them develop language skills in a way that might be more […]

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