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Amazon Top 10 Fun Games For Kids With Special Needs Benefits
Here is a list of Amazon’s top 10 fun games for children with special needs and the benefits each game will provide them. From fine motor development to hand-eye coordination, these games are perfect gift ideas.
1. Hot Potato Electronic Musical Passing Game
Wild, frantic, laugh out loud, electronic musical tater-tossing good time that can be played by the whole family
- Squeeze the Hot Potato to begin the games music and the fun begins
- Pass the potato to another player, but don’t get caught holding the spud when the music stops
- Designed for 2-6-players and includes an electronic Hot Potato stuffed with foam for safe play, (13) potato chip cards, (2) AA batteries and instructions
- Recommended for children 4-years of age and older
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: gross motor skills being used for passing and catching, strengthens eye-hand coordination, music therapy
2. Connect 4 Game
Classic Connect 4 game is disc-dropping fun
- Choose yellow or red discs
- When you get 4 discs in a row you win
- Includes grid, 2 legs, slider bar, 21 red discs, 21 yellow discs and instructions
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: gross motor and fine motor skills, using fingers to strengthen finger grasp, eye-hand coordination. Can be used to count checkers and recognize colors
3. Guess Who Game
High-quality toys for children all ages
- Made using safe materials
- Tested for quality and durability
- Classic Guess Whogame is mystery-solving guessing fun
- 4 exciting character sets: Sea Creatures, Fun Foods, Vehicles and Pets
- Close the doors on the characters you rule out
- Includes 2 game trays, 4 double-sided character sheets (2 for each game tray), 2 selectors and instructions
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: cognitive learning, asking “wh” questions, literacy
- Pull out a b;ock without crashing the stack to win at Jenga
- 54 hardwood Jenga blocks
- Win by being the last player to remove a block without causing the stack to crash
- Includes 54 wood blocks and stacking sleeve
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: fine motor, eye-hand coordination, counting
5. Memory Game Despicable Me Edition
- challenges you to match your favorite minions
- Match pairs of 48 minion cards
- The player with the most matches wins
- Includes 48 picture cards
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: fine motor, eye-hand coordination, cognitive
6. HedBanz Game
- Kids use their heads in more ways than one while asking yes or no questions to figure out if the cartoon on their head
- Be the first player to guess what you are and win
- Hedbanz the game where everybody knows by you
- Comes with everything kids need for non-stop fun Including Hedbanz rule sheet, 74 cards, 24 chips, 6 headbands, and sand-clock timer
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: cognitive, asking “wh” questions, dramatic play
- Tread carefully and win in this classic game
- Tap out ice blocks one by one
- Take your time and do some thinking to keep the polar bear from sinking
- To win, the bear must stay on top
- For 2 to 4 players
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: eye-hand coordination, fine and gross motor
8. Let’s Go Fishin
The original fishing game–it’s a classic!
- The game board spins and the fish open and close their mouths
- Includes 21 fish and 4 fishing poles
- Tested for quality and safety
- Ages 4 and up
- Try to get the most fish in this classic action packed game
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: eye-hand coordination, fine and gross motor
9. The Game of Life Junior Game
- Choose careers, financial moves and other choices
- Now with careers chosen by kids
- Includes game board with spinner, cards, Spin to Win tokens, cars, pegs, money pack and game guide
- The Game of Life is a classic game of chance
10. Twister Game
- Be the last player standing to win
- Fun Spinner’s Choice ideas on the back of the spinner
- If the spinner lands on air, the player must put a hand or foot in the air
- Includes 1 Twister mat, 1 spinner and instructions
Benefits to Child with Special Needs: eye hand coordination, fine and gross motor
I hope this list was helpful. I already have two gifts from this list that I plan to purchase for my son.