5 Best Learning Games from 2014

2014 saw a plethora of learning games taking the educational gaming market by storm. From online learning games  to board games, the variety available is already impressive, with many new additions being made to this list. While some fizzled out, the others managed to stay on and make a long-lasting impression on parents’ and children’s minds. Here are our 5 favorite learning games for kids from the year gone by.

Small World (ages 10 – 14)

This is a learning game for kids with cards. 2-5 players can play this game at a time, all of whom will vie for control of the board, which is the ulterior motive. Simultaneously, players must pick the right combination of fantasy races and unique superpowers to expand empires and defeat neighbors at the expansion. Live with dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, and orcs and go on conquering lands and territories.

Aristotle Number Puzzle (ages 7 – 15)

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Raise the little Aristotle in your child with this learning game! Finished with an antique touch to give the puzzle an aged look, it is inspired by the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. The hexagonal wood puzzle has tiles numbered from 1-19. The challenge is to arrange the tiles, whether 3, 4, or 5 in each row, in such a way that each row adds up to 38. There are 15 rows to complete, each row made up of 3, 4 or 5 tiles.

Gravity Maze (ages 8 – 15)

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If you’re looking to sharpen your reasoning skills and visual perception, then this is the learning game for kids from 2014, which will be an absolute fun exercise for your brain. The challenge is to build a path with visually stimulating gravity cubes and create a path for a marble to reach its target successfully. There are 60 levels of the challenge, ranging in difficulty, which will give you plenty of exercise to plan the creative mazes in your head!

Pyramix – The Three Sided Strategy Game (ages 8+)

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This is a strategy game for kids where they need to pull apart the pyramid by taking turns to move one cube at a time from the stack without toppling it. As the cubes are taken out, the others will slide down to the base. Every move has to be planned carefully as the bottom-most cubes are worth the big points. Watch out for cobras that may come and eat into your score.

Robot Turtles (ages 4+)

The learning game provides crucial brain development and computer programming skills to kids aged 4 and upward. Kids will have to dictate the movements of their Robot Turtles on the game board by playing code cards that say forward, left and right. The player will win if the Robot Turtle successfully reaches the end point. Bug cards can be used to undo a move but for a limited number of times. The game continues till all the players have reached the end point which means every one is a winner!