Peaceable Kingdom Count Your Chickens Game
4.72,164 ratings
Help Mother Hen gather her chicks and bring them back to the coop. Everyone wins together, and no reading is needed.
$15.99
Since 1990, one table, everybody in
Peaceable Kingdom: Games That Bring the Whole Table Together
Cooperative board games, first games for toddlers, shimmery floor puzzles, reusable sticker totes and lock-and-key diaries. Pick a corner of the kingdom, find the right age, and go play.
Browse the whole kingdom →Talk it through
In a cooperative game the table plans out loud. Kids practice listening, explaining and asking for help without anyone keeping score against them.
Solve it together
Mazes, memory hunts and treasure paths give small groups one shared puzzle. The win, or the near miss, belongs to everybody.
Busy little hands
Spinners, stacking blocks, cling stickers and jumbo puzzle pieces sized for small fingers that are still learning to grip and place.
Favorite games in the kingdom
The boxes families come back for: counting chickens, feeding a hungry Woozle, racing ogres to the treasure.
Peaceable Kingdom Hoot Owl Hoot Cooperative Game
4.84,036 ratings
A cooperative matching game for kids where all the players team up against one shared obstacle.
$18.95
Peaceable Kingdom Feed the Woozle Game
4.71,559 ratings
Feed the Woozle 12 silly snacks like hairy pickles and fuzzy donuts before the snacks run out.
$24.95
Peaceable Kingdom Race to the Treasure Game
4.83,175 ratings
Build a path from start to finish and beat the Ogre to the treasure, working together as a team.
$19.95
Peaceable Kingdom Dinosaur Escape Game
4.72,272 ratings
Rescue dinosaurs from a rumbling volcano by remembering what is hidden under the fern tokens.
$16.69$19.9516% off
Peaceable Kingdom Gnomes at Night Maze Game
4.71,271 ratings
A two-sided magnetic maze where teammates can move your gnome through walls only you cannot pass.
$24.95
Peaceable Kingdom Monkey Around Toddler Game
4.83,549 ratings
A first game that gets toddlers hugging, hopping and marching with a grown-up, with a beanbag banana to toss and catch.
$19.99
MindWare Qwirkle Board Game
4.818,135 ratings
The tile-matching classic: build lines by color or shape and score as you go. Rules take a minute to teach, and the strategy goes deep.
$19.99
Every corner of the kingdom
Twelve shelves, from first games for two-year-olds to grown-up party night.
What makes Peaceable Kingdom different
Everybody wins or nobody does
Most of the board games here are cooperative. Players beat the game, not each other, so the four-year-old and the seven-year-old can sit at the same board without tears at the end.
Built around how kids learn
Each game carries a skill on its box: counting, color matching, memory, turn-taking, early reading. The fun comes first, but the skill is always there, quietly doing its job.
Short rules, real choices
Most games teach in a few minutes and play in fifteen. Even the simplest ones leave room for the table to decide together where to move next.
A whole kingdom, not just games
Next to the board games sit floor puzzles, reusable sticker totes, sticker activity books, lock-and-key diaries and party favors, plus MindWare brain games for older kids.
What kids practice at the table
Every shelf leans on a different set of skills. Here is what shows up most.
- CommunicationSaying a plan out loud, listening to a teammate, asking for help.
- Social and emotional skillsSharing a win, handling a near miss, cheering for someone else's turn.
- Logic and memoryRemembering where the dinosaur was hiding, finding the shortest path.
- Early mathCounting spaces, matching numbers, building simple sums.
- Fine motor skillsSpinning, stacking, flipping cards and placing chunky puzzle pieces.
- ImaginationFairies, gnomes, ogres and owls that turn a board into a story.
The game that started a lot of family game nights
Spotlight: Count Your Chickens!
Mother Hen has lost her chicks, and the whole table walks her around the farmyard to bring them home. Spin, count the spaces, move the hen, and collect that many chicks for the coop.
There is no first place and no last place. The fox spinner can take a chick back out, which gives even three-year-olds a small, friendly moment of suspense. Counting practice happens on every single turn.
4.72,164 ratings
$15.99
Real words from families who play
Quoted as written by buyers of these games, puzzles and diaries.
Cooperative Game
This is a cute game that my three-year-old grandson absolutely loves. It's simple enough for young kids to understand, and we enjoy playing it together. The cooperative aspect is nice since we're all working toward the same goal rather than competing. It's become one of our go-to games during visits.
A lovely cooperative game for young children
This is a lovely cooperative game. It's so nice to be able to play something with a group of 5 year olds and know there will be no tantrums because no one person can lose - every wins or loses together as the objective has to be achieved (or not) as a team. A great idea and the silly "yucky" foods the woozle likes are also very funny when you're 5!
Fun game!
I love this company and so many of their games - the concept of cooperative board games is so great for young learners! The game is so easy to set-up, and each time you play will be different. My students are happy to play this, sometimes multiple times because it's always different.
Perfect first game for 2 years and up
Got this cute game for my 2 yr old granddaughter last Christmas. There aren’t many games specifically for 2 and up. This game has been so much fun fun! She loves it still at 3. It’s easy to play, has movement. Silly and fun. Great quality, and perfect first game. We now play Candy Land and Cooties too. But she still loves this one.
Perfect for a young child
We got this for our grandson who’s 7. Perfect for him and his “secrets”. The 2 keys are small so putting them on a ribbon, string, keychain, etc. helps to find them and make sure you keep one in a safe place in case the other one’s lost.
Fun times for 3 year old
This is an awesome puzzle for my 3 year old. I never review things, but this is really is terrific. The shapes of the pieces and the puzzle are unique and thus, it is more interesting for a kid her age, but still a challenge. We’re really enjoying it. Will probably buy another one of these.
Peaceable Kingdom cooperative games, puzzles and stickers for kids
Peaceable Kingdom has made games and gifts for children since 1990, and today it is part of the MindWare family of brain-building toys. The brand is best known for cooperative board games: Hoot Owl Hoot!, Count Your Chickens!, Feed the Woozle, Race to the Treasure!, Dinosaur Escape and Gnomes at Night. In each one the players team up against the game itself, which takes the sting out of losing and keeps mixed-age tables playing together.
For the youngest players there is a whole shelf of first games for ages 2 and up, such as Monkey Around, Acorn Soup and Duck Duck Dance. They use movement, simple matching and a grown-up partner, so a toddler can join the family table before they can read a rule card.
Beyond games, the kingdom covers jumbo and shimmery floor puzzles from 35 pieces, seek-and-find and 3D puzzles for older kids, reusable sticker totes for car trips, sticker activity books, lock-and-key diaries, classroom valentines and party favors.
MindWare titles fill out the older end of the range. Qwirkle, Q-bitz, Marble Circuit, Skippity and a long list of quick party and card games give kids of eight and up, and their grown-ups, something to think hard about on game night.
Answers to the most common questions
Quick answers about ages, rules and what to pick first.
What ages are Peaceable Kingdom games best for?
The range starts at age 2 with first games played alongside a grown-up and runs to ages 8 and up with MindWare strategy titles. Most of the cooperative board games sit between ages 3 and 7.
What is a cooperative game?
A game where all players are on the same team. Everybody works together to reach the goal before the game wins, so the whole table either celebrates or tries again together.
Are cooperative games good for kids who hate losing?
Yes. Because no single child loses, there is no one to blame or tease. Kids still feel suspense, and they practice handling a near miss as a group.
Which game should we start with for a 3-year-old?
Count Your Chickens!, Hoot Owl Hoot! and Feed the Woozle are popular first board games. For a 2-year-old, look at the first games shelf: Monkey Around, Acorn Soup and Duck Duck Dance.
Do the games need reading?
Most preschool titles use colors, pictures and spinners instead of words, so pre-readers can play. Learning games such as Alphabet Bingo are designed to build early reading.
Are the games good for classrooms and therapy sessions?
Teachers and therapists use them for small groups because the rules are short, the turns are quick and the cooperative goal keeps every child involved.
How long does a game take?
Most preschool and early-elementary games run about 10 to 20 minutes, which is the sweet spot for short attention spans. Strategy titles for older kids run longer.
Where do I buy and who handles my order?
Every button on this site takes you to the official listing at our partner store, which sells, ships and handles returns and warranty for every order.
Play with heart & soul!
Kids who play well together play well in the world. Pull up a chair, pick a box and let the whole table win.
