I love using board games for schooling. I use them at home with my own children and at my homeschool co-op, as shown above. In that photo I am using Concept Kids: Animals. That’s one of my favorite games to play with my grandson. You can read my review of it here. Here are some of the games I’ve used for my 6-7-year-olds at my homeschool co-op. Sometimes I use these as gathering activities, and sometimes I use them just for independent play stations. Most of the time that I use board games, I introduce them as a gathering activity so that all the children know how to play them, before unleashing them as a play station. I have found most of these while thrifting.

The video below shows Ben, a homeschooling dad, and founder of theperfectboardgame.com, showing three lessons that board games teach us that schools don’t. Then the video below that shows some of his favorite educational board games.

For Hedbanz, which is just a repacking of “20 Questions,” I like to find customized cards online, always free, of seasonal and/or holiday-themed words, like these ones I found for Valentine’s Day.

Thinkfun is a great resource for educational games. I often see that brand of games at thrift stores and pick them up there, like the game to the right. The 6-7 year olds can do the easier challenges in this game. It has different levels. Even my 5-year-old grandson loves this game! They kiddos also enjoy Gravity Maze by Thinkfun as well.

If you want more info on using games in school, check out my slides here and go here to read more about different games for homeschooling.