kid's games Archives — Thrifty Mommas Tips https://www.thriftymommastips.com/tag/kids-games/ Travel, Health & Family Sun, 08 Aug 2021 19:04:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-thrifty_logo_header-32x32.png kid's games Archives — Thrifty Mommas Tips https://www.thriftymommastips.com/tag/kids-games/ 32 32 77340857 Safari Shape Match Game for Kids https://www.thriftymommastips.com/safari-shape-match-game-for-kids/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:03:00 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=39675 No matter what time of the year it is you can most definitely use cute and simple games for kids. That’s why I love to share these on Thrifty Mommas Tips. Plus, the games, printable word searches, colouring sheets and activities that I share here for you are always free. Today, I have a safari shape match game for you to share with your kids. This is my way of giving back to you, my readers who are super loyal and thrifty like me. Hope your kids love it. The Safari Shape Match Game is geared towards young children who are learning their shapes. So, basically younger children, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten age. BY the way, I also have this amazing Sight Word Booklet that will help your young learners as they discover words and figure out how to read. When I was small, I loved doing all manner of crafts and worksheets. They kept me occupied and busy, even after I learned to read. In fact, something like this would have been exactly the kind of thing that got me through an afternoon without TV. Here’s what to expect when using this cute shape match game. There are five pages. You can print each of these sheets out on card stock. They are colourful already so use plain white card stock if you have it handy. Gather up some scissors and a glue stock and supervise your little one as they cut the shapes out and then figure out where each one fits. This task reinforces shapes and hand eye coordination too. Scissor skills always help with fine motor coordination, so there’s also that piece to help your kids grow and learn. Download the activity here: The Safari Shape Match Game Don’t Miss These Free Activities! What Do You Need?

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]]> 39675 Great Games for Kids – Monopoly Junior https://www.thriftymommastips.com/great-games-for-kids-monopoly-junior/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:26:00 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=259 Remember how fun regular Monopoly used to be when you were a kid? I do. I used to love playing Monopoly by the hour with my Mom and my brother. It was a childhood favourite. We were super competitive and we played it many Sunday afternoons. Park Place and Board Walk were battled over in fierce territorial disputes. I loved that game, even well before I recognized that it was made by Hasbro, a respected and enduring brand. So when I heard there was a Monopoly Junior in stores I was super interested in seeing how different it was. A Quiet Moment My kids got a Monopoly Junior game the week before we moved and I saved it for a quiet moment. Well, that never came, but nonetheless, when Ainsley came home from school the other night I surprised her with Monopoly Junior. It took about 5 minutes for her to catch on to this game recommended for kids ages 5 and up. Once she realized that the goal was counting money and collecting money from your properties, well then I had a huge little absentee landlord/ future real estate mogul on my hands. And can I just say now, up front and for the record I was playing legitimately. She won the first two games without much effort and then at the point when I was almost winning in the third game, she turned it around and launched the biggest Monopoly Junior come back ever. It’s impossible to play games or cards with this child. She always wins. (Not so graciously either.) Monopoly Junior is a great version of the original. It’s a speedier, simpler, condensed version of traditional Monopoly. There is a small amount of reading required and some basic math. That really spoke to my daughter, the 9-year-old who, in her spare time, likes to crack her piggy bank and count the money. I enjoyed it also and will happily play this over and again as a family. Monopoly Junior is a fantastic tool to teach counting and money and reading. Plus it’s good fun. A Kid’s Version of an Old Favourite Monopoly Junior takes the challenging parts out, so kids don’t get frustrated by playing this version. It’s still got enough to keep you interested and I enjoyed seeing how it was altered to be age appropriate. There are fewer board pieces and fewer tokens. The cards that we used to hold to tell everyone we owned that property are now tiny hard cardboard pieces representing your character – the cat, dog, or ship. It’s simple that way and easy to keep track of who owns what exactly. A Short Break Our first Monopoly Junior game was over in about 15 minutes. That’s a perfect amount of time for my easily distracted crew who are 9 and 12. We were provided with a game for review purposes. I loved Monopoly Junior and would recommend it for anyone over age of 5. My opinion is all my own. This game gets a $$$$$ out of $$$$$. I would buy it as a gift for a birthday party. So tell me what was your favourite game as a child?   Here’s how to get yours.  

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