Games & Puzzles USAopoly Gets Kids Moving with Games
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Fat Brain Toys Gets Logical
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exHive, from Fat Brain Toys, is a challenging set of puzzles that will get brains buzzing. Kids ages 6 and up must place the shapes inside the hive on a series of numbers that total out to seven. Each challenge indicates which shapes can be used, and the player must determine where the pieces fit. Flink is a brain-bending challenge that will leave even the most astute puzzle-lover feeling perplexed. Puzzlers ages 12 and up set up the board according to the challenge, follow the directions on the tiles, and return the jewel pieces to their proper places. Patience, practice, and persistence are key to mastering this logic game. Peek-A-Doodle-Doo is a memory game designed to improve concentration skills for kids ages 3 and up. The game pieces are in constant motion, which adds challenging, fast-moving game play. With MoonScape, kids ages 8 and up can spin the inner sphere around as they shift the quadrants in this out-of-this-world puzzle challenge. Kids must attempt to fill in every crater on the moon’s surface.
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reasure Trax, from USAopoly, is an all-in-one scavenger hunt game for kids ages 3 to 5. Treasure Trax is an active play-and-learn game where kids search for clues to find hidden animal cards. Parents can set up the cards around the house and even hide a surprise at the end of this fun and fast journey. Kids will develop confidence and thinking skills as well as learn colors, letters, images, and word recognition. Reverse Charades puts a twist on the classic game of charades and gets more people in on the fun. Instead of one person acting out a clue for a team to guess, a team acts out clues for one person to guess. Teams have 60 seconds to attempt to guess as many words or phrases as they can. The team with the most correct guesses wins. Reverse Charades is designed for kids ages 6 and up,
Wiggles 3D Knows What’s What
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ye Know, from Wiggles 3D, features an array of famous people, animals, signs, and symbols. Players roll the dice to determine what color cards they can select from. Next, they select any image on the game board in that color, identify the image, and answer one of three trivia questions related to the image. Eye Know features 1,200 questions and 400 cards and is designed for kids and adults ages 12 and up.
FEBRUARY 2014