There is no greater gift you can give parents than a single player logic game for their kids. I’m serious. Single player logic games do the following: Increase kids’ brain power; and Keep the quietly busy for house of independent play. Convinced, yet? I thought so. We happen to have a rather larger than average…
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Games
Kids learn all sorts of skills by playing games. We have family game night at least once a week and the kids spend a lot of time playing by themselves, too. Here you will find both DIY games, especially math games, as well as our games of the month which include instructions and tips for playing with younger kids at the table.
We are especially fond of DIY games from around the world, you can view all our traditional games and instructional videos here.
Kolowis Awithlaknannai: Fighting Serpents Game
Kolowis Awithlaknannai, also known as “Fighting Serpents,” is a traditional abstract strategy game from the Zuni people. The Zunis are Native American Pueblo people from the region presently occupied by New Mexico. The game board consists of pairs of triangles. Traditionally, Kolowis Awithlaknannai is played on a board of 30 pairs of triangles, with 23…
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Best Games for Kids Ages 10-15
You can’t play Candyland forever. Thank goodness. Our family plays a lot of games. A lot. In order to curate this collection of the best kids for ages 10-15, I’ve taken note of the way different types of games strike their fancy as they get older. This in-between age of not-quite-a-teen to not-quite-an-adult has them…
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Go Boom, A Family “Trick-Taking” Card Game
Sometimes you look at your game closet and you want to play something new! But you don’t want to a) spend more money or b) take time to learn a set of complicated instructions. If you already have a standard deck of cards (and I know you do), the choice is clear: Go Boom. We…
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Game of the Month: Marshmallow Test
Are you familiar with the famous “Marshmallow Test?” The one that is supposed to measure how well kids can draw upon their willpower in order to delay gratification? Well, Gamewright has come up with a new trick-taking card game inspired by Walter Mischel’s famous (or infamous) Stanford social-science research project. Note: this post contains affiliate…
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Game of the Month: Azul
Azul may be the most gorgeous game we’ve ever featured as a game of the month! Azul, made by Plan B Games, is a tile placement game in which players race to earn points by completing horizontal and vertical lines of tiles on their “wall.” The stunningly colorful game design was inspired by azulejos, a…
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Games that Get Kids Moving and Thinking
Board and card games at the table are fun, but kids need to MOVE! It’s no secret that many kids benefit from moving their bodies while learning. What’s more, combining gross motor skills and fine motor skills activities enhances the benefits of both and can boost executive function skills just like some of our favorite…
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Game of the Month: Abandon All Artichokes
Ready for a heartless card game? You may be thinking, “What? Of course not!” But you are. You are totally ready. Because the game is Abandon All Artichokes! Abandon All Artichokes is a “deck-wrecking” game from Gamewright. It’s like no other game we’ve ever played and we can’t get enough of it. When it was…
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