National Family Game Night tonight

Forget those TV premiers that you’ve been enjoying all week. Tonight is the first official National Family Game Night, and that sounds like fun. Hasbro is sponsoring the event and challenging families to take a deep breath, turn off the iPhones, the iPods, the iMacs and any other iThingies that distract you from your kids. Instead, reconnect and play a good, old-fashioned game.

Here are some of my favorites:

For preschoolers, try The Original Memory Game, Zimbbos, Capture the Gag, or Sleepy Princess and the Pea.

For kindergartners and non-reading grade-school kids, I love Guess Who, Zingo, Chickyboom and Gobblet Gobblers.

For older kids, don’t miss the Hasbro classics – Monopoly, Clue, Battleship and Scrabble Jr., or try the best-selling Bananagrams, or one of my new favorites, Qwirkle.

Which games do you love to play with your kids?

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