games for 4yr old

[omelette]

My son turns 4 in a month and I'd like to recommend some board games or other games as gifts to family members.
His favourite game is a memory game. What's a favourite at your house?

[ElliesMomma]

candy land
hi ho cherry o

[Eaglevoice]

memory
fishing game
candyland
chutes and ladders
don't break the ice
hungry hungry hippos
old maid
go fish

[Just1More]

Uno!
Slap Jack
Yahtzee (with a little help, and sometimes we change up the rules a bit)
Cootie Bug

There's a game that I've not actually seen, but my midwife highly recommended, called "Wildcraft." It's a cooperative game designed to teach children about herbs and their usages. She said her 4yo granddaughter loved it. There are other cooperative games, too.

[Just1More]

Oh! And Dominoes.

And I haven't tried it yet, but I'll bet Quirkle would be a big hit. Maybe with slightly changed rules there, too. Or maybe just use fewer pieces?

[Tjej]

We play the Eric Carle game "Brown Bear Brown Bear" (got it at Target) with my DD (4) and DS (2). It is a little over DS's head, but DD gets quite into it and likes to play it over and over.

Tjej

[mainemommy1]

Curious George Discovery Beach Game! (look it up...a really neat twist on a memory game complete with "sand" and hiding objects that you must remember where they are hiding in the sand! A spin that lands on a wave mixes it all up-so fun! We all love it! Not messy---everything is contained....

Uno. We have the Handy Manny edition.

Hullaballo- not a board game.....rather an action type game similar to twister

[cowboyjunki]

Not sure if he would be to young, but we LOVE Trouble! I mean, we seriously play about 10 games a day, but my son is 5.5. We also like Secret Door, by Family Pastimes (It's a cooperative game). MY DS loves Sequence for Kids too, and I like it as well!

[NoraC]

We enjoy some less common games:

Monza
Kayanak
Highly Suspect
Gulo Gulo

(The first three are by a German company called "Haba" and sometimes not as easy to find.)

And some more common ones:
Guess How
Connect Four
Trouble

Have fun!

[mazajo]

Candyland is a must have, of course! My 4yo loves Dr Suess's Super Stretchy ABC game. Adults will enjoy playing it a little bit less; it's a cute game but really not designed for tall people.

[Red Pajama]

We like memory, candy land, hi-ho cherry oh, socken zocken. We've recently added Uno to the mix, but we play it open rather than hidden cards.

[averlee]

Some of my childhood faves were barrel-o-monkeys and pick-up-stix, and I had a giant checker game with a rug for a board. Looking forward to playing those with my little one(s)!

[Biscuits & Gravy]

We have a cooperative game by Family Pastimes called "Max" that DS loves. We have candyland and memory as well, but Max is his favorite. Mine too!

[marieangela]

My 4 1/2 year old likes
Rat a Tat Cat
Sorry
The Cat in the Hat- I can do that
Connect Four
Candyland
Chutes and Ladders

and with a little help he joins in with big brother's
Quirkle
Blokus
Labyrinth

[redpajama]

My kids (3 and 5), but particularly my 5-year-old, LOVE games. Here are some of their favorites:

Kids of Carcassonne
Tier Auf Tier
Socken Zocken
Trouble
Guess Who
Chess (the 5-year-old; we haven't taught the 3-year-old)
Blokus
Ker-plunk

A current favorite with them is a card game called Sleeping Queens.
And their grandparents brought Uno Moo with them when they visited last weekend. The kids seemed to really like it, but I didn't play with them, so I don't really know anything about it--except that they loved it.

Of those that I listed, my 3-and-5-year-olds can set up and play all but Chess independently (I should probably say, my 5-year-old can set them up and lead my 3-year-old through them).