Category: games
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Science Games for School
Science games are much more difficult to come by in stores, unless you head specifically to a school supply store, and then it’s pretty much a regurgitation of what you’ve learned in a trivial pursuit style. Still there are SOME gameschooling games that are fun to play, and I’ll tell you most of these are geared towards…
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Deck Building Games
A couple of days ago we played Dominion. It’s a relatively simple game, and as we were playing it I was reminded of just how much I enjoy deck-building games, and what a great addition they are to our gameschooling portfolio. We have several, and it’s now time to break out my favorites. (there are…
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Worker Placement Games
We have loads of different types of games. One of my favorite types of gameschooling is Worker Placement Games. I love the strategy of this, and how you don’t necessarily have to mess with the other players’ games. I admit, I’m a big fan of the Eurogames that aren’t super interactive with each other, you’re…
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Geography games
When I was in school I hated geography lessons, I actively avoided taking it in high school because I didn’t want to spend the year memorizing names of places. Then I had a high school history teacher who taught me the importance of geography, and now I emphasize this with our gameschooling with some great…
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Cooperative Games
Our family loves cooperative games. For years it was because those were the only ones my daughter would play, but eventually, it became because we enjoyed the fun of working together. As a result, we’ve collected quite a few games to play together, and they make for a fun bit of gameschooling. After years of…