Board Games

5 years & up. These games provide opportunities for social interaction and bonding, fostering communication, teamwork, and sportsmanship skills among players of all ages. Additionally, such games enhance cognitive abilities, including critical thinking, strategy development, and problem-solving skills, as players must anticipate their opponent's moves while planning their own. Classic board games help support the development of fundamental skills such as counting, color recognition, fine motor… More »

3 - 6 years. This favorite game is ideal for non-readers. The game teaches color recognition and matching while reinforcing the lesson of taking turns and being a gracious winner or loser. Includes 4 gingerbread pawns, gameboard, card deck, and instructions in English and Spanish.

6 years & up. Includes wood hinged playing board, 48 glass stones, and rules. For 2 players.

3 years & up. This delightful classic game is a great way to introduce preschoolers to the learning and fun of playing games. Teaches simple counting, number recognition and social skills.

4 years & up. The object of the game is move all of the owls to the nest before the sun rises. Players take turns, but work together. Because Hoot Owl Hoot! is a cooperative game, players play any of the owls -- no one player has a single owl they are trying to get back to the nest. The basic game is easy enough for first time game players and can be made infinitely more challenging simply by adding more owl tokens into the game.

6 years & up. Checkers is a strategy board game which involves diagonal moves. A two player game, the diagonal moves of uniform games pieces often leads to mandatory captures of your opponent's pieces. This game sets includes a folding game board, solid interlocking plastic, checkers and rules. A 2 player classic game great for children of all ages.

3 years & up. The game of rewards and consequences. As children travel along the game path, they encounter situations that reward them for good deeds by letting them climb the ladders or punish them for misbehaving by sending them down chutes. All the while, they are learning to recognize numbers and count to 100. Includes Gameboard, Spinner with Arrow, 4 Pawns with Plastic Stands, and instructions in English and Spanish.

3 years & up. The baby chicks have flown the coop®! All players work together to help Mother Hen collect her chicks and bring them back to the coop® before Mother Hen gets to the last space on the board. With cooperative games, the stress of losing goes away because players are playing as a team against a common obstacle and not against each other. Count Your Chicken eliminates stress, empowers young learners, and teaches kids that playing together can be fun!

5 years & up. From the classic tale of cooperation comes this simple game where players work together to "cook" a soup by making matches of ingredients. Match all of the ingredients before the fire under the kettle goes out and everyone wins! Unlike most memory matching games, Stone Soup encourages kids to help each other find the matches. In this way, kids work together, they help each other, and they practice just what the Stone Soup story is all about -- cooperation!

4 years & up. Discuss a variety of emotions with this exciting Emotion-oes Board Game for Social Emotional Learning and Collaborative Play. This board game offers a new twist on the long beloved game of dominoes. Encourage children to match the cards as you discuss how to regulate the emotions. Learning games are a perfect tool for engaging children in the development of social skills. Includes 56 emotion-oes cards and resource guide.

4 years & up. This specifically-designed game has a picture charade on every card so that non-readers can play along with older kids. It's great fun as the whole family tries to guess the charades before time runs out. Contents includes: 150 character cards with 450 charades, game die, sand timer, and rules. Three or more players.