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(More customer reviews)I bought this game for my son when he was almost four and learning his letters in preschool. It provided an excellent way to reinforce his letter recognition and the letter sounds he was learning. Now that he's six, we still play regularly, but we've been able to adapt the game to make it more challenging for him.
The game comes with instructions for play in two modes:
1. for preschoolers learning letters
2. for older kids working on spelling
The rules include several variations of play for each mode, so the game can easily be adapted to the skill level of all players. Either mode is easy to setup for play.
At the beginner level: The object is to collect as many letter disks as you can as you move your 'critters' around the board. Each letter disk has a letter on one side and a cute bug on the other. Players pick a bug and call out a word that starts with the letter on the back. If correct, they roll the dice to advance on the board, and they get to put the bug in their soup. If they don't get a word, they put their bug back in the 'pond'. The player with the most bugs in their soup in the winner.
For the littlest ones, it's a great way to start to recognize letters and the phonetics that go with them. As my son mastered this, we made the game more challenging - like naming a state or type of food that started with the chosen letter.
There is also a variation where the die is used to determine how many letters to choose during a player's turn. The player says one word for each letter disk selected.
The game is lively and fun, and we usually let everyone say a word for each letter. We always end up getting silly and giggly, and the kids never realize they are kind of doing homework! There are also opportunities to 'taste' other player's soups, so you get to steal bugs for your soup. That also causes fits of laughter and friendly competition.
For the older kids, the object of the game is to earn the most points for spelling. A player rolls the die and turns over the same number of letter disks and vowels. All players try to spell as many words as possible from the selected letters before the timer runs out.
The age recommendation says 5 to 10, but I think even younger kids can play if they're learning letter sounds.
I highly recommend this game!
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For 2 to 4 players
This game spells fun for the whole family! Early readers build letter recognition and vocabulary skills as they call out words beginning with selected letters. Advanced players compete by listing and spelling as many words as possible in the allotted time. Includes sand timer, transparent markers, game cards, dice, 16 critter game pieces and game board.
Awards:
National Parenting Publications Awards, Honors Award (1997)
The Education Source Top Ten Educational Games for the Year (2000)
Canadian Toy Testing Council 3 Star Rating (2002)
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