Games are the perfect way to infuse some delight and wonder into your homeschool. Did you know some homeschoolers build their entire curriculum around games? Even if you don’t go that far, we all know that learning happens best when kids are engaged and having fun. Adding one of these games to your homeschool day is sure to put a smile on your children’s faces and help them learn without even realizing it.
Zingo! 1-2-3
Your little ones won’t even realize they’re practicing counting, pattern recognition and number matching skills. Designed for ages 4 to 6, this is a game older kids and adults won’t mind joining in!
Dinosaur Makers
Preschoolers will love this innovative game where players race to build a three-dimensional dinosuar. Perfect for ages 3 to 5, your kids will practice recognizing colors and shapes, while building hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
Sum Swamp
Players add and subtract the numbers on the dice to travel through the swamp. If you’re using flashcards to practice basic arithmetic with your 5 to 8-year-olds, try this to reinforce the same skills in a playful way.
Balance Beans
Balance Beans is a single-player game that teaches basic math and physics to kids a young as 5. With 40 balancing challenges of increasing difficulty, players will have to use logic and reasoning to find the solution.
SomeBody
If studying the human body is in your homeschool plans, you’ll definitely want to pick up SomeBody. With 5 different human anatomy games of increasing difficulty, you’ll find something for every student from kindergartners up to fifth grade. You’ll learn the names of organs, bones and muscles as well as their functions and locations. There are even ideas for simple experiments to build on the facts you’re learning.
Big Box of Sentence Building
Your kids will love playing around with words using these 250 color-coded puzzle pieces. This game can be used for practicing sight words, building silly sentences, working with different parts of speech, or modelling grammar skills in a hands-on way. Great for ages 5 and up.
Blokus
Blokus is a strategy game that kids as young as 5 can grasp. Reminiscent of Tetris, you place your different shaped tiles on the board, but each tile must be touching one of your previously placed pieces in just one corner. You have to plan ahead to block your opponents, take over new territory, and fit in all your tiles before you run out of room.
Money Bags: A Coin Value Game
This is the game for practicing money skills like counting coins and making change. Perfect for preschoolers to elementary aged kids, they’ll practice counting by 5’s and 10’s, recognizing different types of coins and bills, and calculating how much each is worth.
Pizza Fraction Fun
Fractions can be tricky, but this hands-on game makes them easy to grasp. With seven different games for different levels of mastery your kids can practice concepts like naming fractions, identifying equivalents and adding and subtracting fractions. Designed for 2 – 6 players, ages 6 and up.
Bananagrams
If your family loves Scrabble or Boggle, you’ll definitely want to give Bananagrams a try! This one is easy to toss in a bag or purse to pull out while waiting at a restaurant or killing time at an appointment. Everyone in the family can play at once and it’s fun for any age once your kiddos have some basic spelling skills (usually ages 7 and up is ideal). Even big kids and teenagers will want to join in the fun!
Sequence
This classic game is a great one for practicing strategy and logic. Accommodating up to 12 players at a time, it’s perfect for large families where everyone wants to get in on the action. Designed for ages 7 up to adults.
Q-Bitz
Players race to match the pattern with their 16 colored cubes in this challenging game of spatial reasoning and speed. Fun for kids ages 8 and up, you can play with 2 to 4 players.
Rush Hour
This single player logic game will provide hours of entertainment for your kids ages 8 and up. With 40 different challenges for beginners up to experts, kids can progress at their own pace while sharpening cognitive skills.
Where in the World?
If you’re studying world geography, this is the game for your family. With 6 different ways to play including both card games and board games, you’ll learn names and locations of countries and regions, facts about different countries, and current events. Great for ages 8 and up.
We hope you find an awesome game (or two) to add to your family collection and experience the fun of learning through games!
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