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  • This clever game teaches kids about cancer and its treatments by putting the information inside six engaging games.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2013)
  • With minimal physical character detail, this game is able to weave a deep and meaningful tale about friendship.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows
    (Game, 2013)
  • The game promotes exploration, discovery, and imagination in a colorful and cartoonish world that feels like the world's biggest LEGO collection come to life.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii U
    (Game, 2013)
  • For the 3DS, a nifty set of puzzles plus a puzzle-creation area.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Everyone's favorite plumber is back in a Wii U game that's playable with up to four other friends, as the gang once again rescues Princess Peach.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii U
    (Game, 2012)
  • This party game has hilarious mini-games that will get you laughing, cooperating, and thinking.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii U
    (Game, 2012)
  • A fantastic mystery mixed with more than 100 brainteasers makes for an armchair sleuth's dream.

     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Scan your Giant figurine into the game for a stomping good time that is sprinkled with humor and good storytelling.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Built from the ground up to use Kinect, this dance game delivers the beat for solo or group play while teaching players how to perform famous dances from the past 40 years.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • This software package does a great job of instructing kids on how to make art in a no-fail environment.

     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Kids jump into the TV show to learn about animals in this new way of interacting with a Nat Geo show.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • With five different princess adventures and great help built in, this is a perfect game to teach young girls how to play video games.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Mac, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • Kids can play a wildly creative platformer and then learn how to make their own games.

     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: PlayStation Vita
    (Game, 2012)
  • This Mario doubles the fun by letting two players explore the whole game together in a cooperative way.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • In this Angry Birds-type game, kids move their bodies to direct projectiles to hit goblin-infested castles.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Inventive puzzles about changing physics provide delightful brainteasers.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Super fun superhero world brought to life with LEGO bricks.

     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • This fantastic expansion to the top-rated Civilization V game adds religion into the historic mix.

     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • Kids will shake, jump, and tilt while playing games that teach them about music.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii
    (Game, 2012)
  • Learn about ancient Egypt as you solve a mystery set in a lost tomb.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • Exciting over-the-top antics combined with the ability to design your own tracks make this racing game a winner.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • The ecosystem of a tree serves as the background for this highly imaginative world in which clicking reveals wondrous surprises.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • This exciting Facebook game mixes hidden-animal puzzles with zoo-building simulation to teach kids about animals and conservation issues.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Facebook
    (Game, 2012)
  • FEZ

    Dimension-shifting puzzles make for unique gameplay without any violence.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • An unstructured experience of beauty, originality, and emotion that's as powerful as a beautifully written poem.

     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: PlayStation 3
    (Game, 2012)