Friday, February 28, 2014

Monopoly, Jr.

Our son and I played this game today.  We found it to be a much easier game than regular Monopoly; that was kind of nice, to say the least.   In  this game, the properties, really game booths, cost $1-$5 each.  Players who land on them, pay the person who bought the booth for the same amount.



Adaptations:  I will be changed the board a bit to use in my classroom. The money is going to be pretend money that look REAL (no $3 and $4 bills!).  On our game board, I wrote on post-it note tabs "50¢" or "$1.75") so that the players have to make change, not just exchange bills.


Constellation

This is a great game. I worried that it would take FOREVER and thought I would have to be an astrophysisist to answer the questions. But it was not that over-the-top.   As you play, you are to captutre pieces by landing on them and placing them in the corner of the board, then return to the starting constellation.  The questions are in three levels, so you can decide if you want all easy, medium or hard questions  - or leave it up to the person asking you the questions!

Adaptations: I will be making questions that my students need to know for testing to review Universe objectives. In addition, I am trying to decide if I want to highlight the content-related questions on the cards that come with the game. Many of the questions are directly related to what we teach in 5th grade.

I highly recommend this game if you can find it!


Bingo


Ur


Twenty Questions


TriOminos


Tribulations


The Way Things Work


Tally Ho


Take Off


Sphinx


Scrabble


Sink My Ship - Place Value


Sink My Ship - Money


Bargain Hunter

Our daughter and I played this game. The main idea is that you have $2,000 to set up your first apartment. The first person to do that and be debt free is the winner.

We decided at the end of the game, we would change a few things to make the game easier to play. The "Events" cards are kind of boring. We thought about making our own: "You won the work lottery.  You now have $200 extra!"  "You received a $100 bonus at work!"  etc.  For bargain hunters, we could add "You found a kitchenette for $200."  etc.  In other words, modernize the game.




Allowance


Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Flip 4


Eyes of the Jungle


Dumb Laws


The Dinosaur Game


Derivation


Cogno Universe


Buzzword


Body Boggle


Blurt


Blokus


Punctuation Bingo


Leximania


Arch Rival


America's Spirit


Frog Pond Fractions Game


An easy game for young learners!