Punchie Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Our family loves playing games. I thought it would be fun to have a thread going where we can share what we like for the younger set. :) We like: Chicken Cha Cha Cha Hoot Owl Hoot Hiss Splish Splash Fruttirelli Sneaky Snacky Squirrel At this age, my older DD liked: Uno Old Maid Go Fish Snail's Pace Race What games are popular in your house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 My 4 year old LOVES: Catan Junior Rivers, Rails, and Roads Chutes and Ladders Sorry Crazy 8's Boggle Jr. Don't Break the Ice Silly Socks Candy Land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 4.5 and 5.5yos here. We all like Uno, Go Fish, Old Maid, memory, What's Gnu, Zingo, Snap It Up (phonics card game), other DIY phonics games, and simple domino games. We've mostly outgrown but still like Bunny Hop, Uno Moo, and the Cat in the Hat "I can do that!" game. They like, but I never did, the following: Elefun, Cootie, Candy Land, Hi Ho Cherry-O. I avoid those, but still get roped into them occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Chateau Roquefort Word on the Street Pandabo Animal upon Animal Bridge Blokus Hey That's My Fish Catan Kids Catan Junior Kids of Carcassone Rivers Roads and Rails Labyrinth Make N Break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyrobynne Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 By age 3 or so: The Orchard Game http://www.amazon.com/Haba-3103-Orchard-Game/dp/B000ELORPY Uno I have banished Candyland, Sorry, and Chutes and Ladders from my house, but those are all playable by 4ish. By 5, Battleship, Yahtzee, Mastermind (if an adult is the guesser). Monopoly Jr is well done. Scrabble Jr has a match-the-letters side and a blank side so it's good for a wide range of ages. My kids have been able to play shortened games of Settlers of Catan by age 6. They don't usually have the patience for 10 points, but do well to 7 or 8. Carcassone started working around that age too. My 2.5 year old loves playing WITH games without actually playing. He spends a ridiculous amount of time arranging Quirkle tiles but will do similar things with Blokus and really any game with lots of pieces. I just make him keep them at the table so nothing gets lost. Anyway, it's an idea if you want to occupy them independently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Blokus Candyland Qwirkle Pictionary Jr Operation Banagrams Cranium (this is teen adult level but we play as a family and we tweak it as much as possible for the littles to play---tons of fun.) Spill Your Guts Perplexus ball Checkers and chess and mancala We don't play cards but we do kid's cards like Uno and memory and Go Fish or Old maid. But no regular playing cards. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 We play "Go Fish" with fairy cards and we also play Snail's Pace Race - the most awesome game ever because the snails race each other, rather than players competing with one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have banished Candyland, Sorry, and Chutes and Ladders from my house, but those are all playable by 4ish. I agree! I have noticed that when those games are played, there is a lot of fighting, hurt feelings, tears, etc. We kept Candyland though because my dd likes the pictures, however changed the rules to play cooperatively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 We play "Go Fish" with fairy cards and we also play Snail's Pace Race - the most awesome game ever because the snails race each other, rather than players competing with one another. If you like cooperative games, Hoot Owl Hoot, is fun. The company that makes it has other cooperative games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundAbout Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The Orchard game is our fave. It's cooperative and simple enough to play with younger friends. Hisss is also a great one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 DS4 and DS3 love UNO, UNO Moo, Monopoly Junior, Tumblin' Monkeys, Candy Land, and The Ladybug Game. They play Rivers, Roads, and Rails informally; they lose their attention span for the correct game rules pretty quickly for some reason. Tic Tac Toe is the only "banned game" in our house, because DS4 insists on telling his opponent which spot to go in, and it follows the same pattern every time. He throws his pencil and stomps off if you try to play by the rules. He doesn't do this with any other game, just Tic Tac Toe. It's weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esse Quam Videri Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Awesome thread! Thank you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 My 3yo's favorites right now are Candy Land and Great States Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 In addition to a few of the ones mentioned, my 4yo likes Whizzizzle Phonics (like Uno but with reading) and the Richard Scarry Cars snd Trucks game (numbers to 12, greater and less than, basic addition and subtraction). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I haven't heard of a lot of these! DS likes: Sequence Jr. (his favorite) The Ladybug Game Toot and Otto Lego Robo Champ (ugh) I keep my nice Ravensburger games in the school room on a low shelf, and we don't think of them! I need to put them in the living room. He's not quite ready for Enchanted Forest or Labyrinth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 We love Uno, Wig Out, Dominoes, Bingo, Hi Ho Cherry O, and Memory. My boys are 3 and 5 and I limit games to those they can play cooperatively and without my direct guidence (because I can't ALWAYS play with them). All of these have fit that bill for us :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahj Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 DD5's current favorites: Hisss Kids of Carcassone Hullabaloo Rat-a-Tat Cat DD3's current favorites: Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Candyland Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks Zingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Our favorite game for this age is Harvest Time...It's also a cooperative game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lumpy Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 DD (3.5yo) loves: Richard Scarry BusyTown Sneaky Snacky Squirel Candyland Eeboo Build a Robot Silly Socks We have several others, but she doesn't care for them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Thank you Punchie for mentioning the Hoot Owl game. I looked it up on Amazon, and it is a little old for DD. But, the same company has one where you work together to get all the runaway chicks back to the coop for the Mother Hen. That has been a hit. It made me thankful to the internet and Amazon. As a kid, my family was really into games. My parents would have gleefully bought the same games I am gleefully buying now. At my parent's house the games are stored on a metal shelving unit 4' wide by 6' tall, and they don't all fit. But, because my parents were limited to what was at the local store, which for kid's games was only Chutes and Ladders and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThoughtfulMama Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Another vote for Hoot Owl Hoot, but our favorite family game is Busytown Eye Found It which is also cooperative, but challenging for both adults and kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Some new games mentioned here. Thanks! We play: UNO Scrabble jr Chess Monopoly jr Slapjack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 I wanted to add games DD started liking as a K'er since I was thinking of my 3 yr old when I posted this: Spot It! Animal Yahtzee Parcheesi Rush Hour Jr. Frog Juice (she needed a bit of help w/the addition, but she loves the game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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