Educational Game Ideas

My 8yo has a game called “Dinosaur Tracks” that he absolutely loves. It is what really taught him place value, although we give a little lip service to MUS. We also have a simple handmade game called Sum-It that we bought from an Amish family at a craft fair that really reinforced basic addition and subtraction facts. Our favorite US geography game is a funny one–the Scrambled States game (the book is great too!) I never really had to “teach” which states are where–repeated playing of Scrambled States put it right in there without my trying. For my older kids, Borderline geography games are fast-paced and tough! We also made a set of our own game, using an idea from the My Father’s World geography curriculum, that we still have and still play. It’s basically just a map for each continent for each player, a set of cards of the countries and pennies. You flip the pennies to move around the map. A die would work too. You have to chart a path across the world to “pick up” the six cards you were dealt at the beginning.

Michelle D

Oh, this is my favorite!! We LOVE the muggins games for math–www.mugginsmath.com . I have many and I had a great time visiting with the creator at the Atlanta Homeschool Fair. They are pricey, but not really for a game that will last forever. Muggins/Knockout combo is great for all the math facts and it is fun too!