Parker Martin Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 What games have your kids especially enjoyed from ages 3-6? We regularly play Candyland, Memory, and Shoots and Ladders, but I'm looking to add a few more as we institute a Family Game Night. The oldest is learning chess, and we have Sorry, Trouble, and Connect 4 waiting in the wings. Probably going to buy Blokus for DS4's fifth birthday. What have you enjoyed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm37 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My kids liked "Guess Who" at 5 or so. Also, the two person Blokus might be better for that age. You really need to have 4 people to play the larger game unless you alter the rules. Mancala is pretty easy to learn, too. Blessings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My son likes card games a lot: Blink, Set, and Frog Juice are favorites right now :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My kids liked "Guess Who" at 5 or so. Also, the two person Blokus might be better for that age. You really need to have 4 people to play the larger game unless you alter the rules. Mancala is pretty easy to learn, too. Blessings, Haha, I was going to say Guess Who! We LOVE that game. Leaping Lizards is cute, as are Stare and Spot It. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Great States Jr is a hit here, as well as Camp, Uno, and Go Fish. Parcheesi is also well loved, but the 4 year old never makes it all the way through the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmyboys Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 We love: I can do that games (Richard Scarry's Busytown, Whats in the Cats Hat, Curious George Hide and Seek zoo and more) Crainum games (Hullabaloo and Playground) Blue Orange Games (Gobblet gobblers, Froggy Boogie, and more) Melissa and Doug games (Puppy Pursuit; and also a sandwich one, frog one, and blocks one) Gamewright card games (Too many monkeys, wig out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Set and Spot It! are my 5 yos favorite games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 We've played Doodle Dice with kids that age before. It is great for a wide age range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iucounu Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Some board, card and dice games that can be enjoyed by kids aged 3 to 6, with links to some lesser-known but especially good ones: Multi-person games: Abalone, Bandu / Bausack, Bazaar (an old pattern-trading game), Blokus / Blokus Duo, Carcassonne, chess*, checkers, Chinese checkers, Connect Four, Froggy Boogie, Go, Hearts, Khet, Labyrinth by Ravensburger, Mancala, Mastermind, Monopoly, Pentago, Quoridor, Risk, Sequence for Kids, Six, Spades (and other whist variants), Stratego, Texas Hold 'Em (and other poker games), Topitop, Yahtzee * No Stress Chess is reported by many to be an enjoyable way to begin learning. In addition there are many chess variants to explore, including the most difficult of all. Single-person games: Air Traffic Control Tower, Anti-Virus, Architecto / Equilibrio / Tangramino / Cliko, Block by Block, Brick by Brick, Chocolate Fix, Clever Castle, Cover Your Tracks, Crazy Campers, Fire Escape, HooDoo Loop, Hoppers, Hot Spot, Maze Ways, Perplexus, Police Blockade, Rush Hour, Set, Shape by Shape, Sink or Swim, Solitaire Chess, TipOver, Zoologic Edited November 12, 2011 by Iucounu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather R Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My son's favorites are Qwirkle, Sorry, UNO and Heigh-ho Cherrio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The Ladybug Game is my five year old's favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Ours enjoy Uno, Blink, Set, and Skip-Bo. Also Go Fish and Old Maid with a regular card deck. Board games: Blokus is a great idea. We also like Othello, Amazing Labyrinth, and Uncle Wiggly (which I despised but was loooooooved by all three of my boys). Rush Hour is fun. We often played "older" board and card games in partners, each adult paired with a non-reader. It was fun to play games like Yatzhee, Pit, or Apples to Apples together. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Yahtzee Jr. and Hiss (card game from Gamewright) are my 4yo's favorites. Quirkle has been our newest addition and we are loving it. 4yo plays with me or DH, but is getting it fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 We are enjoying Spot It right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus is a favorite here. We love both the book and the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) Board games that were a big hit at that age in our house include: Ravensburger's Snail's Pace Race -- this is a game where the players do not win or lose, only the snails do. Ravensburger's 4 First Games -- this set of four games has a fun variety of options. Even Grandmom played these! There was another Ravensburger game that was big in our house. We called it the sailboat game but that wasn't the real name. As I recall, the beach changed throughout the game. (If that rings a bell with someone, I'd appreciate it if you could post the actual name of the game!) Regards, Kareni Edited November 13, 2011 by Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Ravensburger's Snail's Pace Race -- this is a game where the players do not win or lose, only the snails do. This is a sweet game for young kids. It was played a lot at our house. When the kids get a little older (~6) they loved teaming up with a parent for Apples to Apples Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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