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Zooreka – Game Review

Zooreka from Cranium games won the Toy Industry Association’s 2007 Game of the Year. I can see why it won. It’s unique and imaginative, a good simple math equivalency lesson and a good first lesson or at least an awareness of probability. It’s also a good game for different ages to play together. My children love animals and were excited to get the chance to build their own zoo. Zooreka can be purchased for under $20. The game is for kids eight years old and up and for two to four players. It takes around half an hour to forty … Continue reading →

Obscure Movie Trivia

What if you were born with a name like Howitzer Mertelmeyer, and you wanted to make it big in Hollywood? A name like that would never draw a crowd at the box office, and certainly does not project the image you want. So you change your name to Rex Hamilton, and suddenly you’re a sensation. This happens all the time in Hollywood. Remember Norma Jean Baker? Hardly anyone does, but we all remember Marilyn Monroe. Celebrity name changes like this lead to interesting movie trivia. Try your mental prowess out on some of these. Match the name of the star … Continue reading →

Family Fun Week in Review: December 31 – January 6

We recently incorporated Kids’ Crafts into Family Fun, so I hope you haven’t missed anything. If you did, you can check here as well as other Week in Review posts to find out what’s been going on. Well, there’s nothing to report for December 31, so apparently, we were all too busy having fun with our families on New Year’s Eve to write about it. We got back to work on New Year’s Day, and started the first day of January 2007 talking about Writing Letters and Family Games. On the second day of this brand new year, there was … Continue reading →

Amazing Animal Trivia – Game Review

For Christmas, my eight year olds received The Amazing Animal Trivia Game. They love animals, and have really enjoyed playing the game. It’s a cross between a trivia game and Memory. Only you don’t have to just find two cards that match, you have to find three. On the board, ten sets of three matching animal cards are laid face down. At the start of the turn the player gets to flip over one card. They then roll the dice, and try to answer a trivia question about animals. Questions are either True or False, or multiple choice. My children … Continue reading →

Early Morning Fun

My daughter is close to moving into her own big-kid bed, but for now she is still sleeping in a crib. As such, she calls out “Daddy, I’m awake!” in the A.M. and then, as has been tradition since a very early age, we three snuggle in bed for a good long while (although this can never really last long enough!). It is the best part of the day, without a doubt. We have a couple games we like to play in bed which are fun and help to extend this amazing time we share as a family. The Baby … Continue reading →

Books on the Death of a Pet

I will never forget the day my son’s parakeet died in his hands. My son was eight and while I thought that I had prepared him for such a situation, watching the tears flow down his face made me realize I had not done a very good job. Sadly, pets die and children do not often understand what it all means. In fact, many times kids will associate the death of a pet with that of a parent. Therefore, I wanted to provide some excellent resources specifically for children age three to twelve on dealing with the death of a … Continue reading →