Children's Games: A World of Fun and Learning
Children's games in the world of board gaming are specifically designed to be accessible, enjoyable, and often educational for young players. These games often prioritize simple rules, colorful designs, and themes that resonate with a younger audience.
Key Characteristics
- Simplicity: Children's games feature straightforward gameplay to ensure that young players can understand and engage without frustration.
- Short Duration: They typically have a quick playtime, keeping within the attention span of a child.
- Educational Aspect: Many are designed to teach or reinforce skills such as counting, simple strategy, cooperation, and motor skills.
- Engagement: Use of bright colors, friendly characters, and physical components to captivate children.
Examples and Benefits
- Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders are classic examples that help with color recognition and counting.
- Animal Upon Animal offers a fun way to develop fine motor skills.
- Co-operative games, like Hoot Owl Hoot, encourage teamwork and social skills.
Appeal to Families
Children's games also serve as a gentle introduction to board gaming, offering a shared activity that can bring families together in playful interaction.
In summary, children's games play an important role in board gaming, providing a foundation for learning and family bonding through play.
Children's Game with Modular Board
Children's Game published by International Playthings
Theodore Tugboat Cargo Game
$24.95
Welcome to the Big Harbor where Theodore the Tugboat and his friends spend their busy days. Young players move their tugboats from port to port, hoping to be the first to collect 4 different colored chips.
3 y/o +
2 to 5 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Dice Game and Children's Game
Children's Game published by Hollandspiele
Mark Herman's Ribbit
$34.95
"The Jump, Move, and Block game" from veteran designer Mark Herman is perfect both for small, clever children and for grown-ups of any size. Ribbit is a quick, simple, and subtle no-luck racing game in which the first to cross the finish line isn't ...
7 y/o +
2 players
5 minutes
Children's Game
Card Game and Children's Game
Children's Game published by Blue Orange Games
Family Game and Children's Game
Children's Game published by Mattel
Children's Game published by Smart Games
Summertime... people are relaxing in the sun and kids are playing in the sand....But on a busy beach, it’s easy to get lost. Can you help the children find a path to their friends and beach toys without stepping on someone? Puzzle Beach is a travel ...
Puzzle Beach Travel Game
$9.99
A (w)hole lot of fun!Can you place all puzzle pieces on the game board so that the mice look through the holes in the cheese?Sometimes holes stay empty, but half-holes are not permitted in the solutions, except on the edge of the square.
Brain Cheezer Travel Game
$11.99
Children's Game with Roll / Spin and Move
In The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition board game, players choose to play as Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Yoshi, journeying through the Mushroom Kingdom, and finally spinning to win in a battle against Bowser! They move around the looping paths of the ...
Game of Life - Super Mario
$44.99
$21.59
In this Monopoly board game, players can enjoy island life and immerse themselves in the colorful and creative world of Animal Crossing New Horizons. Moving around the board with tokens inspired by the video game, players complete island tasks and meet...
Monopoly - Animal Crossing New Horizons
$9.00
$8.95
Children's Game published by Pressman
Strategy Game and Children's Game
Children's Game published by Print & Play Productions
Social City Game
$44.95
In Social City: The Board Game, players navigate their way along the board tiles, collecting resources and resolving scenarios on their way to managing problems of all sizes!Contents:18 Problem Cards (6 bump, 6 hill, 6 mountain) 200 Scenario Cards (...
5 y/o +
2 to 5 players
20 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Buffalo Games
Chickapiglets
-26%
$14.95
$11.00
A New Matching Game of Animal Hybrids!Designed for children ages 4+A Cooperative Board Game for kids!Why’d the Chickapig cross the board?To get to the other side, duh!Well sometimes that’s true, but today, Little Joe Chickapig has something else on ...
4 y/o +
2 to 4 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game designed by Max Kobbert
Junior Labyrinth (2nd Edition)
$9.00
Here's a junior version of the great game classic “The aMAZEing Labyrinth”, simple to play but full of surprises to play but full of surprises. Young players will find the extra-large maze pieces easy to handle as they shift the walls in search of treasures...
5 y/o +
2 to 4 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by University Games
Very Hungry Caterpillar Game, The
$25.00
Players spin the spinner and move their caterpillar box around the board, adding food pieces to their box. At various points, players must collect enough food to proceed. First player around the board wins.
3 y/o +
2 to 4 players
20 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Adventerra Games
Ecologic Puzzle - Animals at Risk
$9.95
In this memory game, children match an animal at risk with their babies and learn about their habitats. The colors of the backgrounds and the illustrations on the large pieces help players to match the cards. This game introduces children to the concept...
2 y/o +
1 to 2 players
30 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Spin Master
From Disney’s newest movie, this children’s board game will soon become the new family favorite. The world of Encanto is waiting for you and your kids. The unique look and magical game play are the perfect addition to your living room shelf for family...
Encanto - The House of Charms
$9.95
$9.49
There’s an exciting dinosaur discovery game to play on each side of the gameboard! On the front, you’ll be playing Jurassic Hunt, searching the tokens to find dinosaurs matching the ones pictured on your card. On the gameboard back you can play 3 Dinos...
Little Game Squad - Scavenger Hunt
$8.95
Children's Game published by Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
Children's Game published by Renegade Game Studios
Children's Game published by Chronicle Books
Cat-Tastic! Board Game
-15%
$19.95
$17.00
Owning a cat is full of adventure and many unexpected things can happen along the way. Play Mudpuppy’s board game Cat-tastic! for ages 6 and up and be the first to collect six hearts by showing how well you care for your cats!This game is a stand-alone...
6 y/o +
2 to 4 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Party Game and Children's Game
Children's Game published by Cobblestone Games
Race to the Ark
$29.95
Embark on an epic adventure with Noah as your gather animals to bring to the ark before the flood comes. Race to the Ark is a children's game that grows along with your kids. Starting with simple mechanics for the youngest among us, you can layer on...
5 y/o +
2 to 4 players
30 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Wonder Forge, The
Surprise Slides Game (Cars 3 Edition)
$19.95
Skid through the turns on an ever-changing game board!
3 y/o +
2 to 4 players
30 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Little Passports
Where To? - A Travel Adventure Game
$15.95
In this travel adventure game, the world is only a scooter ride away. Experience 50 different destinations with the help of your travel buddies Sam and Sofia. Together you’ll make memories like touring the Colosseum or hiking the trail to Machu Picchu...
7 y/o +
2 to 4 players
20 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Educational Insights
Bunny Hop
$24.95
Look out, little farmers! Bunnies are eating their way through the carrot patch.Encourages children to recognize colors and remember which of their bunnies are hoppers Invites players to think fast and strategize to collect all 4 bunny colors first ...
3 y/o +
2 to 5 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Thames & Kosmos
Watch out! The cookie monsters have stolen ten cookie jars from your neighborhood and are on the loose! Can you solve their monstrous riddles and earn the cookie jars back?Working together or by themselves, children ages five and up solve various riddles...
Exit: Kids - Riddles in Monsterville
$17.95
$14.99
Ubongo Junior brings the fun and lively tile-placing play from the original hit puzzle game Ubongo to players ages five and up. Each player starts the game with seven puzzle boards and nine tiles of different shapes and colors, each displaying a different...
Ubongo! Junior
$22.95
$18.00
Children's Game published by Rather Dashing Games
Wild Kratts Endangered Wildlife Game!
$19.99
Wild Kratts Endangered Wildlife GameThe Wild Kratts Endangered Wildlife Game! is a fun and fast game where players build habitats for endangered and critically endangered animals.Play as Martin, Chris, Koki & Aviva, laying down and manipulating Tiles...
5 y/o +
2 to 4 players
20 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by 404 Editions
My First Escape Game
$6.00
404 Editions' escape boxes invite players of all ages to experience a unique family adventure. Each box contains everything they’ll need to organize their own escape game at home, with a practical guide to help them place each element in the room of...
5 y/o +
2 to 5 players
20 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Peaceable Kingdom
Fairy Game, The
$22.00
Mr. Winter is trying to freeze over the fairies’ treasured flowers! Players match Fairy Cards to gather the hidden Magic Gems before 4 snowflakes land on one flower. Special cards allow players to slow down Mr. Winter’s chill. Work together to fill ...
5 y/o +
2 to 4 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Cadaco
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
$9.00
It’s the fairy tale classic of Snow White, in a children’s board game. Spin the spinner and try to reach the finish, choosing between forked paths that offer a long, safe route and a shorter, but riskier route.
4 y/o +
2 to 4 players
20 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Asmodee
Children's Game published by Hasbro
Children's Game published by Super Duper Publications
Communicate Junior
$0.00
Revised social skills board game. 264 cards to teach 12 social skills: listening, voice, conversations, following rules, sharing/taking turns, eye contact, hygiene, body language, facial expressions, ignoring, time/place, and manners. Players go to ...
5 y/o +
2 to 6 players
15 minutes
Children's Game
Children's Game published by Wild East Game Company
Chroma Cards - Starter Set
$12.49
Chroma Cards are a uniquely designed set of cards used to play many different games. They've even been designed so that color blind individuals can use these colorful cards without any problems in identifying the cards!The starter pack includes:Deck...
10 y/o +
2 players
30 minutes
Card Game
Children's Game published by Amigo Games
Caterpillar Crawl
$9.95
A Riveting Race to Turn Over a New LeafThe 3-D caterpillars crawl across the board in a race to gobble up leaves, teaching strategy, decision-making, and impulse control along the way. Players take turns rolling the dice-when their rolls match the color...
4 y/o +
2 to 4 players
10 minutes
Children's Game