Jennifer-72 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I just picked up a couple of games for ds this past week that I don't think I have seen listed on the board before. Even Stevens Odd - good for fast visual discrimination skills and fun way to work on listening and following instructions. Pickles to Penguins - great for category language skills What games are you playing with your kids these days? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Ooo, those look fun! Don't die, but my ds loves Goat Simulator. It's an app, and I'm SURE there must be something virtuous about it. :lol: For board games, right now he has out Tally Ho. It's a tile-laying game. Wooly Bully is another like that he likes. You'll notice his obsession in there when you look at the picture. :D Amazon.com: Tally Ho: Toys & Games Wow, I didn't realize it had gotten expensive. Maybe the manufacturer sells it directly or something. Wooly Bully There's the other. Oh there it is, that obsession showing up, hehe. But what can I say... It's as non-violent a way to pursue that fascination as you can get. Anything with /sh/ is still big in our speech and anything with cards you can flip (the everlasting /l/ blends) is good. Sleeping Queens We took this one so much the SLP broke down and bought it herself. Gamewright makes a number of other good card games. They're basically all good. She LOVED Sleeping Queens because the language is so diverse. For his fun games, he's been asking to borrow games from the library game lending section. They're more mature, and sometimes I axe them. We got Munchkin, but after all the hubbub I thought it was boring. It's just a math game, really. Obviously the narrative was lost on me, lol. He'll play Forbidden Island, still likes Catan Jr, enjoys playing Star Trek Catan. I'm trying to be careful to use cooperative games or give the option to trade sides or play it cooperatively anyway. But then you know, with all that fanciness, he just pulled out Curious George Discover Beach to play again. Plenty of /sh/ sounds with the shells and things, turn taking, spinning, cards to flip. Still fun. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssavings Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Someone sent me Lids 'n' Lizards recently; she's been liking that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer-72 Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Yes, I can certainly see why he would be liking the tally ho and wooly bully game, lol! I just love how many areas and skills you can target with games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Love this games thread. Looking at games for while we are in San Antonio for 5 weeks. DD loves Settlers of Catan but we haven't done the star trek version and we are big sci fi fans. Hmmm. DS was given Forbidden Island for his bday but we haven't opened it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Forbidden Island is a fun, co-operative game. OneStep, I hope you guys have fun with it! I recently read this article about using games for building real-life skills http://lifehacker.com/the-best-board-games-for-developing-valuable-real-life-1714642211 We actually just cleaned out our game cupboards today. We have games coming out of our ears!! And they are all really good games - we are getting rid of games with redundant objectives or game play. Some current favorites are Word Bits, Zingo, Munchkin, Tenzi, and Dixit. I have a range of ages playing games. There have been some great past threads about games for learning if you want to search for more. Oh, one that I think has been all around great for developing social skills in my ADHD kids and works for a young group is Obstacles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 One step you might like the two person Agricola. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Scrambled States of America I think the boys have had others out as well. We'll be visiting my parents soon which means Blokus and Boggle and maybe some 10 Days in... games. I feel decidedly un-therapeutic in our play after this thread, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest2 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 We love board, card, and computer games. Right now we are introducing a little world history and geography through Civilization V. That is my story and I am sticking to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 DD has been whipping out the cards and having me play Speed or Gin Rummy every time I sit down at a table lately. I do well with Gin Rummy but she smokes me with Speed. She is so darn fast! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minerva Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 So excited to try some of these out! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence1978 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 A few of our favorites have already been mentioned (Catan, Forbidden Island - LOVE, Sleeping Queens). We also love the Ticket to Ride games. Headbanz is actually quite tricky for my DD, so we'll pull that out occasionally. We also like Rat-a-tat-Cat, Castle Panic, and good ol' Yahtzee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Clue. Love Clue. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Oh, and in case anyone was interested, here is a list of math based board games from Soror's Relaxed Math thread: Math Card/Board Games Muggins Math Games Age 4- Nuclear Physicist :)- Zeus on the Loose Albert’s Insomnia 7 ate 9 Lab Mice Game Math Noodlers Number Ninjas Sum Swamp Sleeping Queens Math Dash Game- practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing Money Bags Board Game Pizza Fraction Fun Dino Math Tracks Buy It Right Head Full of Numbers Hogwart's Shopping GAme HP themed shopping cards and lists along with suggestions for various games to play Real World Math: Unexpected Events by Teacher Created Resources tri-FACTa Multiplication and Division Gametri-FACTa Addition and Subtraction Game 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 We love board, card, and computer games. Right now we are introducing a little world history and geography through Civilization V. That is my story and I am sticking to it.I love Civilization!! I am sad to say my last version was III and won't run on my computer anymore (may have to get V). I love your reasoning too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssavings Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 We pulled our Fistfull of Coins tonight.... It had all of us laughing as DH and I tried the level four cards!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest2 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I love Civilization!! I am sad to say my last version was III and won't run on my computer anymore (may have to get V). I love your reasoning too! Have you heard or Steam? They have versions downloadable and recently had a sale . Civ V was with all of the add ons was only $12.70 )90% off. If you are interested , you may want to wait for a sale. Their sales are also legendary:) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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