Dragonwood has been a family favorite of ours for a couple years now. On my son's 6th birthday recently, he got to pick a family game to play and this one was his top choice. My kids love the concept of collecting enchantments and defeating monsters. I love that it requires critical thinking skills ...
Mid Elementary Games
Into the Forest
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This is one of the best educational games I have ever played. It teaches kids the science behind food chains. Kids can work on their math skills since you need to add a series of single digit numbers at the end to total your score. Best of all, it is really fun. Even young kids can understand the ...
Dixit
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Dixit is so creative and fun. My 7 and 10 year olds LOVE playing this game. My husband and I love it too. Since it doesn't require any reading, our 3 and 5 year olds can play with us. The younger kids don't typically win, but they can still score points, which keeps them interested. This is on of ...
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
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This is hands down my kids' new favorite game (ages 3 to 10). They got it for Christmas and we have played it several times in the past week. I'm not sure it would count as "educational" by any standards, but it definitely fosters family togetherness. It also allows kids to work on their attention ...
Clumsy Thief in the Candy Shop
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My family has been playing the original Clumsy Thief game for about a year. It is still one of my 10 year old's favorites. (See my Clumsy Thief review here.) However, that game, which involves adding to 100, is a little challenging for my 5 and 7 year olds. I was so happy to discover recently that ...
Mystery at the Lux Museum: A Review
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"This is a cool mystery. I'm sad it's almost over." The exact, unsolicited words of my 9 year old, when he and his siblings only had one out of 8 clues left to solve. If that's not an endorsement for this escape room inspired, Mystery at the Lux Museum game, I don't know what ...
Professor Noggin Games
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My kids absolutely LOVE playing these Professor Noggin games during dinner. My 8 year old in particular will pretty much beg and is super bummed if we're not able to for some reason. However, all four of my kids (ages 2, 4, 6, and 8) really enjoy playing these games and are learning a ton. Somehow ...
Escape the Room: Stargazer’s Manor
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I didn’t use this game at all as intended, but even so, I think it is fantastic! Although I'm sure it would be fun, we did not use this game at a party or with a time limit. Instead, my 7 year old son and I just did it off-and-on one Sunday afternoon. I LOVED that he was so eager to work hard for ...
No Stress Chess
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I've always loved the idea of chess...an intellectual game that requires strategy, forethought, anticipation, and practice. I'm a complete math nerd. I should be all over chess. However I never learned. Even if I had learned, I didn't have anyone to play with. Now, ever since reading and watching ...
Enchanted Forest
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For the past month, this memory-based game has replaced Busytown as our favorite go-to family game. My 7 year old is the one that likes it the best, but I enjoy it and my 4 year old can definitely play too. Even the 2 year old can sort of pretend to play, though he's messed up the board a couple ...
Michelle has a PhD in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's Degree from the California Institute of Technology. 