The Best Board Games for Preschoolers
This is the age when board games with your little one gets fun! Our toddler game list is full of games where kids follow directions and wiggle their bodies. Now, they’re ready to level up to something a bit more challenging.
We’ve put together the best board games for preschoolers that still bring the fun while teaching cooperation and friendly competition. Get ready to take your game nights to the next level!
See our favorite board games for kids of all ages in our Family Game Night Hub.
Hi Ho! Cherry-O Board Game
In this classic game, kids will love picking pretend fruit and filling up their baskets. Spin the spinner to see how many cherries, blueberries, apples, or oranges to collect—or put back! The first player to fill their basket wins, all while practicing counting and number recognition.
Pancake Pile-Up!
A relay-style game! Flip an order card and race to the first pancake shown. Use the spatula to place it on your plate, race back, and hand the spatula to the next player. The team that correctly completes the stack shown on the card, with butter on top, wins!
The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game
Help your hungry squirrel friends gather acorns! Spin the spinner, grab the right-colored acorn using the squirrel squeezer, and place it in your log. Watch out for tricky spins that let you pick, steal, or lose acorns. Be the first to fill your log and win, all while learning color matching and building motor skills!
Yeti In My Spaghetti
This wacky game will test your preschooler’s fine motor skills! Lay the noodles across the bowl and balance the Yeti on top. Take turns pulling out the noodles one by one—but don’t be the one to make Yeti fall!
Hoot Owl Hoot Cooperative Game
Players work together to help the owls return to their nest before sunrise. Play a color card to move, but watch out—if you draw a sun card, you’re closer to daylight! Get all the owls home before the sun rises, and everyone wins! It’s a HOOT!
Charades for Kids
This version of charades is perfect for kids! With three levels of clues, including picture clues for non-readers, everyone can join in the fun. Act out what’s on the card, and see if your team can guess!
sequence for Kids
It’s the classic strategy game of Sequence made for kids! Play an animal card and place your chip on the matching animal on the board. Wild cards make it more fun—use a unicorn to place a chip anywhere or a dragon to remove an opponent’s chip. The first player to get four chips in a row wins!
Don’t Spill the Beans
In this 2-player game, drop your beans into a wobbly jar without spilling them! The first to get rid of all their beans without spilling wins.
Zingo! Bingo with a Zing
Prepare for a fast-paced game that makes learning to read fun! Slide the zinger, make a match, and fill your bingo card to win! It’s a fun way to build language and matching skills.
My First Castle Panic
In this cooperative game, work together to stop the monsters from reaching your castle! Match colors and shapes to send the monsters into the dungeon. It’s all about teamwork in this cooperative game, so everyone wins (or loses) together.
Don’t Break the Ice
Help Phillip the Penguin make a new igloo! Take turns tapping the ice blocks one at a time. But be careful—one wrong move, and Phillip will fall!
Feed the Woozle
The Woozle loves weird snacks like hairy pickles and fuzzy donuts! Can your toddler balance these silly treats on a spoon and feed them to the Woozle in time? Try to feed him 12 crazy treats before they run out!
Kids learn dexterity, motor skills, body awareness, and counting—all while having a blast.
Rack-O Jr.
Rack-O Junior is a twist on the classic game, designed for kids learning numbers and colors! Be the first to line up your cards from low to high. The number cards come in rainbow colors that match the racks, so it’s easy to spot. Practice colors, taking turns, and number order.
Plus, special cards like “Discard A Card” and “Steal A Card” make things extra fun and wild cards make things a little easier if your little one gets stuck.
Twister Junior
This is a kids’ twist on the classic party game! It features a 2-sided mat with two levels of play–follow the safari trail and discover animals and colors, or flip the mat for a bigger challenge where you place your hands and feet on matching colors and animals. Last one standing wins!
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