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5 Days of Family Games for Your Homeschool

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Are you looking for family games for your homeschool?

One of the biggest homeschooling perks is the ability to play games together as often as we wish. We don’t have to squeeze a family game night into an already booked weekend, but rather we play as often as we’d like, sometimes multiple times daily. Games are an important part of our homeschool.

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5 Days of Family Games for Your Homeschool

Children learn how to navigate their world through play. When parents play alongside their children, they have the opportunity to work on a host of skills… while having fun! Games can help children with:

  • Verbal communication
  • Self-regulation
  • Turn-taking
  • Sharing
  • Listening
  • Cooperation
  • Focus and attention
  • Following directions
  • Creativity
  • Social skills
  • Learning to handle wins and losses
  • Cognitive skills such as counting, color/shape/pattern recognition, strategy, problem solving, early literacy, etc.

Picking the perfect family game for your homeschool

If you think about it, a game costs less than taking your family to the movies and the best part is that you can play the same game for years and create many memories together. But, before picking any random game off of Amazon, here are some points to consider:

  • Recommended number of players – You do not want to purchase a two-player game for a family of five.
  • Age recommendations – When selecting a game, be cognizant of the ages of the children and the recommendations made by the game manufacturers.
  • Time to play – Families these days are busy, and some families are busier than others. Most games now have an average game length on the side of the box to help with your selection.
  • Ease of use – Is this a game that the family can play right out of the box? Will it be easy for all members of the family to understand?
  • Fun factor – You want the game to be fun for all ages!
  • Challenge – If the game is too easy, the family won’t play it often. The same goes for super-complicated games.
  • Skills covered- Is there a particular area you want to work on with your children? Having trouble with math facts? Find a fantastic math game.
  • Longevity – You don’t want to pick a game that the family will outgrow quickly.

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5 Days of Family Games for Your Homeschool

Board games are a huge part of our family life and this week I’ll be sharing some of our family’s favorite games! Be sure to check back here because one link will go live each day!

  1. Day One – 10+ Family-Friendly Card Games

  2. Day Two – 10+Games to Get Kids Moving

  3. Day Three – 5+ Nature Games for Your Homeschool

  4. Day Four – 10+ Games to Make You Giggle

  5. Day Five – 10+ Amazing Math Games for Your Homeschool

    And here’s another recent favorite that I was unable to squeeze into any of the posts:

    What will you play today? We are having a game of Skippity by @mindwaretoys !

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    Love games?

    If you love games as much as we do, be sure to check out my archives. I have oodles of game-related posts. Here is a post about how we use games in our homeschool:
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    Do you love Gameschooling?

    I rely heavily on educational games in our homeschool. Read more here:

    Now, it’s your turn. Tell me: What is your family’s favorite game right now? Share here!

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  • We (and by “we” I mean my kids) love Castle Panic. I live with all these boys. The competitiveness is high. This game is amazing because we are all on the same team. Which is really nice since just going to brush your teeth is a mad race of pushing and shoving in order to “win.” It can be long. Ish. So while my kids and husband really really love it, my goldfish-like attention span does not love it. But I do absolutely love the teamwork aspect of the game.

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  • We are such a game family; we’re a family of five, which does rule out a lot of “classic” games (No Sorry! here, unless Daddy’s gone). The ones that are getting pulled off our shelf most often these days are: Catan, Forbidden Desert, Wizard, and Five Crowns. We did try Carcassonne again recently, but… It might be awhile before it comes out again.
    I keep adding to my wishlist from your posts!

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