Classroom and teaching supplies

Board, card and logic games that teach

Good teaching games make children use skills without feeling they are working. These cover reading, math and logic.

Products were taken from Lakeshore Learning's own category pages (checked Oct 2026), with prices and age labels read from the listing; prices are approximate and change with sales. Checked 2026-10-25. Nobody paid to be here. The buy links are plain search links, not affiliate links, so Peabody earns nothing from them.

Zingo! Bingo Game
ThinkFun (sold at Lakeshore) · Ages 4-8
A tile-dispenser bingo, played with pictures and words.
Watch for: About $22.99, Oct 2026. Small parts: Lakeshore labels it a choking hazard, not for under 3. Lakeshore lists ages 4 to 8.
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Rush Hour Jr. Game
ThinkFun (sold at Lakeshore) · Ages 5-8
A sliding-car puzzle that builds planning.
Watch for: About $22.99, Oct 2026.
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Gravity Maze
ThinkFun (sold at Lakeshore) · Ages 8-12
A marble-run logic puzzle.
Watch for: About $34.99, Oct 2026.
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Laser Maze Jr.
ThinkFun (sold at Lakeshore) · Ages 6-10
A logic puzzle with a laser.
Watch for: About $49.99, Oct 2026. Needs batteries.
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Chess Teacher
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 6-12
A chess starter set.
Watch for: About $9.99, Oct 2026.
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Classic Dominoes Game
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 5-12
Dominoes.
Watch for: About $12.99, Oct 2026.
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IQ Puzzler Pro Logic Game
SmartGames (sold at Lakeshore) · Ages 6-12
A pentomino-style puzzle.
Watch for: About $12.99, Oct 2026.
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Richard Scarry's Busytown Seek & Find Game
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 3-6
A cooperative search game.
Watch for: About $28.99, Oct 2026.
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Splash! Math Games - Complete Set
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 6-9
A set of math card games.
Watch for: About $49.99, Oct 2026.
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Splash! Reading Games - Complete Set
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 5-8
A set of reading card games.
Watch for: About $59.99, Oct 2026.
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Charades for Kids Game
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 5-10
Acting game for vocabulary.
Watch for: About $17.99, Oct 2026.
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Roll & Write Word Game
Lakeshore Learning · Ages 6-9
A dice-and-word game.
Watch for: About $29.99, Oct 2026.
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Bananagrams
Bananagrams · Ages 7-99
A fast tile-based word game.
Watch for: Check the maker's page for age and tile count.
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