What is a good board game for a 1st grader as a birthday present?

Question

What is a good board game for a 1st grader as a birthday present?

Answer 1

a book would be a better idea.

but candy land is a classic. hungry hungry hippos.

Answer 2

Connect four and Uno is fun.

Answer 3

Connect four is a fun and easy game for a first grader

Answer 4

get him a toy not a board game

Answer 5

lets see there is candy land that can learn colors.

chutes and larders learn how to count

Trouble i don't know what that does

sorry is just fun to play with friends and family

Mouse trap is a fun game to play i think that it has some math skill in it

Memory well it is all in the title

and that is all i know

Answer 6

chutes and ladders

Answer 7

checkers or chess! then they can keep practicing and get it right!

Answer 8

monopoly jr.

Answer 9

Hi ho cherry o is a GREAT ONE for little kids

also candy land

and....any matching game

Answer 10

Don't spill the beans!  It's a classic!

Answer 11

I would say Monopoly, but for a first grader,....... I guess something like Candyland, Trouble, or Scrabble.

Answer 12

Chutes and Ladders. It teaches children how to accept failure and regroup to climb the corporate ladder! LOL Think about it!

Answer 13

shoots and ladders

Answer 14

Uno. It was my son's favorite. He liked to win so much he even cheated with me and I never  knew it. My wife had to tell me.

Answer 15

Something with not alot of pieces, but something that is imaginative and educational is good :)

Answer 16

no no no candyland is too baby

try trouble, or sorry, or if he (or she) has a really long attention span and can comprehend logic, then clue jr. would be good

Answer 17

roller blades or a scooter!!!

you will make their day!!!!

as for board games...

apples to apples junior, twister, or clue!!

Answer 18

monopoly Jr

guess who

sorry

twister

scrabble Jr

brain quest

Cranium Balloon Lagoon

trouble

clue Jr

Scene It? Disney 2ND Edition

Answer 19

Checkers, or an african version played with pebbles called Mancala - but I am a big fan of the game "uno" its a card game.

Kids love it - even adult ones - good family time

Answer 20

I love trouble and sorry.

Answer 21

Chutes and Ladders, Candyland or others that are recommended for the age group.  Age recommendations will be on the box.♥

Answer 22

I always loved "Sorry."

Then again, kids love,"Hungry Hungry Hippos."

Answer 23

Shoots and Ladders.

Answer 24

Chutes and Ladders.....

Answer 25

Candyland

Answer 26

one that is new, on TV that they talk about and easy to play or set up

Answer 27

Candy land

Trouble

Answer 28

candy land

Answer 29

Candy land, shoots and ladders, connect four

Answer 30

trouble

Answer 31

monopoly...teaches them real estate & $$ handling. My daughter is getting that for xmas & she is in 1st grade. Also, how bout the game of life?