Sorry! Sorry! is a board game that is based on the ancient Cross and Circle game Pachisi. Players try to travel around the board with their pieces faster than any other player. Sorry! is marketed for two to four players, ages six through adult. The game title comes from the many ways in which a player can negate the progress of another, while issuing an apologetic "Sorry!" Counting, adding, and subtracting
Connect 4 Connect Four is a two-player connection game in which the players first choose a color and then take turns dropping colored discs from the top into a seven-column, six-row vertically suspended grid. The pieces fall straight down, occupying the next available space within the column. The object of the game is to connect four of one's own discs of the same color next to each other vertically, horizontally, or diagonally before your opponent. The first player can always win by playing the right moves. Counting, Strategy, and Spatial Perception
Uno UNO is for 2-10 players ages 7 and over. Every player starts with seven cards, and they are dealt face down. The rest of the cards are placed in a pile face down. Next to the pile a space should be designated for a discard pile. The top card should be placed in the discard pile, and the game begins! Counting, Adding, and Subtracting
Perfection The object in Perfection is to put all the pieces into matching holes on the board (pushed down) before the time limit runs out. When time runs out, the board springs up, causing many, if not all, of the pieces to fly out. In the most common version, there are 25 pieces to be placed (the holes form a 5x5 grid) within 60 seconds. An advanced version (Superfection) requires the player to put together 16 two-piece puzzle cubes within two minutes. Strategy, Geometry, Attributes, Patterns
Chutes and Ladders Climb up and slide down in the exciting game of ups and downs, Chutes and Ladders! You and the character on your pawn can see the square marked 100, but it s not so easy to get there. If you land on a good deed, you can shimmy up a ladder, but land on the wrong spot and you ll shoot down a chute! Spin the spinner to see how many spots you ll move. Will your new spot send you down or move you up, up, up? Slip, slide and see if you can win at Chutes and Ladders! Counting, Adding, and Subtracting
Alphabet Go Fish Do you have a C?" Ask for the match to your alphabet letters and make pairs to win. What letter will you get from the pile if you have to 'Go Fish?. 52 beautifully designed cards combine the simple fun of the classic card game with learning alphabet letters - the Peaceable Kingdom hallmark of fun and learning in one! Letter identification
Boggle Jr The prelude to Boggle one of the best learning games for older kids is Boggle Junior, in which players link pictures to letters and words. The game comes with 6-sided letter cubes and numerous picture cards that have the name of the object spelled below. Players place a card on a blue tray and use 3- or 4-letter cubes to copy the item's spelling. Older children can hide the written words and spell the word just using the picture. Letter identification, blending words, spelling, phonics
Hedbandz Spice up your family game night with the Hedbanz Board Game, a fun, fast-paced, and simple question game that everyone aged 6 and up can enjoy. In a group of two to six players, you'll draw an identity card for an animal, food, or common object but with one catch-- everyone but you will see the card, displayed by the headband on your forehead. The goal is to deduce who or what you are by asking the players questions before the clock runs out. Vocabulary, categorizing, question generating
Rummikub Rummikub's main component is a pool of tiles, consisting of 104 number tiles and two or more joker tiles. The number tiles range in value from one to thirteen, in four colors ( black, yellow, blue and red, or other). Each combination of color and number is represented twice. Players each have a rack (container) to store tiles, without revealing the face of the tiles to the other players. Attributes, Patterns, and Geometry
Stone Soup Stone Soup - An Award Winning Yummy Memory Matching Game with Spice! Stone Soup is the game drawn from the classic tale of cooperation. In this simple game, players work together to "cook" a soup by making matches of ingredients. Match all the the ingredients before the fire under the kettle goes out and everyone wins! Comprehension, sequencing, following directions
Scrabble This is the younger cousin of the tremendously educational and challenging Scrabble, which we all know and love. Using large yellow letter tiles, players match letters to words already written on one side of the board. The reverse side has an open grid where older children can create their own words. Letter identification, spelling, vocabulary, addition
Taboo Taboo is a word guessing party game published by Hasbro. The objective of the game is for a player to have their partners guess the word on the player's card without using the word itself or five additional words listed on the card. Vocabulary, Context Clues
Tri-Ominos Tri-Ominos is a fun variation on the classic domino game where players earn and lose points based on luck and skill. In Tri-Ominos are laying tiles that match up to other tiles in the play area, with the goal to get points and be rid of tiles. In tri-ominos, the pieces are triangles with numbers that mat are matched on each side. Each triangle has 3 numbers at the points, so to place a piece next to it. It must match two numbers on the side. An excellent choice for family game night. Counting, Adding, Subtracting, and Strategy