Fine Arts

Masters Gallery

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In Masters Gallery, the players are art critics and gallery owners. All have their own favorite artist in this pantheon of greats—or at least they do until the game begins. Tastes and opinions about each artist’s value change constantly in the world of Old Masters art.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Math

Fine Arts

Play Time:

30 min.

Dixit Odyssey

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Dixit is a visually stunning game that rewards creativity, imagination and empathy. In Dixit, each player has a hand of beautifully illustrated cards that are evocative of fairy tales, surrealistic painting and dream imagery.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Fine Arts

Special Education

Play Time:

30 min.

Backseat Drawing

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The Hysterical Game of Sketchy Directions! Two teams race to identify drawings done by their own team members. But the artists don’t know what they are drawing—they can only follow the instructions given by another team member.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Content Area:

Math

ELA

Fine Arts

Play Time:

20 min.

The Color Dwarves

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The children walk with dwarf Colorful through the vivid Colorland. They visit the red dwarf, the green one ...Who will be the first to collect the presents? A fantastic educational game collection for 2-4 players about recognizing and classifying colors.

Grade Level:

Primary

Content Area:

Special Education

Fine Arts

Play Time:

10 min.

Telestrations

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Telestrations is designed for 4 to 8 players. As with the classic game "Telephone," the bigger the group, the more confusing -- and funny -- things can get. Gameplay requires little more than the included erasable markers and sketch books.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

Special Education

ELA

Fine Arts

Play Time:

10 min.

Long Live the King

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The king is dying! Historically, in less civilized kingdoms, the reigning monarch had to worry about surviving first, and naming an heir second. However, in larger and more civilized kingdoms, power was often distributed among court nobles and the monarch was fairly stable.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Fine Arts

Play Time:

120 min.

I Lost My Bear

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Losing toys is never fun, especially when it’s your favorite and no one will help you find it.

Author:

Jules Feiffer

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:09

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

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An unusual and memorable part of the history of the World Trade Center is captured in this exhilarating movie about a man who walked on a tightrope between the two towers.

Author:

Mordicai Gerstein

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:10

No Roses for Harry!

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Harry (Harry the Dirty Dog) is back and more fashion-conscious than ever. After receiving a comfy, but rose-covered, sweater from Grandma, Harry determines to lose it.

Author:

Gene Zion

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:10

Snowflake Bentley

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This Caldecott Medal winning book poetically reveals the life of the photographer and farmer, Wilson Bentley. From the time he was a small boy, Willie was fascinated by snowflakes.

Author:

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:20

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