Fun with Educational Games

We have a massive collection of educational board games, and they are perfect for when a child finishes work and looks up at the clock and there's 5 or 10 or 15 minutes until the next thing (snack, lunch, end of day routines).

I always ask them to think about what would be a good use of their time (handwork, SSR, cursive practice, flashcards, playing an educational game, tidying their space, etc.)

This morning when I woke up, Bella Luna Toys had sent out a new promotional email and there I saw a butterfly wing memory game from Laurence King Publishing. And I thought, wait, Laurence King Publishing has a new memory game? So I went to Amazon and searched Laurence King and guess what happened? There are a LOT of items that I didn't know about!

Here's a list of the ones we have -- and I think they are fantastic -- and the ones that have newly joined my wishlist:

Memory Games

Gardener's Match: A Fruit and Vegetable Memory Game - purchased
(this morning... I couldn't resist)

Who Pooped? - animal/scat - own
(we also have the matching puzzle)

Match These Bones - dinosaur/skeleton - own

Match a Track - animal/track - own

Match a Pair of Birds - male/female - own

Match a Leaf - tree/leaf - own

Find My Behind: An Animal Memory Game - wishlist

Match a Track Near You - wishlist

Pick a Flower - flower/uses & meanings - wishlist

Butterfly Wings - top/underside - wishlist

Bingo

Endangered Animals - own

Australia's Deadly Animals - own

Dog - own

Bug - own

Monkeys and Other Primates - own

Ocean - own

Bird - own

Tree - wishlist

Playing Cards

Ocean - wishlist

Art History

The Marina Abramović Method: Instruction Cards to Reboot Your Life - wishlist

We have educational games all over the house (pro tip: a linen closet has nice deep shelves and is perfect to repurpose for board games)! There's a board game closet in the upstairs hallway with games that the children can pick from at any time. I also have games that I only pull out when they go with specific main lesson block topics. Math & Science games in the Math & Science room. Language Arts, History, and Geography games in the Library.

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