good game for 5 yr old dd?

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its dds 5th birthday soon and im looking for a good board type game for her.
she has elefun/wobbly chef/dohnutters silly physical games to play with 18 month old sister and thinks they are ok.
she loves snakes and ladders/guess who.
i want something where she has to think a bit.
she can read and gets things quite easily.
any suggestions?

Junior Scrable

Orchard have some really good games - we like What a Performance (which can be very amusing) and Pop to the Shops. WAP is a bit like Cranium and PttS is a game which teaches kids about money - they have to go and buy different stuff in shops and get change etc. sounds dull but is actually quite fun :)

thanks, just looked at junior scrabble but its quite expensive with mixed reviews, not sure if its worth it??
will look at the orhard hills ones now, thanks.

I like junior scrabble too, got an old version and you can turn it over and play normal scrabble on other side, not sure if you can with the current one.

Also junior monopoly, again, got old version so not sure if still exists, but you used to go round a fairground.

One of the versions of Junior Monopoly.

DS got a game called 'Hey, thats my fish' the other week, which we have all enjoyed playing lots

has anyone got magic couldron? just looked and it seems quite good?
pop to the shops looks good as they are doing money at the moment but maybe a bit easy?? not keen on what a performance i dont think.

thanks.

has anyone got quirkle?

"Pop to the shops" and "3d snakes and ladders" very popular here with DD aged 5.

Sorry didn't read OP properly

Old fashioned but what about Ludo? My dcs love it. :)

Dominoes? DS2 (nearly 5) has now learned to add cunning to the basic rules by getting the doublers out first, sneeking a look at Mum's to see how to 'block' her...
Uno?
An easy Top Trumps in something she's interested in..will help with reading too?

My 5 year old is obsessed with pop to the shops...it is now at nannys house

Draughts is a big hit with 6yo ds. Also, not strictly board game, but how about uno cards? Simple premise, but strategy and arithmetic add interest.

When I was little I used to love Coppit and you can still buy it. It is a take on Ludo but you can steal opponents counters, which are cone shapes.

Crazy chefs, pop to the shops and jelly elephants loved here. And ds, 3, can join in with cs and je. All orchard.

We like coppit here too. If a few players, can be quite a laugh. I think they sell it in The Entertainer toy shop.

How abpot Junior Cluedo??

My dd, 5, loves frustration and Shut the box.
Shut the box is good fun for everyone to play. Dh and I also play it when dc are asleep!

Agree with the Orchard suggestions - We have 'Bus Stop' and a shopping list game by Orchard which both DC (5 & 2.5) love.

Junior Monopoly is surprisingly good - doesn't take too long to play, but the basic principles are there (it's about parties rather than properties!)

Cranium Cariboo (treasure hunt type game) is fun too.

Pop to the shops a favourite here too. Junior scrabble too. Ds less keen on junior monopoly, largely because he can't cope with losing . We love Shave the Sheep, the Lego game, but ds really can't cope when he gets the wolf. We shouldn't laugh as last time we played he had a major teary strop but it was v funny. All over a bloody wolf.
Snakes and ladders popular too, and connect 4. Frustration too altho he cheats!

I was brought up with Coppit too! "Floundering" is very popular in our house and available through Amazon.

My 4 year old (almost 5) loves junior monopoly. We play it almost daily........(don't get my first monopoly by mistake though....dreadful game!!) She also loves the card game whot.

thanks all, more for me to look at.