Summer break is finally here! We’ve got your roundup of some great games to help keep the weeks fun and brains sharp all summer long!

Memory games are a great brain boosting activity for growing minds that will help build your child’s concentration. 

Those growing brains are working hard and providing a stimulating game to challenge them in fun ways will keep them engaged while exercising their mind in important ways. Preschoolers and school aged children alike have so many areas of their lives that require a good memory, whether its following rules in the house or needing to remember math, science, or history information for school, helping children develop good memory skills early will help enormously as they grow and learn throughout every stage.

Not only that, but it’s another screen-free tool in your parenting tool belt that you can pull out when you need to help your kids fight boredom! 

The important thing to remember is to play a game that your kid finds enjoyable, (and hey, if you can enjoy it too, then that’s a double bonus!) Kids learn better when having fun, so here are three unique games that use memory mechanics in fun ways that will have everyone wanting to play them again and again!

We love finding those family games that hit that sweet spot between Simple to Learn and Strategically Challenging. It’s not always easy, but we’d heard some good things about Dragonwood in the past and after the announcement of its upcoming sequel, we knew it was time to give it a try. 

Playing board games has the wonderful benefit of not only being fun, but also intellectually stimulating. Among the many valuable attributes of games, through playing, kids and teens can learn valuable social skills, practice good sportsmanship, work on math skills, and increase their reading comprehension.

I believe many games can be used in unique ways to provide educational experiences for the players. But few games provide such a great system to foster educational and STEM focused lesson opportunities in a fun, non-traditional setting as Gridopolis. 

Do you have a kid that loves dinosaurs?

All of our kids are obsessed. Like, don’t you dare call that a Brontosaurus, it’s an Apatosaurus, obsessed. And as parents, we’re all about it.

So when we found this CardLine: Dinosaurs game from Bombyx studio with Asmodee we had to get it.