Printing Family board games

Family board games have been popular for years as a way for the whole family to play and interact together. There are many old favourites that are traditional board games such as ‘Scrabble’ and ‘Cluedo’, but nowadays there are so many more on the market and many family board games are available in stores like WHSmith and Woolworths as well as in toys stores such as Toys R Us. There are also new ranges of old favourites, for example, Monopoly now has an interactive version with can be played with a DVD plus the board game. So family board games are evolving in this electronic age and are having to adapt to retain their appeal to the younger generation who is used to computer technology. Educational games can also make great family games to play of an evening and help children to practise key curriculum areas while also enjoying themselves. Search for Primary English resources or school Maths games.

Look in educational games catalogues or in the high street stores for family board games that cover topics such as times tables, addition and subtraction, fractions, division, telling the time and money. These family games can also be used at school, in the classroom or in after school clubs. For key stage 1 literacy and numeracy they are very useful resources and also for key stage 2 literacy and numeracy. So family board games can be used in a variety of settings, for different ages and abilities. They encourage slow learners and children with special needs and can stretch children at the other end of the spectrum, those who are gifted. they can also act as ESL learning games for children or adults learning English.