2 or 22

What You Do:

1. For the purposes of this game, jokers = 0 (optional), aces = 1 or 11, jacks = 1/2, queens = 1/2, and kings = 1/2.
2. Deal two cards to each player. Players can use mental math to add the value of their cards together.
3. The goal of the game is to come the closest to 2 or 22. In each round, players can request another card from the dealer. Players can also stop playing whenever they'd like by placing their cards face up on the table.
4. Players may play for as many rounds as they'd like.
5. When all players have laid out their cards, it's time to count up the hands and decide who's won! Let your kid do the tabulating-- which player has come the closest to 2 or 22? That player wins one point. If there's a tie, multiple players earn points.
6. Play until the deck runs out.

Variation:

Change the scoring so that instead of receiving points, players receive all of the cards from the round they've won. After one pass through the deck, the winner is the player with the most cards.