It’s here! Our ultimate gamelist!
Do you want to add more play to your day?
Are you interest in adding more game-based learning to your homeschool?
Do you want to build a family culture of games, fun, and connection?
Would you love to have a go-to list of games, organized by subject, for those days when your kiddos are crying over their math books?
Ultimate Gamelist: A Free Library of Gameschool Resources
Well, guess what I finally did? I finally made a landing page with all of my game posts, organized by subject. Then, I added some of my favorite resources. Finally, I tossed in some free printables. It’s the Ultimate Gamelist.
And I’m adding to this gamelist all the time:
You can also get access by signing up for our FREE 31-Day #GameschoolChallenge
Here are the details on the challenge….
- You will receive daily e-mails from me (one per day for 31-days)
- Each e-mail will focus on one aspect of gameschooling
- E-mails will include thoughtful gaming strategies and advice, specific recommendations, and helpful handouts
- I will provide you with daily mini-challenges and discussion questions
- I will walk you through the basics of gameschooling so that games can become an integral part of your family routine
- By the end of 31-days, your family will be having more fun, learning through play together, and making memories
What you will get:
- My best advice for adding more play to your day and learning with educational games
- Access to The My Little Poppies Gamelist, a free subscriber-only resource library.
- Personal support and encouragement in our private Facebook Group where we will chat about gameschooling and learning through play
- If you are joining the #GameschoolChallenge during our inaugural month (January 2017), you’ll want to keep reading because I have giveaway details below!
How much is it?
The Gameschool Challenge costs nothing. Nada! Zero! Zilch!
Click the image below to enter the #GameschoolChallenge:
Now, it’s your turn. Tell me: What is your biggest obstacle when it comes to playing games with your family? Share here!
Cait has created several courses for homeschool parents. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.
Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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noreen
My biggest obstacle is *ME*! I’ve never been a big game player. My kids want to play! But, mom is no fun.
As Noreen said, I’m the biggest obstacle. Too easily distracted by all the urgent tasks clamoring for attention…
That’s a common issue- happens here, too!
Kate P
Castle Panic is our current favorite.
Felicia Mathis
We are loving this challenge! My favorite game right now is either Telestrations or Qwirkle! My boys would say the Grouchy Ladybug board game!
I love that you love it!
My favorite board game is Shogun!
Michaela Jackson
Right now our favorite board game is Race to the Treasure. It’s great for my 3 - and 6 year old and as parents, we have fun too!
Renee
I’m so indecisive, that’s probably it. My favorite game was always Uno as a child, although we played many.
Charlene
Mastermind was always a favorite of mine!
Tara
With young dyslexic kids, the favorite has always been Candyland.
Hoping to increase our game repoirtoire (no idea if I spelled that right, lol) with this challenge 🙂
Jeannie
I think my favorite game depends on who I’m playing with! With the kids (5 & 10), we’ve recently enjoyed Big Picture Apples to Apples, but Pandemic and Ticket to Ride are favorites too. I also love several Cranium games, and I have fond memories of Taboo and Scattergories from my teen years.
Elizabeth
My favorite board game is Clue. I hadn’t played it in years and we just got it for the kids as a Christmas gift. They really like it too.
I love Rummikub and Blokus but the kids’ favorite is Connect Four!
Emily
My kids are loving Sum Swamp and Sneaky Snacky Squirrel right now.
Courtney
This is so much fun, Cait! My favorite game is Scrabble, so much so that I have 5 different versions! The boy’s favorite (today ?) is
The Game of Life!
We seem to run out of time with complicated games, so our go-to has become Spaceteam.
Ashley Jenkins
Our favorite board game as a family is Catan Junior, and my favorite game to play with my husband is Pandemic! We are loving the Gameschool Challenge! Thank you for your posts, Cait!
Angie Black
We are loving Dragonwood and Prime Climb right now! Thank you for all of the wonderful information and for helping to bring play to the forefront of our homeschool?
Janelle
Our favorite game right now is Codenames. I’m really wanting to love Roborally, but I need to find a way to not let the timer stress me (or my kids!) out!
Rachel
We love Ticket to Ride!
Our current favorite game is Payday when our youngest is playing and Sequence when it’s the older boys and my husband and I.
Melodie Swope
Our favorite game is UNO! 🙂
Jenn P
Right now, our favorite game is probably Sushi Go! or Dragonwood. We are also big Harry Potter Clue fans.
Julie
My favorite for my husband and I is Agricola (or the two person version). For my kids, we enjoy Castle Keep.
Daria
Clue and Monopoly Jr. are our favorites right now. They’re both new to us.
Amber
Our favorite game right now is 7 Wonders. We just ventured into the world of card collecting type games and we are LOVING it. So much so that after only 10 play throughs of 7 Wonders I had to pick up an expansion. I think I am an expansion addict as much as I am a board game addict! haha.
We also played PicWits last night as a family to include our 6 year old and HE LOVED it. So I sense that will be a new family favorite!
Lacy
Our biggest obstacle is having enough child friendly games. My oldest is 4 and we only have about 5 games that he can play. So it’s a lot of the same thing over and over and me trying to get creative with what we do have.
Our favorite family adult board game is sheriff of nottingham. I would say that upper middle schoolers could play this as well.
Lacy
Our favorite family adult board game is sheriff of nottingham. I would say that upper middle schoolers could play this as well.
Barbara
My favorite boardgames is Qwirkle. 🙂
Right now, our favorite games are:
DS10: 7 Wonders (I REALLY like this, too)
DS8: Sleeping Queens (I enjoy this because the games play quickly)
noreen
I used to love Trivial Pursuit when I was younger… I just ordered a few new board games for my kids, so hopefully we will find a new favorite soon!
Jessica Garcia
Hmmmm…..Sometimes it’s me. I detest those really long games with very little strategy. Sometimes it’s my 8 year old board flipper!
Anna
I’m trying to sign up for access to the Ultimate Gamelist but whenever I type my details in and hit subscribe nothing happens. Help!
Anna, I am sorry for this. Could you please check your spam folder for the next 24 hours? If you do not receive anything, you can email me with permission to add your address manually. Thanks and sorry for the trouble!