The Best Geography Games for Homeschoolers
Gameschooling is such a fun way to learn and there are literally no subjects that you can’t find some games for. Geography is no exception and these fun educational board games are a great way to learn about world geography, the United States, Capital Cities, and Famous Landmarks around the world. They are the ideal way to make geography fun and get the whole family involved, so here you go our pick of the 10 best games for geography to play with your kids.
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Geography Games to Play and Learn
Whether you are looking for a board game, card game, or strategy game to play with kids we have picked our selection of the best to learn about the world. Check out the recommendations in our list of the top geography board games for all ages of kids to play at home or in the classroom that even older players will enjoy.
Check out why we explore both physical and human geography in our homeschool!
Games that Teach World Geography
Our first set of games is for World Geography from learning the flags to the major cities and continents. Here are some of the best we have played and enjoyed.
Country Quest
If you are looking for a quick and simple game that can be played with your younger children up then Country Quest is the one. Played in a possible 4 different ways you can learn about flags using the flag cards, countries with the country cards, cities as well as the world. Even with very little geography knowledge, we found we could play, and the more we played the more we learned.
Continent Race
For 7 years upwards this fun educational board game Continent Quest was created by 6-year-old Byron, for kids to play! What better way for kids to learn than with a way that was made for them. With a world map, you race to collect as many countries from each of the continents as you can learning fun facts as you go. You can play in teams or individually. Another great game to build up your kids’ geographical knowledge.
Sweep the World
No game board is involved in this “board game” instead it’s a fun competitive fast-paced card game learning facts about the world countries including population numbers, geographic location, and flags. Sweep the World is great to pull out for the family game night and play together.
The World Game
Race around the world with your family, learning facts, flags, locations, and more in The World Game. With 194 countries to find and learn about this is a fun educational game that can get fierce especially when those wild cards are played and everything changes. Compete against the kids to locate a country quicker, identify a flag or let them outsmart you with which country has the highest population. A great choice in games for playing with upper elementary kids.
Trekking the World
Learn about world geography as you visit some of the landmarks and natural wonders around the world with the fun game Trekking the World. From the Grand Canyon to the Great Barrier Reef there are lots of places to visit and interesting facts to learn about with the destination cards and souvenirs you can collect on your way. If you’ve got older kids this fun game which is aimed at 10+ is ideal to play together and even adults will enjoy it too. There is also a National Parks version of the game for US-specific geography which focuses on the natural world.
Trekking the World Trivia
Closely following on from the Trekking the World Board Game, Trekking the World Trivia game is one of the best geography card games to test knowledge and learn as you go finding out about geography features around the world, from famous buildings to landforms and more. Do you know which are the most populous nations in order? Could you identify a country by a building in its capital city? Again aimed for 10+ it’s a great fun way to play and learn at the same time.
US Geography Games
If you are looking for a fun educational way to learn about the different States, then these games are a great way to play and learn as a family.
Great States
In the Great States board game, you can discover state locations, abbreviations, facts, capital cities, and more in this game for 7+-year-olds. This is a quick game that will help your kids learn more about each of the states as they pick random game cards and have to navigate to those states on the board of North America.
The 50 States Game
Recognize the states by their shape, learn about their flags, and what are the state attractions and learn facts about them as you play this relatively quick geography trivia game The 50 States Game. Ideal for families and can be played by kids from 7 years up.
Race Across the US
This educational game, Race Across the USA, is produced by Scholastic and aimed at 8 years + it’s a fun way to learn about the different states in a fast game. Visiting just 6 states and then returning to your home state each time and learning some vital facts about each in this fun board game for younger kids.
Ticket to Ride
Learn about the train routes of the USA as you play this classic game, Ticket to Ride, for families going from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and learning as you go. Did you know that although Ticket to Ride the USA is the original if you love the game you can find extra games which cover different areas of the world including Europe and even a specific London one which is a much quicker version of the game (especially useful if you are learning about England and London as the capital city).
General Geography Games
Although there are many world builder video games – Minecraft being an excellent one for expanding a little on physical geography knowledge there are some great World Builder Board Games. Our favorite is Catan and for younger children, this is a Catan Junior with pirates and more involved in settling this tropical island paradise.
We hope you enjoy these fantastic games.