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Dawn, thank you!! I've never heard of some of those, and I really really need to help bridge the 3 to 7 gap if we're going to have happy sibling relations around here! I'm going to go look up the chicken first, just b/c it's got a funny name!

Wow, I've only heard of a few of those--I'm off to do some research!

Thanks, Dawn, and welcome!

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minnie

Wow, what great suggestions you have gotten. We are big into games at our house. Ours are 3 years apart and DD just turned 2, so generally we have been playing more games with DS when DD goes to sleep since he plays adult games mostly anyhow. We already do a bunch that were mentioned so I don't have too many more to add. But we do have a few that I could see would be adaptable that I don't think others mentioned:

Apples to apples jr.
Pass the pigs
Izzo (puzzle)
dominoes
don't break the ice
mouse trap
cadoo
bingo
sorry
card games: old maid, go fish, rummy, blink, etc.

I also like the mindware stuff. I think Qwirkle sounds great. DS turns 5 next month and I didn't get it for him because I already got him so many other games.

I got Qwirkle for DS when he was 5.5. After getting over my initial disappointment that it wasn't more like Scrabble with shapes I was hooked, along with DS and all the game-loving adults. Even DH, who isn't a board game type, can be drawn in. We haven't tried it with any younger kids or friends his age. When he was younger we were on an I-Spy DVD kick. Everyone can contribute.