Toddler Board Games

Hi K., I am an Educational Consultant with Discovery Toys. If you wanted to get Flip Flop Faces or Roll-n-Play, I can help you. Also their catalog is a great place to get fun ideas. Let me know if I can help. Good Luck. -M.

We have a five year old and three year old and they both love Leap Frog Bingo. It is not very sophisticated, as most of the pieces are cardboard, but it is easy enough for everyone to play.

My kids also love to play button bingo. It has different shaped buttons and it is more like a matching game. We also play memory a lot-we have a few different versions.

We also have the Candyland DVD game and they love that they get to move and jump around.

My 3 year old loves Hi Ho Cherry-O. He also likes a Pet Shop game we have where you circle the board and collect different colored paw prints - the Pet Shop game I've seen in the stores lately doesn't look like ours, but it might be the same concept with a different "theme". There's also an I spy game that has puzzle pieces that match when you find the items listed.

Memory (you can reduce the number of cards you put out to match, start with 12 cards and increase the number as he gets the hang of the game) and Hi-Ho Cherry-O are great games. We also love the I Spy puzzle game, and they make a variation of Go Fish that uses I Spy pictures, too. Good luck!

K.~
Flip Flop Faces & Roll n' Play are really good ones for this age group.
You can get them from Discovery Toys Inc.
Here is a link: http://www.discoverytoysinc.com/
You'll then need to select USA from the red SHOP ONLINE tab (drop down menu on the top of the page) & then from the next page find the drop down menu for GAMES (upper right) & then select an age group.
Have fun playing games with your boys!
~D.

Simply Fun (www.simplyfun.com) has some really great games. I love 'Walk the dogs', 'The Crazy Zoo', and 'AARGH!'. I have a 6 yr old, 4yr old and a 2 1/2 yr old and they can all play these games. These are all learning,educational type of games. They also have some super fun games for adults or older kids too.

We received Balloon Lagoon as a gift and my kids have loved it. We also enjoy Sorry, and Sorry with dice (I am not sure what it is called but you just roll dice and match the colors,)Charades for kids (they have some picture cards so non-readers can play), Cootie is also a favorite but the little pieces are tricky. Other than that it looks like you have them all covered. Pretty much until they turn the corner at 3 yrs. old, they are more interested in crashing things and don't have the patience to sit through an entire game.

Zingo is a favorite in our house. My boys also like Cranium Cariboo.

My 2 1/2 yr old daughter loves these ones that we have and so did my son when he was that age.

Whack a mole, Hungry Hippos, Old McDonald had a farm, Three Little Pigs, Elefun, Ant in the Pants, Crocadile Dentist, Lucky Ducks, Zingo, Hi Ho Cherry o **There is also a fishing one but I can't remember the name. We aslo play a memory game but we leave the pics turned up. I did that with my son too for a while then we turned them over about age 3 started with about 8 cards then kept adding more as he got older. He got really good at it and it helped memory alot

Hope that helps. Also my daughter loves Uno attack because the cards spit out when you hit the button but we play color matching & number matching instead of the real game, She loves it.

My kids love, "Pop Belly" and "Walk the Dogs". They are 5 & 7 years old. I bought them from Simply Fun - they are online and you can have a party at your home too. They also have videos online to see how the games are played!! My kids also love Mexican Train Game which is educational and fun. It is at toy stores.
K.

My boys play craniums cariboo and hulabaloo. The dvd version is great. Also my 3 year old likes Wack a mole.