I have come up with a math board game (we call it leap-frog math) that works well for multiple ages. Mommy, Daddy, daughters ages 8, 6 and 4 can all play together using different flash cards ranging from color/shape to reading numbers to addition/subraction. I can probably let the 1.5 year old son join with animal identification soon, and let him move his piece wherever he wants. If anyone is interested in this game, I can share a picture of the gameboard we made and the rules we’ve used.
I’m working on a scrabble game for the same bunch using their word lists. I’m printing the word endings with which we’ve worked as well as some common letter combinations and using the delightful reader letter tiles. I’m printing three of each in each direction — horizontal and vertical, so there are six total. I think the four-year-old will be able to take a word ending and match it up with letter tiles, using the list for reference. I think I’ll print the word endings with color font or with background shadings and leave the common letter combinations black on white.
Our printer went out, so I’ve got it ready to print but can’t print it yet. I’ll have to play it a few times to see how I’ll do assigning tiles. If anyone does the scrabble game, I will mention that you have to do the grid slightly bigger than the letter tiles. Exactly the same size is not enough room.
Friday is game day, so I come up with lots of game ideas. We also travel a lot (as missionaries), so I have come up with various on the road (or in the air) games.