Board games for kids

board games kids

Children have the right to have fun as children they are, and also, thanks to play, they develop very important capacities for them. Sharing these moments with them are moments that you will remember all your life and that will unite you much more as a family. Today we talk about board games for kids, which ones are the best and what they learn thanks to them.

It cannot be said that the games have not changed in recent years. Before the playgrounds were always full, and now children prefer to play with their tablet for hours. It is not about eliminating new technologies from their lives, but giving them the right place and time, and leave space for other essential games for children and their development. Thanks to board games they learn such important concepts as patience, deduction, coordination, logic, memory, imagination, verbal expression, cooperation, motor skills, strategy, reflexes, concentration and tolerance to frustration. All very important aspects for its proper development.

Children need to spend time outdoors as we saw in the article "Benefits of playing children outdoors" and also spend time with their parents. There is time for everything, even in this society where we are always going to run, with a good organization we can set a time for them to play at home alone, to play in the outdoor park and to play with them.

From 3-4 years we can already play with themIt is important that we see the best for their age since there are them for all ages. Today we will see that both traditional and more current board games we can use with the smallest of the house to have a fun and entertaining time with them.

Board games for kids

  • Strategy board games. These games stimulate decision-making, to develop easy strategies, to work on anticipation and to improve your patience. In this section you will find games such as qwirkle, don´t let the figeon drive the bus (from 3 years old), sequence for kids, Elements, race to the treasure (from 5 years old) or classic games such as checkers, the chess, connect 4, ONE or dominoes.

board games for kids

  • Educational board games. The best way to learn while playing. There are many games on the market that are educational and we have to see games that attract the attention of the child and that they have fun. In this section you have games like the famous trivia, pictionary, time's up kids (from 4 years old), scrabble (to learn vocabulary) or risk.
  • Board games for motor skills. Among the games to develop motor skills are Jenga (for all ages), Pincha el pirate, the classic block games,
  • Board games of concentration, memory and mental speed. If what you want is for your child to work on memory and concentration, there are also games to develop them. There are the classic games like Simon says, the puzzles, Who is who. And then there are pictureka, Dobble, Sushi Go !, Ghost, I never forget a face, Penkamino and Zingo.
  • Board games to work cooperation. Because not everything is competitive. Here we have games like The forbidden island, Race to the treasure, count your chickens, Hoot Owl Hoot (from 4 years old),
  • Board games to solve problems. A very important skill in the day to day that we can work on children thanks to games like Code Master, Mastermind Towers,
  • Table games of chance. Nothing better than having a fun time thanks to chance. Among them are the mythical Parcheesi, the goose and the Monopoli.
  • Board games to work on verbal expression and imagination. In this section you will find games like Faraway, Telestrations, Apples to apples, Rory's Story Cubes, Dixit, Bananagrams and Letter by letter.

Because remember ... it is important that you choose the game according to the age of your children so that everyone can enjoy them.


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