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►
Instructive and Educational Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards with an educational and instructive purpose first trended in mid-17th century France, inspiring imitations on a growing number of topics such as Arithmetic, Fortification and Military Science, Geometry, Grammar, Heraldry, Cartography, Biographies, Mythology, History, Political Satire, and so on.
J. W. Spear and Sons: ‘Zoology’
Quartet games with scientific illustrations became popular during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. J. W. Spear and Sons Zoology quartet game is a lesson in natural history.
Jaime Margarit - Recreo Infantil
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by Simon Wintle
'Recreo Infantil' children's educational cards published by Jaime Margarit, Palamós (Gerona) c.1888.
Jeu de cartes abécédaire
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by Simon Wintle
An educational card game designed by F. Séré and published by Lithographie Musicale de Boboeuf, Paris 1840.
Jeu de la Géographie
“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella and published in c.1644.
Klipp Klapp Karten
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by Simon Wintle
“Klipp Klapp Karten” printed by KZWP-Trefl (Poland) for Kindermuseum Oelde (Germany) in 2004
Knot playing cards
Knot playing cards intended to teach a variety of useful and interesting knots, USA, 2000.
Kriegs-Spiel by Peter Schencken, Amsterdam
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by Simon Wintle
Peter Schencken of Amsterdam copied the "Jeu de la Guerre" or "Das Kriegs-Spiel" (with German captions) originated by Gilles de La Boissière and published by Mariette in 1668 in Paris.
Lexicon
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by Simon Wintle
The summer of 1932 saw the introduction of Lexicon, when a small edition was produced and sold to test the market.
Life playing cards: tobacco education
‘Life playing cards: tobacco education’ anti-smoking deck, USA, 2003.
Lingo Phrasebook Playing Cards by Diana Stanciulescu
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by Adam Wintle
Lingo is an interactive phrasebook providing you new way of learning new language through playing cards
Math Stack
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by Simon Wintle
“Math Stack” playing cards designed by Diana Stanciulescu, illustrating and explaining 36 important mathematical constants, published by EduStack in India
Mitelli ‘Gioco di Passatempo’
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by Simon Wintle
Il Gioco di Passatempo contains 40 figurative playing cards depicting moral virtues and vices, dated 1690.
