Froggit

I am especially fond of games that encourage critical and strategic thinking and are addictively fun to play. SmartGames are a classroom favorite! The pieces are attractive, durable, and hold up incredibly well. Froggit is a new addition to our classroom and already a big hit! Learning to play required some involvement on my part perhaps since the instructions describe two levels of game play, (basic and advanced). The objective is similar to checkers in that the goal is to advance your pieces to the opposite side of the game board. However, the frog and a pond theme results in a clever adaptation. My students preferred to play with the advanced instructions which involves a greater degree of strategy since players can form frog "teams" by stacking small frogs on top of larger frogs and "trapping" small frogs underneath larger frogs, giving players unique advantages. It can be played with 2-6 players, but having more players increases the level of critical and strategic thinking required.