Specific Games

Babies/Toddlers

Kindergarten/Preschool:

• Board Games: great and relatively inexpensive fun; can be used repeatedly, and most Board Games offer extension packs that can be bought to replace missing cards and pieces; compiled from "Best Board Games for Preschoolers
  • Chutes and Ladders
  • CandyLand
  • Hi Ho Cherry-O
  • Sorry
  • Bingo
  • Boggle, Jr.
  • Hullaballoo

Early Elementary

• Board Games
  • Apples to Apples, Jr.
  • Cranium Hallubaloo

Upper Elementary

Middle

Teens/Adults

• Article from the School Library Journal listing the different kinds of interactive games that are popular with teens and adults; helpful for those who do not know much about gaming!
• Have you heard of an ARG, an Alternate Reality Game!  Fun!
• Hot Games (Rock Band 11 and Guitar Hero: World Tour) Fall 2008
• Runescape is an online role-playing game that can be accessed for free or for $5/month if you'd like expanded access.  It's very popular, having just reached the million subscribers milestone.  If you are unfamiliar with it, check out this great intro article!
• Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is another active game where players have to hit the right steps in time on a floor pad to score points.  This article points out how DDR can help combat childhood obesity!
• Guitar Hero is another simulation game, except this time users have controllers shaped like guitars to play along with the onscreen songs.
• How to do Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) at your library: Everything you need to know!
• The newest and hottest game on the block, Rock Band.  SLJ has a great intro article on what it is and how to play!
• School Library Journal's recommendations for the hottest video games for 2008
• Rock Band!  It's huge, expensive and kids/teens/adults are going wild for it!