When children become 13 and older it is hard to find good educational games that will keep their attention.  These days teenagers are interested in taking on the phone and text messaging.  How can you get your child interested in great educational games such as Chess, Blokus, and Monopoly?  Well the way to get them interested is to buy them and play with them.  Kids are interested in what they think their parents are interested in and show interest in spending time with them.  For instance my daughter is 14 and still likes to play a game of Trouble with her parents because we played this with her as a child. 

You want educational games that will be fun and talk to them on a social level or games that will make them think?  So as a parent what kid of games are interesting to you?  What about Trivial Pursuit or Yatzee.  Do you remember playing these educational games as child.  One of the best games I enjoyed growing up was Chess. Chess involves using specific strategies and figuring out your opponents next move.  Most of the classic games have some lessons that you can use if your using them for tutoring.  Great Math games include: Blokus, Rumis, Shut the Box, Battleship, Yahtzee, Cribbage and Chess.

If you are looking for educational games for a specific subject then their great games for geography called Risk or Ticket to ride.  A really neat history game is called the great Dalmutti which teaches social classes. There are also some really good learning games offered by various companies that will help you with specific areas of need.  There is also a great educational game called  "create a story" that works well for students with writing difficulties. All of these games are fun,educational, and interesting.

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