Chess is an excellent educational game for children.  Learning how to play chess is a very important skill to learn at an early age.  You can start teaching chess to children as young as 5 years old. Basically educational games such as chess teaches you skills on concentration and sharpens the mind because of the thousands and thousands of different moves that can be made. Most importantly it creates an analytical way of thought which is very important for younger people to learn for as you will use this in very important decision making throughout life.  I know chess is old school but it is one board game to add to other educational games in your collection.