Family Board Game Review: South of the Sahara
Linda Wrobel Journey through story local games to three regions of Africa in South of the Sahara by MathMinds Games. This is a cross-curricular game that weaves Math, Literacy, and Social Studies…
7 Board Games That Teach Math Skills (and are actually FUN)!
Guest Writer By: Samantha Oestreicher, guest writer Editor’s note: Samantha is a college math teacher who also writes a blog entitled, “Social Mathematics.” She offered to share some of her expertise with…
Teaching Math By Making Up Your Own Rules for the Pokemon TCG!
Guest Writer: Nicole Tanner Lots of games are designed specifically to teach something. But often, you can find ways to teach with otherwise “un-educational” games. My daughter’s interest in Pokémon…
Family Board Game Review: Poop The Game
Poop the Game from Breaking Games is a toilet and pooping themed card game. It is a 2-5 player game recommended for ages 6 and up. A second deck, labeled…
Indiegogo Board Game Review – Three Sticks
Kelly Allard Kitki 2-4 Players Family 30+ Minutes COMPETITIVE A long time ago, when I was a child myself, tic-tac-toe was an endless stream of winless frames. My mother showed me the…
The Counting Kingdom Review
Stephen Duetzmann Little Worlds Interactive Reviewed on Mac, available on PC Overall Review The Counting Kingdom is a PC & Mac learning game that is available on Steam. It is designed to…
Board Game Review: Prime Climb
Math 4 Love 2-4 Players Ages 10+ 15+ Minutes (Highly dependent on skill) COMPETITIVE/KICKSTARTER Racing into a growing spiral, faster and faster as the magnitude increases monotonically. Decahedrons, your only…
Board Game Review – Robot Turtles
Jenna Duetzmann By: Jennifer Duetzmann 1-4 players (plus one adult) Ages 3-8 Thinkfun (Dan Shapiro) $25.00 Robot Turtles is a family board game created to teach kids computer programming. It is simplistic…
Teaching Your Child Math Using Tabletop Roleplaying Games
By: Kelly Allard Way back when I was young and sans kids, my friends and I would stay up until the wee hours of the night doing nothing but table-top…
Toddlers and Games: Building Blocks to Learning!
Editor’s note: Mondays from here on out are going to be “Gamer Mom Mondays.” Check back every week for some fresh perspective and advice from moms who love to play…