Blokus Strategy Game

This is a great game for kids to learn critical thinking and how to plan ahead. A manager at a teacher's store recommended it. My grands were 4 and 2. I let them play with the board and pieces, just putting the colors together randomly or in designs. Then I explained the game. The 4 yr old was a BEAST! She made up her own terminology for the game (which we all adopted) and played like a whiz. She took no prisoners. The 2 yr old learned to play, too, remarkably well. I realized he was counting the spaces and measuring his pieces with his eyes so as not to give away his coming moves. He was 2. He went on to do very well in school with math and solving problems. I do believe Blokus helped both of them to do well with thinking through things. And it's fun!