Educational Board Games For Kids

Boggle Jr

Boggle Jr. is as educational as it is fun, teaching players how to read and spell words.It also helps small children develop their fine motor skills. This game is more suitable for advanced preschoolers. This board game comes with several large dice with a capital letter on each side, flash cards with pictures, and a holderthat covers up the 3- or 4-letter words spelled out on each card. The object of the game is to be the one to spell the most words correctly.Just one of a good board games for kids which is very educational.

Goodnight Moon Game

This award-winning game is based on the classic book "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd. Suitable for children as young as 30 months, it has six game variations and several levels of difficulty, so it can be played by children as old as 6. Because it does not require any reading, it is a perfect first game for little ones. The game comes with a Goodnight Moon Room game board, 4 double-sided playing boards, and 24 matching cards. To play the most simple variation of the game, players match identical pictures. More advanced versions of the game require players to use memory and language skills.

Colorforms Silly Faces Stick-Ons Game

Fun and lighthearted, this game lets players exercise their creativity without having to worry about the pressure of cards or dice. Each player receives a "blank" face, and spins the arrow to see which facial feature to add next. Players can choose from a variety of silly facial features, such as googly eyes, noses and ears of many shapes and colors, mustaches, glasses, and toothy grins. The first player to complete their face is the winner, although this game can be easily enjoyed by a single player.

Sorry!

One of classic kids board games since 1934, it is a variation of the Indian game of Parcheesi. Although it can be played and enjoyed by children as young as 5, one of the benefits of Sorry! is that it is fun for all ages. To play this game, each player gets four pieces which he or she must move from "start" to "home." The movement of each piece is determined by the number on the cards the players are required to draw. Sometimes a player will draw a Sorry! card, which allows them to send an opponent's piece back to "start." This game is an excellent way for adults to introduce young children to decision-making and planning skills.

Littlest Pet Shop Game

This game is very popular with little girls, although it is just as fun for little boys as well. While it incorporates color-matching and counting skills and teaches players good sportsmanship, it is mostly one of an engaging, fast-paced, and entertaining board games for kids, that lets players take a "pet" (a turtle, puppy, kitty, or bunny) for a trip around town. The goal of the game is to be the first one to visit all of the four locations.

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