Instructive and Educational Playing Cards & Games
Many packs are instructive or educational and designed to facilitate learning rather than just for play. Educational playing cards are a great way to learn new facts, or to review information that you already know. When the design of the illustrations is appropriate and amusing this helps to engage the imagination in the topic which can then be memorised more easily.
• See also: History of Educational and Instructive playing cards►
52 Ways to talk about adoption
‘52 Ways to talk about adoption’ family-centred playing cards produced by the Center for Adoption Support and Education, USA.
Ancient Egypt playing cards
Fully illustrated set of cards depicting various aspects of Ancient Egyptian life and culture.
Andere Zeiten - Andere Kleider
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by Simon Wintle
‘History of fashion’ cultural quartet game designed by Erika Werner-Nestler, 1954.
Animal Aid playing cards
Animal Aid playing cards with anti-shooting cartoons created by Steve Hutton.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi: an early Jaques game described as ‘scripture recreation for the young’ with events in the Bible, c.1875.
Arms of English Peers
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by Simon Wintle
The Arms of English Peers playing cards were first published in 1686. Heraldry, or a knowledge of the arms and blazons of royalty was an important part of a respectable education.
Army Health Promotion
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by Simon Wintle
Health Promotion playing cards issued by the British Army with cartoons about army life and information on where to get health advice.
Atouts de la Vie
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by Simon Wintle
“Atouts de la Vie” wartime card game created by Madame Lucien Willemetz, c.1940.
Bedeutende Erfindungen im Alltag
‘Significant Inventions in Everyday Life’ quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pössneck, 1979.
Botany Quartetts
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by Becky Bevan
Botany card game published by Houlston and Wright & Henry Greenwood, c.1860.
Caledonian Airways “European Phrases”
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by Matt Probert
“European Phrase” playing cards produced for Caledonian Airways, 1994.
Cards Eh!
“Cards Eh!” playing cards with general information about Canada produced by JK Productions of Richmond, British Columbia in 2002.
Carte Méthodique
Reproduction of a French pack by François Silvestre intended to teach heraldry, produced in Paris in 1712.
Carte Osteologiche
Skulls and bones of all descriptions have become the suits and pips in this 40-card pack from Italy.
