For most three and four year olds, buy Peaceable Kingdom's Count Your Chickens. If the child is closer to two, or the game will live in a house where things...
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The 3+ printed on a box of magnetic tiles is a small-parts warning, not a finding that an...
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A cooperative board game puts everyone at the table on the same side, against the game itself, so...
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The most useful thing a child can do to build a mental map is choose the route. Following...
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In Catan, the oldest player goes first. That is the published rule, not a family habit. The official...
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Buy the SmartGames IQ Flow for a seven-year-old, and the Educational Insights Kanoodle Fan Edition 20th Anniversary for...
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For most kids in this age band, The Crunchinator at $34.99 is the one worth the money, because...
For a three or four year old who wants sea creatures and tiles, buy the PicassoTiles marine set...
