Thursday, February 12, 2009

New Favorite Games



Izzi. We found this one recently, and it's totally addictive. And way hard. This is one of those puzzles that you want to come back to over and over again, and the different iterations make it challenging each time you sit down. This is one to leave out for folks to tinker with as they walk by.





Bananagrams. Thanks Kelly for this one! We've been playing constantly. Loads of fun, this is a kind of scrabble meets crossword game that can be played with one to several players. It's loads of fun and can be modified for many skill levels.






Maya Madness. This is a card game similar to Uno, but based on adding and subtracting numbers and dealing with both positive and negative numbers. It's fast-paced and really reinforces both the way numbers work together and the importance of zero while also being a lot of fun to play.




The cool thing with all of these is that they're small and easy to take along wherever you go.

4 comments:

Sara said...

Those all look like fun, and I'm going to check out the Maya Madness for sure. Thanks for posting.

gail said...

We played Bananagrams today. Logan loves it. Brenna just came in for the weekend so I imagine we'll play a game or two.

Braxton said...

Interesting games... I love to play puzzles video games... Those are helpful in increasing our learning skill...

Lisa said...

just found your blog! thanks for the ideas! always looking for good games!