Games for little guys and gals....

Coleman is well on his way to being an avid gamer. He has a lot of the typical kiddie games, including Cootie, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders and a few others. He also has a few lesser known games for kids, and it is those that Daddy and I enjoy most.

Feed the Kitty is a fun little game that requires no reading, no game board and is pretty quick to play. Roll the dice, pass the mice and the last player with mice left wins! Lots of fun, teaches turn-taking and counting. There is no strategy involved at all in this game, but the little wooden mice are darling.

Hiss is the game that Shane and I like the most. You have a stack of cardboard tiles, each with the image of ether a snake's head, tail or midsection of varying color combinations. Draw a card, match it to one on the table or start a new snake. The person who completes a snake gets to keep it. Winner is the one with the most tiles at the end. Great for matching, strategy and counting skills.

Leaping Lizards is a little more complex than either of the games above. The game "board" is a string with spaces between colored beads. The little wooden lizard game pieces move varying spaces depending on what tiles are face up when the cup is spilled out. This has very little strategy, but more steps to see how much to move.