We’re a bunch of Harry Potter fanatics around here…we’ve all taken the Pottermore Sorting and Patronus Quizzes, read the books independently and together, listened on audio, watched the movies, dressed up as its characters for Halloween…so it was high time we played a Harry Potter board game! Battle for the Castle is superbly congruous with […]
Science
Two-player games are AWESOME. With six boy, sometimes more is NOT merrier… 2 player games keep the interpersonal skills at a manageable level, and it’s fun for just two of my boys to get to spend some quality time together. Everybody takes turns playing though, this game gets A TON of mileage! It’s also one […]
Games are my favorite way to add some fun and curiosity to a science unit, and Bugs’N’Slugs is a really fun, active, and super educational board game for elementary science. Each player chooses a bug as their player’s token, begins on the starting square and rolls the die to travel around the board, answering questions […]
Professor Noggin trivia games are some of the most educational games we have in our collection. My kids love to pull them out around the table at meal times, on trips in the car, at night before bed, they love to quiz each other and learn awesome new stuff. There are dozens of different titles […]
Games are such great mind-food for children’s imaginations, and the thing I really love about games is that they require active work from the brain. Many games give children an opportunity to put themselves into a fantastical world. Games have have been an invaluable gameschooling tool and have provided our family with so much material […]
We use games for a lot of our curriculum, but we also play just for fun, and the thing is…there really isn’t any difference. Learning is learning, and learning is ALWAYS during game play with kids. Dr. Eureka is a fast and fun dexterity/logic game where players each have 3 test tubes with 2 […]
Science is another really easy subject to gameschool, and it doesn’t necessarily replace all scientific reading or experimenting, but games are a great way to introduce or bring some fun into a unit study about a particular subject. Photosynthesis is the perfect supplemental game for any science unit study about plants or trees or the […]
“From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a peaceful year have passed in Everdell — but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities to be established. You will be the leader of a group of critters intent on just such a task. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, […]
We cannot get enough of quick logic games. My boys love the strategizing, blocking opponents, and playing with each other and their friends, and Battle Sheep almost always gets pulled out first when we have friends over to play! It’s a quick game and takes about 20 minutes to play, start to finish. Two to […]
This is clearly a game for our dinosaur loving friends! If you’re not a huge dinosaur fan, that’s ok, you’ll still love this game! Dinosaur Island is an amusement park themed (think Jurassic Park) strategy game for players 8+. Learning a new game always feels a little daunting and sometimes games can feel more complicated […]
