100 Games for Gifted Kids

Games for Gifted Children

As a homeschool mom to a gifted child I’m always on the lookout for items that will keep my son engaged, inspired and not bored. Gifted children tend to get bored quickly. Because they can analyze, adapt and master challenges at a quicker rate the challenge that at one time was fun and exciting quickly can become old hat. Inspiring your child with games for gifted kids that are challenging is a great way to keep them motivated.

Finding ways to challenge gifted kids can be overwhelming. That’s why today I’m offering you 100 Games that can challenge gifted minds. You’ll find affiliate links to most of the games which will take you to external sites where you can purchase any game that might be a great challenge for your child.

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100 Games for Gifted Kids

 App Games for Gifted

Love them or hate them apps are a regular part of our lives these day. Rather than turning your heart away from them, perhaps it’s time to embrace app games so your gifted kids can be challenged again and again, with little, if any, expense.

1. Geo Bee Challenge
2. Hidden Object: Mystery Estate
3. Hidden Object: Mystery Guardian
4. Kookie – Tangram
5. Minecraft
6. Pegland
7. SCRATCH (online)
8. Simple Physics
9. Unblock
10. X Construction

Building Games for Gifted

There’s something to be said about letting little hands explore building. It serves as a foundation for understanding engineering principles. The best teacher is experience and building games put experience right in the palms of their hands.

1. Artchitecto
2. Arx 2.o
3. Castle Blast
4. Clicko
5. Equilibrio
6. Hexacity
7. oinx
8. Staxiz
9. Suspend
10. Tumba
11. Twig

Card Games for Gifted

Card games are great for helping gifted kids develop social skills. That’s because many card games are played in groups of two or more. Anytime you can get your gifted kids involved in gaming together they’ll naturally start to talk to each other.

1. Anomia
2. Bella’s Mystery Deck
3. Davinci’s Challenge Card Game
4. Fluxx
5. Spot It
6. Sushi Go

Classic Games for Gifted

We often prefer new and improved. But, sometimes the best games are the classic games that have been tried and true. These time tested classic games are great for gifted kids because they require using logic and reasoning to complete.

1. 3 Way Circular Chess
2. 4 Way Chess
3. Backgammon
4. Chess
5. Chinese Checkers
6. Mancala
7. Peg Game
8. Rack-o
9. Scrabble
10. Simon
11. Stick Bombs

Educational Games for Gifted

Let’s face it, sometimes gifted kids find traditional learning to be boring. But, you can encourage them to learn many things through educational games. I’m listing a few here, but there are many more, this is certainly not an exhaustive list.

1. 10 Days Geography Game Series
2. American Trivia
3. Australian Managerie
4. Aristotle’s Number Puzzle
5. Carcassonne
6. DaVinci’s Challenge
7. Dominion
8. Equation
9. Qwixx
10. Rory’s Story Cubes
11. Scrambled States of America
12. Timeline
13. Hoppers
14. Robot Turtles
15. Zingo!
16. Paradox Box

Logic, Strategy & Tactic Games for Gifted

Gifted kids and logic and strategy games go together like peanut butter and jelly. It just makes sense. That’s because these kids simply have great logic skills. So finding ways to challenge them means introducing strategy games on a regular basis.

1. Abalone
2. Blokus
3. Brain String
4. Chaos
5. Color Stix
6. Dizios
7. Gravity Maze
8. Iota
9. IQ Twist
10. Linja
11. Q-Bitz
12. Qwirkle
13. Qwirkle Cube
14. String Railway
15. Swish
16. Tetris Stress Blocks
17. Tic Tac Ku Red and White
18. Zertz

Maze Games for Gifted

What’s funner than a maze? I know my son has been thrilled with every maze he’s ever had his hands on. The Perplexus series were especially a big hit for him.

1. AMaze
2. Labyrinth
3. Mine Shift
4. Perplexus
5. Q Ba Maze
6. Quoridor

Single Player Games

Gifted kids can often also be introverts. Also, it can be difficult to find a counterpart to match them wit for wit. So, single player games can cause them to be challenged without the pressure of feeling like they have to stress over the social aspect of gaming.

1. Brick by Brick
2. Block by Block
3. Colorku
4. Craniatics
5. DaVinci’s Helicopter Puzzle
6. Gordians Knot
7. Moonscape
8. Noodlers
9. Quadrillion
10. Rush Hour
11. Shape by Shape
12. Solitaire Chess
13. Unhinged

 Word Games

Word games can be challenging. And, sometimes gifted kids find them to be super thrilling. They love the challenge of discovering obscure words

1. Dabble
2. Hit or Miss
3. Jumbalaya
4. Konexi
5. Last Letter
6. Smart Mouth
7. Word a Round
8. Word on the Street
9. Yottsugo

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I want to hear from you. What games seem most exciting for your gifted kid? What games did I miss that should be on the list? Join the conversation and share your favorite gifted games in comments.

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