We love Zingo – and now ThinkFun What’s Gnu. This unique learning game is a great way to teach site words, vocabulary building, and reading. This word race game is easy to play. Players simply slide the clever letter getter to reveal two letter tiles. You then look at the tiles and try to make three-letter words by filling in the blanks on the Word-Starter cards. Spell the most words and you win! Perfect for family game night!

Ages: Age 3-5, Age 5-7
Categories: Board Games, Games

ThinkFun What’s Gnu - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Give your future chess master the very best start with the Pavillion Games Chess Teacher Game. In this Chess for beginners game, each game piece is marked so you can teach children strategy to build their skills. Learn what direction the pieces can go and how many spaces your piece can cover. Comes with pieces, a board, and directions.

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Games

Pavillion Games Chess Teacher Game - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Play dress up with your favorite princess with the Hasbro Pretty Pretty Princess Board Game. We love this simple board game because it teaches good sportsmanship and number recognition, while encouraging players to pile on the plastic bling. Collect all of your accessories and win the game! Simple yet perfect for toddlers just learning how to play board games.

Ages: Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7
Categories: Board Games, Games

Hasbro Pretty Pretty Princess Board Game - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Work on colors with the kids in a super-fun and original way with Beleduc Games Schmetti Coloretti. Collect the foil butterflies and help the white butterflies get their colors with the roll of the dice. Your kids will love the game and you will love teaching colors with the brightly colored foil butterflies.

Ages: Age 2-3, Age 3-5
Categories: Board Games, Education, Games

Beleduc Games Schmetti Coloretti - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Trying to figure out how to motivate the kids to help a little more around the house? The Chore Board: A Helping-Around-the-House Game is the way to convince (or bribe) the kids to get down and dirty with you. This fun game board has spots that kids can move forward by doing chores…get them to wash your car, do the dishes, bring you the paper…whatever your fancy. At the end, there is a reward of your choosing. Now sit back, relax and put those children to work!

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Books, Games

The Chore Board: A Helping-Around-the-House Game - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Mary, Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? Be the first to fill up your garden and you win, when you play the eeBoo Gathering a Garden Board Game. Race around the board and collect flowers, herbs, trees, vegetables and birds. This game is made from 75% recycled cardboard and printed with non-toxic inks. Who has the greenest thumb in your house?

Ages: Age 5-7, Age 7-10
Categories: Board Games, Eco-Friendly, Games

eeBoo Gathering a Garden Board Game - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Get out your treasure maps, it’s time to go hunting for treasure! In Cranium Cariboo Island kids will become immersed in hunting for coins and unlocking special treasure chests. This game reinforces shapes, letters, numbers and colors. There are also multiple ways to play from beginner to advanced. Cariboo Island is great fun for 3-5 year olds.

Ages: Age 3-5, Age 5-7
Categories: Board Games, Games

Cranium Cariboo Island - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Family game nights just got a little more exciting. The Goliath Rolit Clasic Game is a perfect game for family fun. This game is easy to learn but difficult to master. Rolit can be played with up to 4 players and the object of the game is to surround your opponents playing pieces with your color. The person who has the most pieces their color at the end of the game wins. Easy and fun!

Ages: Age 3-5, Age 5-7, Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Games

Goliath Rolit Clasic Game - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

We love the Cranium games. Now there is a version the whole family can play together. Cranium Family Edition still has all your favorite categories – Creative Cat, Data Head, Star Performer and Word Worm – but the family edition has challenges suitable for all ages. On your next game night get your cranium into the game! Why not try playing parents vs. kids!

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+, Parents
Categories: Board Games, Games

Cranium Family Edition - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Looking for a new fun family game? Blue Orange Zimbbos! is a great new game for 1-4 players (perfect for a family game night). It takes creativity and sense of balance to stack the circus stars on the balancing bars. Roll the dice to find out how many pachyderms to stack…just don’t knock them over! Blue Orange is a great eco-friendly company that plants 2 trees for each tree used to create their games.

Ages: Age 2-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7, Age 7-10
Categories: Board Games, Eco-Friendly, Games

Blue Orange Zimbbos! - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

SET Enterprises Five Crowns is a fun game that draws upon skills from other popular card games (like rummy). This easy to learn game gives more options to get a book or run. Try to get out, get the right combinations and watch opponents scramble. This game can be played with 2-7 players. The game has 116 cards and an instruction manual. Have fun until “the Kings go wild”.

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Games

SET Enterprises Five Crowns - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

If you like LEGO and Pictionary, you’ll love LEGO Games Creationary. Like Pictionary, one player tries to get their teammates to guess what they are making. But instead of drawing, they are creating it with LEGO blocks. The game has four different build categories and three levels of difficulty. You’ll have a blast with Creationary!

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Games

LEGO Games Creationary - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Hosting a slumber party? Worried that your underwear will end up in the freezer and your kitchen will be raided? Keep ‘em busy with The Box Girls: Mini Slumber Party Box of Questions. This fun little kit has 21 cards that have conversation starters sure to get girlies talking. It is eco-friendly and printed on recycled cards with soy ink.

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Eco-Friendly, Games

The Box Girls: Mini Slumber Party Box of Questions - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

Finally, a board game where you can win even if you have no art skills! In the Gamewright Luck of the Draw Game you might benefit from being the worst artist. Just pick a card and create your artwork in 45 seconds. The group votes on whose drawing fits one of 100 creative categories. This party game will keep you laughing!

Ages: Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Games

Gamewright Luck of the Draw Game - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.

iPlay Elephants or Ants is supposedly the “fastest, highest, smallest, loudest, greatest and silliest trivia game ever”! Have fun trying to answer questions from 6 different categories and learn fascinating facts along the way.  Move through the game board answering questions and collecting cards. The first person who can collect a card from each category wins. Play alone or in teams.

Ages: Age 7-10, Ages 10+
Categories: Board Games, Games

iPlay Elephants or Ants - Originally posted at Kidlantis.com.