Any ideas on how to organize board games?

Question

I am a third grade teacher and have been asked by administration to organize a game room stocked with board/card games that students work with a buddy with through a mentor program. The room is TINY and a total mess. ANY IDEAS!!!

Answer 1

I have a suggestion. I had to do it my basement. I purchased shelving units (the white wire type), and had them installed on one wall, which turns out to be about 8 feet wide, but you can purchase shorter shelves or cut them to fit. I ended up with 5 shelves, and I spaced them out to fit the types of games we have, depending on how tall the games are. I have the games standing on their side, instead of stacking them flat, that way you don't have to struggle if you need a game at the bottom of the pile, specially for kids. I do have a few games stacked that way because of the small pieces, like Risk, and Guess Who. For some, you may want to get big rubber bands since some of the boxes open up a little. It's amazing how well my kids put the games back in their spot now. I also have them grouped together by categories, and similar sizes together, and little kid games on the bottom (my youngest is 10 years old, but we kept some toddler games for visitors).

Long answer but hope this helps. Too bad I can't paste a picture to this message.

Answer 2

I have several kids games. Here are some suggestions.

- Store them in large storage buckets, the type you get at Costco (look for ones with hinged lids, so the lid doesn't get lost). That way, if one of the game boxes opens accidently the contents spill into the bucket where they can be retrieved. You can write the 'type' of game on the sides of the bucket.

- Organize them based on type: Word games, Numbers games, Stacking/Motor games, etc. That way, the teachers can just grab the bucket they need. You might also break them down by age if you need to.

One other recommendation, look at games by the Blue Orange company, they are some of the best kids games (http://www.blueorangegames.com/).

Answer 3

put the board games together biggest to smallest. put the card games together. get some cheap baskets from the dollar store and put small thing in there that fit. also label thing like where the board games go put board games and card games etc. etc. clear boxes r good to. learn games could go together in one spot and fun games could be separated.

Answer 4

sort them out by game. like monoply in one side yahtzee in an other then but the game and pieces toogether

Answer 5

You should put the games that children like to play with most on top. The boring ones on the bottom. If the children like all the games put the smallest on top and biggest on the bottom!!! DUH!