I have recently had a massive clear out. These are the games we kept as we still play them…… used to have about 3x this amount. Some skills I feel that board and card games help with are:
Fine motor skills
Turn taking
Patience
Problem solving
Choosing……. Even which player to be.
Imagination (esp. Aunt Millys Millions, Quelf)
Negotioting….which game to play
Being a fair judge…..Aunt Millys Millions
Knowledge… Game of knowledge, Cranium, Poleconomy
Being silly, humour. ?..Quelf
Number skills..ziggity
Forward thinking….citizens, poleconomy.
And lots more.
Other games are:
Monopoly Junior
Scrabble
Connect 4
Battleship
Varius Lego Games (brilliant as you buld, thenplay the Game)
Classic cards… Go fish, old maid etc
Ludo
Candyland
Chess, pick up stix, monkeys
Games thatuse interests, eg Batman, Thomas, Dora
And lots more!

Use the lego stage. One of the best games I had for my children was this one. Everyone gets to build something, and can have something at the end. A win win situation. This is the game that really got the message across the games are for playing, not winning. We played a LOT of games as the boys were growing up, as they have problems with all the social skills, I used board games to teach and practice these skills. I had a caregiver help me, and we played in teams, with an adult with each child. Now we enjoy playing lots of different games, and dont worry about winning. Our latest is an old game of Poleconomy that we picked up in a second hand shop….. Very complex, but you learn about inflation, government… And someone gets to be primeminister. The only thing we ban in anything in a game about stealing cards or turns. This is a concept the boys just cant get, and, really, do I want them to get it?

This site shows some classic board games, and the skills they build.

I thought this was interesting for two things… The themes of pictures, and the difference between boys and girls.

A comparison of two children and stages of drawing.

This is a good example of tadpole drawing

Interesting article on preschooler drawing, and explanations of the stages of tadpole drawing.