In this series of posts, I am giving lists of board games for each subject that my family has loved. The first in the series was math. This week we are going over language arts board games.

My children have struggled with grammar and reading over the years. My two oldest can read pretty well but my youngest son really has a hard time with phonics. The board games listed below will concentrate on phonics, story building, and letter recognition.

Again, I will list the name of the game, a link to purchase the game (just click on the name of the game to be redirected), the age recommendations, and which language arts skills the game helps with.

Language Arts Board Games:

  1. Go Fish Alphabet Game– this game is recommended for ages 4 and up. It focuses on letter recognition (upper and lower case).
  2. Zingo! Sight Words Game– this game is recommended for preK-1st grade. It helps children to learn sight words essential for reading.
  3. Bananagrams– this game is recommended for ages 7 and up. It works on word building.
  4. Very Silly Sentences Game– this game is recommended for ages 4 and up. It focuses on the parts of speech as well as sentence building.
  5. Happy Hats Game– this game is recommended for ages 4 and up. It helps children with their phonics skills as well as letter recognition.
  6. The Reading Game– this game is recommended for ages 4 and up. It helps children with sight word recognition and memory.
  7. Rory’s Story Cubes Game– this games is recommended for ages 8 and up. It is a creative story generator. There are tons of expansions available as well.
  8. Last Letter Game– this game is recommended for ages 8 and up. It focuses on vocabulary and letter recognition.
  9. Letter Tycoon– this game is recommended for ages 8 and up. It’s a mix between Monopoly and Scrabble. It’s a strategy game that helps with letter arrangement and recognition.
  10. Dixit Game– this game is recommended for ages 8 and up. It helps with story sequencing and storytelling.

There are many more games that focus on language arts skills. These are just a few that my family has enjoyed. Language arts skills are important because reading is essential to education and creativity. Come back next time for my list of board games for science.