Hungry Hungry Hippos Review

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(More customer reviews)This toy is not worth the money! I remember playing this game with one of my brothers when I was little, and we always had a good time. I was hoping to replicate the experience for my children; unfortunately, this game has been brought back in a junky, poor quality version. The hippos have to be removed from the game board with their necks extended and locked into place in order to put the game away in the box. My kids (6&4) have a hard time putting it together or putting it away by themselves (huge minus in my book!). The hippos sometimes become detached from the game during play. Their necks *frequently* get stuck in the extended position, necessitating stopping the game so that it can get fixed. The marbles are cheap, hollow plastic rather than the heavier marbles I remember from my childhood. The stickers don't stay on the hippos very well, so none of our hippos have eyes anymore. Even the box itself is incredibly flimsy if you hope to use it as a storage box for the game. Don't waste your money! Our game is sitting in the donation bin waiting to be taken to charity!

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Down by the river in a shady grove, live the Hungry Hungry Hippos. There's HoneyPotamus (who loves anything sweet), VeggiePotamus (who loves all things green), PickyPotamus (who's very, very picky), and his big brother BottomlessPotamus (who isn't picky at all!).Come on down to the riverbank and join the Hungry Hungry Hippos for a gobblin' good time. The player whose hippo munches the most wins! This heritage game with its frenetic, colorful gameplay is a recognizable favorite that always leaves kids hungry for more!

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Educational Insights Maze Ways Cat and Mouse Review

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(More customer reviews)My son started playing this at 3 and still going strong at 5yrs old...he loves it and it's great for his thinking skills.....I love it too and realize how simple and or complex it can be depending on the level...this was our first and we now have 5 of these type of games but the ones from educational insights are our favorites and they are always coming out with more cool puzzle games. And I believe it due due to toys like this that my just turned 5 yrs old is doing 1-2 grade work and loves a challenge! Many praises for this product!

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Will the cat catch the mouse? Will the mouse eat the cheese? Will the dog find his bone? Help furry critters find their way through a maze of possible paths in these brain-teasing, logical thinking puzzles. Solve each challenge by rearranging the nine tiles to build connecting paths between the icons pictured on the challenge. But, watch the road -- don't veer off course or get stuck in a dead end.
With 48 unique multi-level challenges and hundreds of puzzling possibilities, these fun games will aMAZE young and old. Includes game board with built-in storage compartment, maze booklet with puzzles and solutions and 9 puzzle tiles.

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iplay Diggity Dog Review

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(More customer reviews)As a speech pathologist at Play on Words, I am always looking for good games to encourage language. Kids three years and up want a little challenge in their games--not everything left to chance! Diggity Dog is their first pick for fun. Choose your puppy and press the doghouse to listen for the number of barks. Count them out as you land on a space, dig a hole and the little bone sticks to your dog's magnetic nose. See if the color on the underside of the bone matches your dog and collect all three before heading home to win. There's just enough action to keep little hands busy and skill required to keep minds churning. Playing Diggity Dog involves auditory memory (remembering the number of barks), visual memory (remembering where your colored bones are), counting, and conversation negotiating turn-taking and discussing strategy. These are all skills that contribute to language development.


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In this adorable first memory board game, kids help the puppies find their bones. Start by pressing on the electronic barking dog, and he will bark the number of spaces you move (1,2 or 3). When your puppy lands on a space beside a bone, he can pick it up using his magnetic nose. If the color of the bone matches your puppy, you get to move it to your doghouse. The first to find three matching bones wins.

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Dotty Dinosaurs Game Review

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(More customer reviews)This game was helpful in teaching my 3 year old grandsons to learn their colors and shapes while enjoying light and fun competition.

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Can you help the dotty dinosaurs to find their missing spots? Throw the dice to match shapes or colors and be the first to cover your dinosaur board in this fun game for young players. Two games in one.Made in England.Players 2-4.Age 3-6 Years.

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Ravensburger No Peeking - Children's Game Review

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(More customer reviews)My 4 year played this game with her speech therapist and loved it. It is an older game so I was excited to find it. She was so happy to get it for Christmas and wants to play it every day! We play it by picking an object from the bag and then describing it to other player(s) who then guess what the object is. Good for developing language arts skills.

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Can you recognize all the different shapes only by touching them? Put on the mask and try it! Identify and collect the most objects to be the winner. Many variations possible for hours of fun! It promotes concentration and awareness through sensory perception while developing fine motor skills.

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iplay Poppa's Pizza Pile-Up Review

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(More customer reviews)My 5 year old twins really like this game...it is sometimes difficult to balance the toppings, but that is why they like it so much. On the other hand, my 3 year old finds it very frustrating. If you are considering purchasing this for a younger child you can rough up the pizza part with a piece of sand paper to help with the slippage.

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Can you help Poppa complete his pizza with Poppa's Pizza Pile Up Game by International Playthings? Or will the pizza topple over before all the toppings have been added? Players take turns rolling the dice and placing cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms and pepperoni pieces onto the pizza pie. If you cause the pizza to tip and some of the toppings fall off, you lose. The player who can outlast all the other opponents wins the game. For advanced play you can take Poppa off his base and he wobbles around even more while holding the pizza. 2-4 Players Ages 4+

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Long Neckers Matching and Stacking Game Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this for my five-year-old niece - she loves giraffes so I thought she might enjoy it. It turned out to be a really fun game and easy to play right out of the box. I'll be truthful, sometimes I try to play games with her and I'm bored out of my mind...this wasn't like that at all. It's a game that's fun for the kids to play together, but also for adults to play WITH kids. The general idea is that you spin to choose pieces of the giraffe's neck and stack to see who gets the highest giraffe. There are lots of ways to adapt the game to extend play...plus the girls had fun just goofing around with the game pieces.

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Introduce the stacking concept by building the largest giraffe neck without it tumbling over. Spin the spinner, find a matching piece, and place it on the giraffe. For 2 players or 2 teams. Ages 4 yrs. +.

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Don't Break the Ice Review

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(More customer reviews)Games for small children are notoriously hard to come by. "Don't Break the Ice" is one of the few available and a classic in its own right.
My young son loves this game and we play all sorts of variations including moving the main ice piece that holds the bear to different places so we can experiment with the "physics" of the game. (So there is a true educational element.) We also try to put the ice pieces back in the frame using different patterns of insertion. This helps kill the time factor in getting the game pieces ready to play.
With its minimum of rules anyone can pick this game up in a minute. It's fun and can be played by "kids" of all ages. Given its low price, it's a no miss. Even if little children get more fun out of making the bear fall than not, so what? Think of it as a more versatile "hammer & peg bench" toy.
There are some durability issues. If one of the tabs that hold the ice breaks, you are out of luck. The frame consists of two pieces that slide together and the connection is prone to breakage. Still, at this price point it's a lot easier to replace than many of the fragile toys that cost far more. In fact you could buy every toy in the Milton Bradley "Cootie" line and still be under the cost of just one other plastic toy.
A good bet for a good price.

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3 years & up. Tap out ice blocks one by one, but Don't Break the Ice! To win, the bear must stay on top. One wrong block, and he'll go ker-plop! 2-4 players. No reading required.

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Dr. Seuss What's in the Cat's Hat? Game Review

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(More customer reviews)The best thing about this game is that the options are limitless! You can put absolutely any item from your home in the hat which keeps the game new and fresh each time. Our 5 year old and 2 year old both love this game!

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The Cat in the Hat has something mysterious in his hat! Can you guess what it is? In this fun, multisensory exploration game, one player hides a household object of their choice inside the hat and the other players use questions, clues, and the hat's fun interactive exploratory features to discover what it is. Is it something we eat? What room does it belong in? Not sure? Try feeling the hat with your elbows, poking your finger through a hole, or looking at the object through the magic crystalline window. Children will enjoy hours of creative fun with this innovative game!

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Richard Scarry Busy Town Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a GREAT kids game.
I love the Richard Scarry's theme and the fact that the players don't actually play against each other.
They are a team- My 5 five year old daughter is at an age where she hates it when she loses so this works great.
As an adult, I also enjoyed playing this with my daughter- which is really saying something.
The game board and pieces are very good quality as well.
I highly recommend this game for your family or a gift.


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Race around town solving mysteries! How many objects can you find? Join Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm on a fun-filled race around Busytown to solve mysteries and find hidden objects. Drive through lively city streets, an activity-filled farm, an action-packed airport, and a bustling harbor full of silly boats. There's much to discover on this gigantic, colorful game board that's over six feet long! As players race through Busytown, they'll team up every time someone lands on Goldbug-leaving no corner of the board unexplored as they discover hidden objects and race toward Picnic Island. With hundreds of objects to find this game provides hours of fun, while building confidence each time a child says, "I found it!"

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Educational Insights Castle Logix Review

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(More customer reviews)My 4 1/2 year old daughter just opened this for Christmas. It is a first rate toy! It looks easy, but it is more challenging than it first seems. Some of the most difficult puzzles even took me a little while (and I'm an engineer). My daughter worked through the first 20 puzzles before deciding to move on to another Christmas toy. She was very proud of herself when she solved each puzzle. It is well-built and doesn't have too many pieces (which is nice for clean up). It is awesome for teaching logical problem-solving skills. This toy makes a great gift.

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Construct castles, block by block and tower by tower, as you flex your logic muscles with this beautifully crafted 3-D wooden puzzle. The challenge is to assemble the wooden blocks and towers into one of the castles in the puzzle booklet. With simple puzzles for inexperienced builders to complex puzzles that will challenge skilled ones, Castle Logix is designed to stretch a player's logical thinking skills and to develop spatial reasoning abilities. It includes seven durable wooden castle pieces and a full-color, illustrated booklet with 48 multi-level puzzle challenges. Made of smooth, high-quality wood, Castle Logix has the look and feel of a classic children's game.

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Horton Hears a Who - You to the Rescue Review

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(More customer reviews)I love this game. I bought it for my niece and nephew a while back and since then have given it out as a birthday gift to two of my friend's kids. In all cases, it has been a huge hit, and I've heard that kids keep asking to play this one over and over. They never tire of pretending to be Horton, putting on the Horton mask, and racing around the house to rescue the Whos. Kids particularly think it's hilarious when grown ups put on the Horton mask. Very clever and sweet; perfect for preschoolers.

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The jump-up-and-go silly search game! Go on a wild adventure to save the Whos! Put on the Horton hat and race around the house to find the clovers where the tiny Whos live. Pick them up with your trunk-then hurry back before time runs out! The player who rescues the most Whos is the winner! Horton Hears a Who! - You to the Rescue! brings the classic Dr. Seuss book to life, giving kids a whole new incredibly fun way to experience this favorite Dr. Seuss story. I Can Do That! Games Ages: 4-8 Years

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Safari UNDERCOVER Review

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(More customer reviews)What's NOT to like here?!?! There are challenges of varying degrees of difficulty so that everyone in the family can enjoy this game from child to adult!! Even my four year old LOVES this game and is successful at it too, even though I think the recommended ages are 6+. A 12 year old relative loved it so much after he played ours that his mom ordered him is own too. How many other games can not only be played by all ages, but really enjoyed by all ages too. PLUS, added bonus is the game is self contained and the cards fit inside it, no flimsy outer box necessary. This would make an awesome gift for anyone. I HIGHLY recommend!

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Can you help these Arctic dwellers "hide in plain sight"? Using snow and ice to camouflage the polar bear and blue water to conceal the whale and fish, arrange the six transparent puzzle pieces so that the animals are camouflaged in their correct environments. But watch out - animals can't overlap people. With 48 challenging puzzles to choose from, you'll be thawing out your logical reasoning skills to solve these multi-leveled puzzles.
Puzzle pieces and cards store in the game board's pull-out drawer, making this the perfect on-the-go game. Includes game board, 48 puzzles (with 4 levels of difficulty), 6 transparent puzzle pieces and solution booklet. For 1 player.

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Topple Game Review

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(More customer reviews)Topple is a great value for the entertainment that you get fromthe game. For so little you will have many hours of family quality time.
Description: Topple is played by rolling a die which determines where you can place your colored game pieces. Bonus points are scored if you are the first one to complete a row. In addition you get points for each of your colored pieces that are present in the row. As the game progresses, if there is a vertical stack of three or more you will also score points. There is an element of chance to this game, but skill in placement and daring can help you overcome some of the chance. The game is only 15-20 minutes long so you won't be playing all night. One disadvantage is that there are only enough pieces for four people to play at one time.
Rating: I gave this only four stars for durability because you must disassemble the game to store it compactly. There is a small risk to break the stand. Also the game pieces could get lost-there are no extras. But the game is such fun to play. Our family has been playing it at least three times a week for the past month and we still love it! As for educational value, there are better games for that such as Set and Mastermind. However, children can be taught math skills by keeping score with tally marks and recapping the score at the end of the game counting by 5's. Other visual skills such as balancing the board or estimating when one more game piece will topple the board are also learned.

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Winning or losing hangs in the balance of every move! But the more points you score, the harder it is to keep Topple from toppling! 2 to 4 players Ages: 6 years to adult

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LeapFrog Leapster Explorer Learning Game: The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Plushy Rescue Review

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(More customer reviews)My son just turned 3 and has been playing on his leapster for a few months now. We have a few games and apps, but this is by far his/our favorite game. It's a fun AND funny game (gotta love those penguins) with age appropriate lessons in math in between the levels. I love the leapster b/c he can use his finger or the stylus pen (similar to my iphone - which he's always grabbing for). The math questions are simple and get increasingly difficult as you progress. He can do the easy ones himself...but as they get more difficult he needs my help. He can read and knows his numbers and simple math - so it's fun to sit down w/ him and figure out the problems. Sample math questions are:
-which is the largest group?
-which is the smallest group?
-which box has 4 wires in it?
-which box has more than 1 wire in it?
-drag 6 candies into Rico's bowl
-what number comes next in the sequences - 6, 7, _, 9
etc...
There are also shapes questions - dragging shapes into a box w/ your finger or the pen - and rotating them to fit - which is pretty neat.
All in all, I think this is the best game leapster has so far. The levels are fun, the math/shapes lessons are great, the spy music is entertaining and not annoying (for me), and your child will be using the d-pad, his finger, the pen etc. and I think it's great for their coordination.


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Learn addition, more than/less than, problem solving and animal facts as you build your karate skills and avoid Zookeeper Alice!- Use mathematics skills to earn LeapWorld tokens that help you uncover secret Penguins vacation photos.- Develop your logic skills by assembling tricky puzzles to overcome gorilla-sized obstacles.- Learn facts about endangered animals and listen to the sounds they make.- Teaches addition, subtraction, animal science and logic and reasoning skills. Appropriate for children ages 4 to 7 years (grades pre-K to 1).- Only for Leapster Explorer.

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Goodnight Moon Game Review

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(More customer reviews)The Goodnight Moon board game is pretty, artwork appealing to children who love the Goodnight Moon book. The game is not expensive, and is developmentally appropriate for pre-reading children, helping in developing visual skills. My two year old granddaughter likes it, and quickly learned the principle of "taking turns" as we completed matching small cards to the large picture cards. The game, although fun for a very young child, is fairly limited. Older children will probably not be very interested in it, once they are able to read, other games will be more fun.

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Fishin' Around Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great toy for your children...colorful, moving fish with the the "Three Little Fishes" song playing over and over and over again, hence the annoyance. You will find that song in your head for hours after. But kids like it because you can use the cards to play matching games or simply work on the coordination exercise of catching the fish. This is one of my three year old's favorite toys. He loves the colors and the movement. It's interactive and it gives him a chance to play with others and learn rules, turn taking, etc. And go fishing like Daddy!

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