Labrinth (by Ravensburger): You are trying to get your piece to collect certain items on the board by going through a maze. On every turn you push 1 row or column which changes the maze on each turn. Preschoolers will probably need a tiny bit of help on this one.
Spot it: Players try to match pictures on the center card with cards that they hold in their hand. It is a race and all players play at the same time. Preschoolers should be able to lay independently.
Guess Who: Players ask yes or no questions about physical characteristics of their pictured characters to try and figure out who the mystery person is. For example: You ask, "Does your person have yellow hair?" They other person answers yes. So you would flip down all cards that DO NOT have yellow hair. Sometimes I have to clearly state to the preschooler which ones to flip down.
Guess Where: People and animals are placed into rooms in a house. It is played similarly to Guess Who. Players ask yes/no questions to try and determine which people and pets are in which rooms. Preschoolers may need you to talk them through the answers they hear and what they means for their deduction.
Aargh (From Simply Fun): (not the same as Argh) This is a slightly harder version than memory. It has a pirate theme. Cards are upside down and you try to remember where the cards are until you hit a skull or a non-matching item, meaning your turn is over. When someone hits a non-matching card, then the next person starts matching that new item until they hit a non-matching item. I find preschoolers are excellent at memory games.
Slapzi: Everyone has some picture cards. In the center a card with words is flipped such as, "I stored in a fridge" or "Has claws or talons". Players race to find a picture that matched the category. They first player to put down a picture in the center gets rid of that picture card. You are trying to get rid of your cards. For Preschoolers: You will need to read the category to the whole group instead of just flipping the worded card.
Tenzi: All players roll 10 dice (each) and try to be the first to get all 10 to match. Preschoolers can do this on their own.
Memory: Preschoolers are great at memory. If it is too hard for them, use less matches.
Lucky Ducks (Not really that fun for adults...but the game is done in literally 2 minutes). There are 12 ducks, 3 of each color. The colors are on the bottom of the ducks. They ducks are on a little river and they squawk and go around in a circle. A player picks up a duck and looks at the bottom. If it is the color of their lilypad, then they keep it. If it is not their color, then they put it back in the river.
Don't Wake Daddy: Your player piece is trying to sneak past Daddy sleeping in bed to get to the fridge to get a snack. Players draw a card and move to that place on the board. If that space has a number on it, then you have to push Daddy's alarm clock button the number of times it says. At some point of pushing the button Daddy will pop out of bed and startle you. Then everyone laughs. Preschoolers can play independently.
Charades for kids: There are cards with pictures. The actor picks a picture card and looks at it and then acts it out for the group to guess. Preschoolers can play independently.
Sleeping Queens: Players use basic math to capture queens. Players can also play Dragons and Sleeping potions to try and get ahead, or slow down other players.
Sequence for Kids: Players draw cards with pictures of animals on them. They place their token on that animal and try to get 4 in a row.
Kerplunk: Sticks are stuck through a barrel. marbles are placed on top of the sticks. Players pull out 1 stick per turn. If marbles fall, then you must collect them. At the end of the game, you want the fewest amount of marbles. Preschoolers can play independently.
Pop up pirate: To start, you push the pirate down into a barrel. Then you take turns pushing swords into the barrel. At some random sword push, the pirate will pop up and startle you. Preschoolers can play independently.
Clue Jr (there are several versions...all are fun): Most of the clue Jr versons the players are trying to figure out 3 things (like in real clue). Preschoolers may need a bit of help to know what to cross off on their list.
Connect 4: drop disks into the top of the game and try to connect 4 discs. Preschoolers can play independently.
Rat a Tat Cat: For a little older Preschooler. Players try to get the low score, by getting rid of rats and keeping cats. Players need to remember the cards they have that are upside down. To make it easier, allow the preschoolers to look at their cards anytime.
Wig Out: Match people with different hairstyles. Preschoolers can play independently.
Sherlock (by Playroom): A memory game where you need to remember where certain items are. The cards change sometimes throughout the game. To simplify, use less cards around the circle.
Outfoxed: A cooperative game where everyone is working together to figure out who the suspect is. Preschoolers can participate and love it, but will probably need help knowing which cards to eliminate.
