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 ...
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Dinosaur Escape Game
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Dinosaur Escape is my 5 year old's favorite game. It is the one he is most likely to pull out and "play" on his own and the one that his siblings and I are most likely to join in. A fun, quick, cooperative game based on dinosaurs that the whole family can play and doesn't result in tears? Yes, ...
Mystery at the Lux Museum: A Review
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!"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
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!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 ...
Clumsy Thief
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!What I love about Clumsy Thief is that not only is it fun, but it also helps my kids with their math skills. My 8 year old is pretty good at math, but he still gets confused sometimes and thinks that 85 plus 25 is 100. Some things just take practice, and this game is a great way for kids to get in ...
Sleeping Queens
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!This is my new favorite game for family game night. The box says 8 and up, but my 6 year old can play independently and my 4 year old can play when he "partners" with his dad or me. It is a fantastic mix of simple strategy and luck giving even the youngest players a chance at winning, while still ...
Ruckus Junior
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!My 3 year old and I sometimes have issues. Yes, I know...if I can't get along with a 3 year old, it probably says more about my maturity level than it does about his. However, I have to say that this game (Ruckus Jr.) is really helping our relationship. Product: Ruckus Junior Company: Imagination ...
Escape the Room: Stargazer’s Manor
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!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
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!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
This site uses affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!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 ...