How does Spot-It! Work?
Way back in Episode 5 of the Game Schooler Podcast, Doug and Michael wondered how the game Spot-It mathematically works. For those of you who don’t know the game Spot-It, …
Board Game Club – Starting and Afterschool Program
As you go about your gameschooling adventure, you may find yourself wanting to spread the excitement and learning to others. One way to do that, is to run an afterschool …
Game Schooler Notebook – Trail By Rail
Ticket to Ride© is a main stay at big box stores around the country and has been a top selling board game since it debuted in 2004. Although an entire …
Game Schooler Notebook – Power Play
Disney Villainous is a family board game with a heavy dose of strategy. In this game, you are playing as one of the many villains from the Disney™ universe. The …
Game Schooler Notebook – Monster Movie Mayhem
Our students are film directors hired to make the next great monster movie! Gamers will use the results from their last game of Horrified: Universal Monsters as the building blocks for …
Game Schooler Notebook – Scoring Routes
The Scoring Routes Game Schooler Notebook© helps students practice addition and multiplication after completing a game of Ticket to Ride: First Journey. A game of Ticket to Ride: First Journey …
Strategic Thinking – A Game Schooler Explanation
In a recent blog post, we explained how tactical thinking develops when kids and young adults engage in modern tabletop board games. Whereas tactical thinking requires making decisions based on …
Game Schooler Notebook – Naming a Virus
The Naming A Virus Notebook works with the board game Pandemic to transform an abstract concept into concrete examples during gameplay. Your gamers will create viruses for the board game …
7 Benefits of Adult and Youth Interactions While Gameschooling
If you’re an adult, and you interact with youth, why would you want to take time to play board games together? In episode 32 of The Game Schooler Podcast, Doug …
Game Schooler Notebook – Production Probability
The Production Probability Notebook works with the board game Catan to introduce probability and increase critical thinking and communication skills. Your students will learn about probability and how it can …
Introducing Game Schooler Notebooks
One our main goals at gameschooler.com is to help folks start gameschooling. Of course we have the podcast and recommended games, but up until now we haven’t had any free …
The Tactical Thinking Cycle – A Gameschooling Explanation
We define tactical thinking in gameschooling as: A game that challenges students to make decisions based on currently available and frequently changing information In episode 29 of the Game Schooler …
Board Games as Instruction for High Schoolers
In the School of Gaming segment featured in episode 24 of The Game Schooler Podcast (32m 30s into the show), we talked about and unpacked advanced gameschooling at the high school level. The teacher …
Gameschooler Reflection Assignment – An Unplugged Game-based Learning Activity
So, you’ve just had your students complete a board game, now what? Whether you’re guiding a classroom of 24 kiddos or leading a homeschool classroom of one, we’re going to …
How Does Gameschooling Work?
In a world where families and educators have a variety of educational options and countless online materials to teach kids; gameschooling provides offline opportunities for students to develop skills. Gameschooling …
Why modern tabletop board games are a great vehicle for teaching skills?
If you’ve stumbled onto this website, you’ll notice we contend modern tabletop board games are the perfect vehicle for cognitive skill development. One of the most common questions is, how …
Why Unplugged?
As we’ve previously talked about, Game-Based Learning is an established theory and practice. So, why does Gameschooler focus on unplugged? Although we are both 80’s babies raised on copious amounts of …
How Game-Based Learning Works for GameSchooler.com
Board games build skills. Before you spit your coffee or Mountain Dew out through your nose, we are serious. Playing a modern tabletop board game requires thinking, and players get …