Make Believe Murder Edition

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and Elizabeth answer a question from a parent worried about pretend play that involves imagined violence. Plus, we have personalized game recommendations with Jessica Waldock from the homeschool and parent blog, The Waldock Way. It’s our Everyone Is Fighting Now segment this week, and it’s for all ages. To listen to Everyone Is Fighting Now, zoom ahead to about 35:50.

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Recommendations:

Dan recommends signing up your kids for Outschool, which has Zoom classes for different age levels. Plus, the classes are really cheap! 

Jamilah recommends revisiting the classic, and relatively progressive, show: The Golden Girls. 

Elizabeth recommends ordering the Gottwals Books Survival Packs, from Gottwals Books in Georgia. Here's the order form for the personalized pack. 

Game Recommendations:

The Waldock Way’s Gameschool guide.

The 40 Greatest Family Games by Noel Murray

The Waldock Way’s printable family Game Night in a Bag. 

• Dragonwood and the new edition, Dragonrealm.
• Hero Kids
• Race to the Treasure!
• Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure Game
• Yahtzee 
• Rummikub 
• Qwirkle
• Blokus or Blokus Duo
• Skip-Bo
• Las Vegas 
• Carcassonne
• Stone Age
• Hedbanz 
• Chess
• Mastermind
• Guess Who?
• Charades 
• Hangman
• Qwixx
• Words With Friends
• Tsuro 
• Board Game Arena 
• Codenames and the unofficial online version. 
• Online cards 
• Telestrations 
• Apples to Apples
• Rush Hour
• Chocolate Fix
• Balance Beans
• Kanoodle
• SmartGames
• Herbaceous 
• Spot It!
• Bears vs Babies 
• Monopoly Deal 
• Suspend  
• Count Your Chickens
• Hoot Owl Hoot
• Mermaid Island
• Dinosaur Escape
• Red Light Green Light 

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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson.

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