Inside: Learning Fun Board Games for 4-Year-Olds.
One of our favorite ways to practice numbers, shapes, cooperative skills, and recognition is by learning from fun. I mean who doesn’t love playing games? But add a lesson into that fun and you have a winner for all.
These learning fun board games for 4-year-olds are a great way to start teaching basic skills they will need. You and your little one can have the most fun together.
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Educational Fun Board Games for 4-Year-Olds
Snug as a Bug: Don’t let the stink bugs win! Cooperative game using numbers, shapes, colors, and size to eliminate bugs on the board before the stink bugs take over. This is one of our go-to favorite preschool board games!
Cars and Trucks: Great game for learning about what number is bigger when each player picks a card. This game also adds in beginning addition if you choose. The player with the biggest number keeps the cards and whoever has the most cards in the end wins.
Count Your Chickens: Another cooperative game where everyone works together to get the chicks to their nest. No reading necessary, just match the animals to the spinner and count the spaces. Awesome preschool board game!
Kid Games Full of Fun
These are the best kids board games that are perfect for your young 4-year-old. They are full of great lessons and activities they will love.
Picture Dominoes: A simple version of dominoes for kindergarten and preschoolers. These are large sturdy cards that teach the fundamentals of the game in a fun and colorful way! Great for matching, counting, and problem-solving!
Elephant Trunk: Help the elephant pack his clothes. Get all your items packed before everyone else but watch out for the mouse who will make you unpack your suitcase and start over.
Snails Pace Race: This is a cooperative preschool board game to help all the snails get to their leaves and have a snack. Simple roll the colored dice and move the snails. Cheer on the other snails!
Themed Board Games for 4-Year-Olds
Discovery Beach: This amazon board games for 4-year-olds is a fun twist on the I Spy theme. However, this is a three dimensional game with a bit of memory thrown in too. Different puzzle pieces hide different sections of the beach. Spin and see what’s inside. Remember what you saw to look again. Careful, sometimes you have to shake the box and mix it up all again!
Pop Up Pirate: Simply push swords into the barrel in which a pirate sits. You never know which sword will do it and the pirate pops up! Surprise!
I Never Forget a Face: This is a sweet game for learning about children from around the world! It is a little bit more difficult of a matching game but fun to see all the children from around the world!
More Kids Games You’ll Love
These family board games for 4-year-olds are so much fun. Here are a few more of our favorites.
- Printable Word Games for Kids – Word games are among our family’s favorites. They’re fun and versatile. Different ages can play, to the best of their abilities. And they can be played pretty much anywhere, at home or on the go. I love using word games to learn sight words, spelling, and playing on a great theme! We have put together the perfect list of printable word games for kids. They are filled with colorful themes and creative learning fun. Find your favorite and play for hours.
- Minute to Win It Games for Kids – I love a good game night, obviously! 🙂 But we have really been into Minute to Win it style game lately. They are fun quick-paced and usually provide LOTS of laughs! These games keep everyone on their toes, and no one gets bored! I usually love playing these games with a large group, recently my kiddos had some friends over and I thought that would be the perfect time to pull of these fun Minute to Win It games for kids. They are all easy to play, pretty inexpensive to prep and are SO much fun!
- Best Walmart Board Games – Scrap the binge-watching Netflix nights and turn off the electronics, it’s time to pull out a stack of the best board games and throw yourself one heck of a game night! We love a good game night, whether its a game night with the kids, our adult friends, or as a family these very best Walmart Board Games make for one FUN game night full of laughs and fun.