- Froggy Boogie
- Blue Orange Games, $19
Five-year-olds aren't exactly known for their attention spans. Then again, when you factor in the many distractions they cause, neither are their parents—so in the end, this observation-memory game offers a pretty level playing field. In it, a bevy of cute wooden adult frogs sits at the center of a ring of lily pads; in order for your baby frog to hop around the circle to the finish line, you need to remove one of the adult frogs' eyes and look underneath. If it's the blank eye, you're free to move, but if there's a picture of a baby frog there, your turn is over. A roll of the dice tells you which color frog to try, and if you've carefully watched other players' turns, you should be able to remember which is the good eye and which is the bad. All you need to do is stay foc—hey, who put the baby's rattle in the cat food?—Ages 4 and up
