spaceman Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 What are your favorite fun educational games for this age? I'm not talking about curriculum, but regular games that also happen to teach something. Really, for the youngest any game that uses a die teaches number recognition, two dice teaching addition, anything with a board helps with one-to-one correspondence. So tell me you and your kid's favorites! We've been enjoying: Sorry (not very educational, but a little strategy, adding when you pick a 7, and one-to-one correspondence) Math Dice, Jr. (LOVE this game as it encourages mental math) Kings in the Corner with regular deck of cards (helps with recognition of counting up and down) Blunders (I'm not in love with all the answers to the cards, but that just opens conversation. It teaches addition when using two dice and manners/social skills.) What are you enjoying playing right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sum Swamp, Dino Math Tracks, Money Bags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesmom Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Color Code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sum Swamp, ABeeC Match Game, Whizizzle Phonics Games and RS math games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 My kids favorites are phonics "go fish" with diagraph cards, Sum Swamp, Camp game, and The Ladybug Game. The also really like blokus, but it isn't really educational...more logic I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Chutes and Ladders Skill: Counting and how to get around a game board Candy Land ( colors) Hi Ho Cheerio ( counting) For my older daughters, Monopoly ( teaches money counting) Life Scrabble Junior ( spelling and creating words ) great for ages 5 and up Scrabble for my oldest ( spelling) Scrambled States of America (geography) Sequence States of America ( geography) Clue ( logic) Battle Ship ( math, learning corrdinates) PDQ (ages 10 and up) teaches how to build vocabulary, reading between the lines I also have a ton of file folder games that I had gotten for free off of File Folder Fun.com that I've made as well. Those are all of the educational games we have right now but my girls love to play board games. We have some fun ones like Angry Birds, Uno , and a game called honey bees where you pull out sticks and try not to drop all the bees. Got to have some fun ones too :>) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Currently, Monopoly Jr. My older two understand it, yet it uses a die. We play with 3 dice to get in addition practice as Abby is working on sums over 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel7123 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sum Swamp, Dino Math Tracks, Money Bags We've got and enjoy Sum Swamp and Money Bags. Is Dino Math Tracks just as good, and worth purchasing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sequence and Blokus are faves here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGHEALTHYMOM Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Lego's. Duplo's, Scrabble Jr., Boggle Jr., Iphone app's for Phonics, math, songs. audio books are on during Lego or nap time.:001_smile: Playdough with abc cutters and Pattern blocks with Patternables, mighty minds set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzberrymom Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 My DD's favorites: Rat-a-Tat Cat (memory, number sequences) The card game 99 (mental addition) Phase Ten (not sure what it teaches, but it's a fun rummy-type game) Labyrinth (spatial reasoning) Carcassonne (spatial reasoning--kind of pre-chess) Settlers of Catan (probability) One of my favorite websites is boardgamegeek.com, and they always have fantastic lists by age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish4ever Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 My daughter loves Yahtzee and Checkers, my older 2 love Memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 The game set at http://www.gigglefun.com The games from http://www.mugginsmath.com. - we buy the wipe-off boards and use flat beads to mark our spots. I made this penguin game for my kids...so much fun http://love2learn2day.blogspot.com/2011/01/penguin-math-game-pieces.html Happy Phonics games Snap It Up - word families Dirty Feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 We've been playing Candy Land, Superhero Chutes & Ladders, Hi Ho Cherry-O, checkers, Go Fish, memory, Uno, and tic-tac-toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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