Parker Brothers Monopoly Junior

Pros: Colorful, cheerful, easy to play; teaches counting, colors, turn-taking.
Cons: No strategy involved, rule on monopolies hard for children to understand.

Preface: The Wikipedia page on this game is comprehensive and informative, and has an image of the board. Monopoly Junior is a variant of the adult/older child game. The board is long and narrow, instead of square, but is very ...

Pros: Fun Amusement Park theme, small dollar values, chunky player pieces.
Cons: You have to buy the attraction (property) even if you don't want it.

Just the other night, my five year old daughter wanted to play one of mommy and daddy's board games. She looked over the shelf and pointed to the Monopoly game. I told her it would be a little complicated for her, so we both went with The Game of Life....

Pros: easily understandable for the age range
Cons: Boring, child quickly lost interest

I purchased this game for my daughter a year ago Christmas (she was seven years old at the time). I figured it would quickly become a favorite, as she adored playing regular Monopoly with the rest of the family but wasn't able to completely grasp the...

Pros: Educational, simple rules, quick for monopoly
Cons: none

I bought this game for my son when he was in preschool but he didn't really play it until grade 1. My daughter who is 3 plays it with us but looses interest quickly and needs extra help. We've lost some of the money because the kids have played with it ...

Pros: Fun, great for math skills
Cons: If you land on property you must buy it

I purchased this game for my 2 cousins aged 6 and 7. They absolutely love it! As soon as I gave it to them they ripped into it and started playing immediately and haven't grown tired of it since. They are actually asking me to buy them the real kind of...