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8 Educational Board games to make homeschooling easier

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Whether you are a parent of kids who are homeschooled or a parent of kids in quarantine, learning has to go ahead even with coronavirus looming around the corners.

Get your children off their screens and onto a fun board game with the added perk of family time and education! An excellent lesson plan for when kids are getting bored of the same old written worksheets, while still teaching them important life skills, ranging from maths to social skills.

We’ve rounded up 10 educational board games you can purchase from Amazon to have them delivered to your door – even better!

  1. Pizza Fraction Fun Game

 

 

This board game teaches kids to identify fractions, match equivalent fractions, and perform fraction addition and subtraction. Ideal for ages 6+ with different levels of difficulty.

2.  Coin Value Game

 

This board game teaches kids the value of coins through collecting, counting, and exchanging them. Ideal for ages 7+ with 2-4 players.

3. The Entrepreneur Game

 

This board game teaches math, critical thinking, decision-making, budgeting, investing, branding, and more. Ideal for ages 10+.

4. Social Skills Game

 

This board game teaches social skills in the community. Ideal for ages 5+.

5. Labyrinth Board Game

This board game teaches cause and effect, planning, association, recognition, and taking turns. Ideal for kids 6 and up.

6. Pig in Pants Board Game

 

This board game teaches strategic thinking. Ideal for ages 4+.

7. Brain Freeze Board Game

 

This board game teaches strategic thinking, memory, deduction and logic. Ideal for ages 5+.

8. Explore the World Board Game

 

This board game teaches facts about the world. Ideal for ages 7+.

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Hanukkah Unit Studies for Kids

Learning about Hanukkah is important for people of all faiths as a reminder that December isn’t just about Christmas and that their are many other important holidays that happen during this time. Hanukkah unit studies can give you ideas for incorporating the holiday into your holiday studies that happen in December, or to use at home for learning about people of different faiths.

Homeschool Superfreak has a lot of basic ideas for how to build a Hanukkah unit study, as well as FAQs about what Hanukkah is and why it is celebrated. This list is a good stargint point but doesn’t include all the details you’ll need. For example it says you can play the dreidel game but doesn’t explain how to do that or why it’s important. (If you need that information, this post from Mama Smiles is a good source.)

Teachers Pay Teachers has lots of great lesson plans and activities if you’re willing to pay a little bit to get some good content. Two I really like are this Hanukkah PowerPoint presentation from Shelia Melton, which provides a good overview of traditions, food and the history of Hanukkah; and a virtual field trip to Jerusalem from MagiCore, which includes lots of videos showing the city and activities like playing dreidel, drawing a menorah and making latkes. It’s a Google Drive folder and also includes writing activities and more for kids in second to fifth grade.

Kids Activities Blog has some simple printables with facts about Hanukkah and things kids can color in like a Star of David, sufganiyots (jelly doughnuts) and a menorah. These are great for learning the basics.

Homeschool Giveaways has a printable ebook about Hanukkah complete with questions kids can answer after they read. This would be a good one for older kids with good reading comprehension.

NurtureStore’s Hanukkah unit study includes a printable mini book, tons of crafts, as well as math and writing activities. I love the dominoes game that’s part of the unit.

And check out our previous posts for more Hanukkah crafts and learning activities!