When I learned to read, I vividly recall the stories of Jane, Dick and Spot. I can’t remember the last time I saw one of those as my girls had a much larger selection when they were learning to read. Now, kids have the option of books like The Adventures of Jam and Jelly! No peanut butter or bread included if you win this giveaway from Golden ...
I have so many fond memories of the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, but I don’t think there was a card game about it back in the day or we would have owned it! While our girls are too old to appreciate the one we recently discovered from Briarpatch / University Games, we opted included it in our recent Stocking Stuffers gift g ...
We’ve been talking about puzzles a lot lately. Between the jigsaw puzzle tournament I attended and the EXIT game series, I kind of have puzzles on the brain. As we outlined in our puzzle gift guide over the holidays, puzzles come in all shapes, sizes and types. There are jigsaw puzzles, 3D puzzles, puzzles inspired by Rubik’s cubes, cyl ...
As much as I love strategy games, it’s always fun when we find kids’ games that parents enjoy like Pop Rocket from Goliath Games. First inclination is that it’s something from Space Camp, a game about Marshal Flight Center or some kind of outdoor activity but it’s not! This indoor game for younger kids is quick, easy and fun ...
We’ve always touted the educational opportunities available by playing games. It doesn’t matter if you just want to learn something new, play a game where you can talk about how it relates to history or even using a game in a “gameschooling” curriculum – there’s always bits of knowledge that can be picked up. Cas ...
Over the years, we’ve played a lot of vertical games that have a board very similar to Connect 4. Some examples include Wordrop word game, Drop It from Kosmos, Make 7 math game, Shift Tac Toe and Tetris Link to name a few. Break Out from MegaBleu uses some of these ideas with the goal of connecting the top to the bottom to escape from prison! ...
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear, “Henry the 8th” (Henry VIII)? There are two things that I immediately think of. First, I start singing the lyrics to Herman Hermit’s “I’m Henry the eighth I am” song. C’mon, you have to admit that’s what runs through your head too! Second, ...
I have a bad habit of finishing people’s sentences and I know it’s a weakness that I need to work on. While some say it’s “thinking alike”, other people look at it as interrupting. I totally understand and get annoyed when people do it to me also. But then we find games that encourage people to think alike so what can ...
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