Top Tips: Family friendly games (not online or digital)

A recurring theme is how can we help our kids master disappointment and learn to ‘lose’ well?

Games are a wonderful way for kids to learn how to win and lose well. The under five age is a really important window in which children can learn about disappointment and, even more importantly, how to manage it.

At team Maggie we love the game ‘Spot It’ ….a game the whole family can play. Fast paced so it’s great for practicing winning and losing, with a quick recovery time before the next game starts.

We reached out to our online community for their favourite family friendly games – not online or digital.

We’ve compiled a list from the responses and hope it gives you some great ideas.

Please note these games are not personally endorsed/recommended by Maggie, but rather a community collaboration. The games are available at most toy shops, game shops and online retailers.

Also if you haven’t already, please read Maggie’s article on letting your kids fail often, it’s just good parenting. Read Here

Games List

Under 3’s

Jungle Heads & Tails
Monkey Around – the wiggle & giggle game
Farmyard Heads & Tails
Red Dog Blue Dog
Old MacDonald Lotto
Post Box game

Under 5’s 

Jungle Heads & Tails
Farmyard Heads & Tails
Super Tooth
Uno
Australia’s Deadly Animals Bingo
Jenga
Mouse Trap
Memory card games – matching pairs
Go fish
Blah Blah Blah card game
My First Snakes N Ladders
Shopping List game
Dirty Dinos
Crazy Chefs
Mucky Trucks
Ker-Plunk
Red Dog Blue Dog
Old MacDonald Lotto
Spot It!
Dominos
Trouble / Pop N Hop (same game two names)

Over 5’s

Spot It!
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Rat-a-Tat Cat
Uno
Uno Flip
Australia’s Deadly Animals Bingo
Memory card games – matching pairs
Sleeping Queens
Ticket to Ride
Memory games – matching pairs
Kingdomino
Boggle
Bananagrams
Monopoly Junior
Monopoly Bid
Ker-Plunk
Pictionary
Baby Dragon Bedtime
Gas Out! The fart game
Exploding Kittens card game
Pictureka
Peach Snap
Trouble / Pop N Hop (same game two names)
Battleships

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