Please share geography games you like

[Debbie in London]

I'm looking at buying some geography games and would love some suggestions. I have DS6, who loves and is pretty good at geography and DS11. I was looking at 10 Days in Europe and the Take Off! game I see at Rainbow Resource. Does anyone have an opinion on these or are there other games that your child enjoys and is learning from? Oh, and I just bought Great States but we haven't played it yet.

Thanks!
Debbie

[Linda in NM]

I enjoyed 10 Days in Europe--my son (13) was non-committal. We like the Professor Noggin games, too (Countries) and Risk (armies across the world).

[Lori D.]

My boys seem to enjoy the free online geography games at Sheppards Software: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/


Other than that, they like the board game of Risk.

[Beth in Central TX]

My MIL gave our boys the Which Way USA board game offered by Highlights magazine. They've had fun with it. It definitely reinforces state locations and capitals.

[Lori D.]

PS -- Also "Which Way USA" software for gr. 2-5.

[Sweetest]

Thanks for this...I just checked it out and it looks like a great site!

[Debbie in London]

Thanks so much!! I've never even heard of these. :o I really appreciate all the suggestions.

Debbie

[Amira]

We love Take Off! because you learn the names and locations of lots of cities around the world, and not just countries. And it's a very simple game. Some geography games are rather complicated.

But our favorite game is homemade. I made huge maps on cloths of the different continents and we play Twister (put your right hand on Brazil and your left hand on Peru...). This is by far our favorite geography game.

[Julie in Austin]

We LOVE Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego.

[FloridaLisa]

We have several geography games that I've collected over the years. Here are our favorites, from most favorite to very good.

Where in the World (Aristoplay)(not the same as Carmen Sandiego).
Quick Pix, Geography (Aristoplay)
WorldWise (various continent editions)
Global Puzzle
Borderline

Blessings,
Lisa

[ELaurie]

the Scrambled States (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-3683459-7681564?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=scrambled+states&x=16&y=14)book and game.

[ELaurie]

Fixed the link in the above post

[Debbie in London]

Thank you all so much. And geography twister? Oh my, they would love that! What a great idea!

Thanks again to all of you for sharing your opinions and ideas with me.

Debbie