Recent Fun Blog | Games PostsVisual Brainstorms - Game Reviewby Lauri Griffin30 Sep 2007 08:48 AMVisual Brainstorms: The Smart Thinking Game comes with 100 sturdy over-sized playing cards. The cards are color coded for easy, hard, and extra hard questions. Some of the cards have bonus questions. Harder questions are awarded more points. PBS Gamesby Lauri Griffin24 Sep 2007 11:21 AMI couldn't let National Literacy Month pass without talking about the very fun PBS site for kids. PBS games are fun, colorful, easy to play, and educational. Many support reading skills. There are so many games for so many ages that I can't list them all. Here though, are a few of my favorites. Gemsweeper - Addictive Computer Gameby Lauri Griffin20 Aug 2007 07:20 PMMy latest computer game addiction is Gemsweeper. The concept is simple, it is much like the Minesweeper game that comes with Windows. Instead of just looking for bombs though, you are looking for sparkling gemstones and avoiding cursed tiles. Bulls and Cows - a logic gameby Lauri Griffin15 Aug 2007 02:51 PMKids love to crack codes, and its fun to use our brains. Here's an easy to learn code cracking game that some schools are using to teach logical thought processes. I've even seen questions based on this game on middle school tests. The game is called Cows and Bulls. Big Brain Academyby Lauri Griffin29 Jun 2007 04:50 PMI can just imagine the reaction from my boys if I pulled out workbooks or anything school related this time of year. And yet they are thrilled with one of our new Wii games. Big Brain Academy, Wii Degree is all about exercising your brain and training it to work faster. Chocolate and Chocolatier Funby Lauri Griffin28 Jun 2007 04:13 PMThe kids and I have a new obsession, Chocolatier. No, not chocolate. Although that is part of the fun, too. Chocolatier is actually a new computer game. Indoor Baseballby Jeff Bogle25 Apr 2007 06:39 AMUp until recently, the weather has been frightful on the East Coast. The first few weeks of the baseball season have seen postponements due to snow and sub-freezing temperatures. Finger Play Funby Lauri Griffin06 Mar 2007 08:04 AMThe other day I was playing with a friend's preschooler. He started doing a finger play about bees that I used to play with my children. Sadly, our days of finger plays are long past. Secret Codes and Spiesby Lauri Griffin07 Jan 2007 02:21 PMKids love to play spy. My boys drool over all the fancy spy toys at the store. Those toys are fun, but you don't need special toys to be a spy. Spies do need undercover disguises though. Dig through the dress-up box. They might also like some sunglasses, a flashlight, and one of Dad's hats. Make Up Your Own Family Gameby Teresa McEntire17 Sep 2006 03:48 PMInstead of pulling a game out of the cupboard that you have played a million times try making up your own family game. It could be a board game, card game, or a thinking game. Oftentimes making up the game can be just as fun as playing it. Recent Blog Comments Michele Cheplic says... "The beach and park are great places to have fun for free, but these ideas were for families who wanted an alternative to traditional cheap spots." Jacob09 says... "There are lots of ways to have fun without cost." |
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