Educational Games to Play with Your Family on Game Night

Game Night is a fun time to gather around with friends or family to engage in some friendly competition; but playing games doesn't just have to be about having fun, you can learn in the process also. Here is a list of 5 games that will be sure to spice up any Game Night while providing hours of entertainment.

Brainiac
Flex your brain in this fun game that combines serious and funny questions to keep you on your feet! This game contains a set of 600 flashcards that feature trivia questions that every smart person should know. There are three categories: math & science, arts & humanities, and social sciences. Brainiac is $14.95 and available through the Discovery Store.

Professor Noggin's Card Games
The hit game show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, has proven that adults can master some of the hardest subjects, but have trouble going back to basics. So revise those topics learned in grade school with this fun game. This card game would be good for a game night centered on entertaining the kids. These games contain trivia cards with questions that range from easy to hard so the cards will provide a challenge to children and adults alike. Professor Noggin offers many games to cover subjects like Ancient Civilizations, Wonders of Science, Life in the Ocean, and Wildlife. To find where Professor Noggin games are sold, visit the website, professornoggin.com.

Spill Your Guts
Practice some anatomy and put yourself in those shoes of a doctor with Spill Your Guts. In this game, each player gets to be a doctor. The players must answer questions on their turns and if they get the question right, they get to collect an organ. The first person to put their patient back in order wins. This game is $24.95 and is available through educationallearninggames.com.

Dino Extinct
In this four-player board game you must role the dice and answer questions about dinosaurs to move forward in hopes of surviving into the 21st century to avoid becoming extinct. This game is $17.99 and can be purchased through educationallearninggames.com.

Where in the World?
This board game will have you quizzing your way through every continent and country of the world including flag, capital, population, and language. Where in the World features 6 different games with varying difficulty levels. The price for this game is $25.95 and it is available through educationallearninggames.com.