Dispelling the Myths: Video Games and Educational Value
By: Jenna Duetzmann, staff writer According to mainstream media, screen time and video games are the root of all evil. Computer and video games turn average children into monsters. Computer and video...
View Article7 Board Games That Teach Math Skills (and are actually FUN)!
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 us here...
View ArticleBoard Game Review: Timeline
Asmodee Games Ages 8+ 2-8 Players 15 Minutes COMPETITIVE When Sherlock Holmes drank his tea, did he use a tea bag or had it not been invented yet? What came first, eye glasses or whiskey? These and...
View ArticleBoard Game Review: Linkage
2-4 Players Ages 10+ 10-15 minutes COMPETITIVE Have you ever dreamed of being an enzyme? Do your thoughts drift to Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine more than you’d like to admit? Have you ever...
View ArticleBoard 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,...
View ArticleBoard Game Review: State Master
Homeschool Games 2-6 players 10+ minutes (depending on player number and skill) COMPETITIVE “….Texas has Austin, then we go north To Massachusetts’ Boston, and Albany, New York Tallahassee, Florida,...
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Board Game Review: Dixit
Asmodee Games 3-6 Players (However, 4+ is better) Ages 6+ 30+ Minutes COMPETITIVE “Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all” ― Nikolai Gogol, The Nose This is...
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The Counting Kingdom Review
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 help teach children math...
View ArticleIndiegogo Board Game Review – Three Sticks
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 most amazing game that could...
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3 DIY Reading Games That You Can Use At Home!
By: Linda Wrobel Elementary School Teacher Southington, CT Editor’s note: School is coming back into session and a lot of parents are looking into ways to help augment the learning their children are...
View Article12 Awesome Board Games that Teach Reading and Language Skills!
As parents, we are all familiar with the world of edutainment. We are bombarded with choices daily- from the endless ABC Mouse commercials to the learning description at the introduction to every Nick...
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