Homeschool Hop: Favorite Family Board Games

Well.....it's been a while since I have linked up to the Homeschool Blog Hop.  Here is the new topic:

Favourite Family Board Games

Time to share some more family fun, with your favourite games. Cherised oldies that have been played over and over again or even some new finds, it really doesn't matter, as long as your family loves them.

Share some of these games with us and the reasons why they are favourites for your family.

Tabitha likes to play some board games and even Amelia joins in, though most of the time she will not last the entire game, totally normal, I realize this.  They really love it when daddy will play with them.  One game they really like to play with daddy is Green Eggs and Ham, a game where they are learning to recognize rhyming words and improving their memory as the pieces are to be turned over one per turn and, if not matched, flipped back over for a future turn.  Actually, to make it easier for Amelia, they have started to play with the card facing up to see if it will be easier, we will see.

Another game they enjoy is Candyland.  It was during the play of this game a couple of months ago, that I realized that Amelia was starting to recognize her colors.  I love that young children can play, because all they have to do is match the color on the card to the color on the board.  I do wish they would bring back the old board, because I feel the new board is way too busy making it distracting.

We have Chutes and Ladders, but they are still getting the concept of this one.

They seem to enjoy the Winnie the Pooh/Watermelon seed game I made when we were doing the letter W.   This was the first "board game" I made.  However, we also enjoy the Feed a Penguin game we made back in January.  

The older kids and the parents do tend to enjoy playing a couple of games after the little ones are safe in dream land.  My favorite 2 are Scattergories and Mille Bournes.  

Scattergories is fun because you really have to stretch your brain (wouldn't recommend playing it while tired) and you have to think out of the box. You have a list of 12 topics (and there are 12 different lists of topics). The many sided die is rolled and you need to write down, before the timer goes off, one answer for each topic that begins with the letter that was rolled.  Extra points if the answer has more than one word that starts with the same letter.  For instance, fictional character starting with T: Tiny Tim would get 2 points.

Mille Bournes is a card game where you need to reach 1000 miles before the other players or team.  You lay down mileage cards, but only if the opposition hasn't laid a hazard card on your pile.  Such as: Out of gas, Accident, Flat tire, stop or speed limit.  Then you need to play the remedy card or safety card (which will prevent future hazards of a certain type) before you can place mileage cards again.   It looks complicated, but is quite easy to follow once you get started.  We used to play this at my ex's grandmother's, amongst other card games.  So when I found it at the mall we grabbed it up.

Looking for some more great game ideas?  Check out the links in the hop hosted by Kylie over at Our Worldwide Classroom.