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Zobmondo!! Entertainment; The Ladybug Game; Ladybug Game | Toy

by Zobmondo Entertainment

List Price:

$11.95

Available:

Usually ships in 24 hours

Sales Rank:

243rd

FEATURES

No reading necessary to play.
Introduction to math concepts.
Invented by a kid for kids.
Adorable graphics, easy play and no reading required make this award winner a perfect first board game.
Makes a great gift

ACCESSORIES

Sequence for Kids
by Jax Ltd Inc

Ages 3 & up. Play a card from your hand, place your chip on a corresponding character on the board. When you have 4 in a row, it's a SEQUENCE and you win! Use a UNICORN card to place your chip anywhere. Remove your opponent's chip with a DRAGON card. Have fun with your friends and family.

ThinkFun Zingo
by ThinkFun

4 years & up. Zingo is a simple Bingo-style game, with a fancy plastic tile dispenser that kids just LOVE! Everyone who knows Zingo loves it, kids and parents alike. To play, players try to fill their Zingo! cards with matching tiles from the Zingo Zinger. The first player to fill his/her card wins! Rules can be adjusted to favor more or less competition among players, and to vary length of time that each game takes to play.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
Once upon a time in a beautiful rose garden there were four ladybug friends who flew among the leaves, exploring their sweet-smelling home. Although they loved the rosebushes, sometimes they wondered what lay beyond their world. Each ladybug had a different wing color: Ella Yellow, Rickie Red, Tommy Teal, and Olivia Orange. Everybody knows and loves ladybugs. Kids will fall in love with the characters and memorize the story of The Ladybug Adventure as they learn to count and read. The Ladybug Game uses a clever combination of colors, numbers, words, and symbols to help even the youngest kids catch on quickly. Soon they will be playing on their own, again and again, as they encounter all the adventures, challenges, and characters in the garden including the Praying Mantis, the Aphids, and the three lazy Ants.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 34 reviews)

My kids love it by R. Nakao

5 Stars
August 28, 2009
We love this game. My 3 year old has a blast playing it and my 2 year old will play along because he loves collecting the aphids. I even enjoy playing it. It's way less repetitive than other preschool games. I would recommend it to anyone with preschoolers.

great for counting by A. Owens

4 Stars
April 12, 2009
This game is great for counting! One of the kids I work with, whom I didn't expect to recognize the numbers AND count, began to count out his spaces for each turn the second time playing this game! It motivates kids to count both the spaces and the aphids. I did tweak the rules a bit so we didn't have to give so many aphids to the ants--just made it so you only to give one or two to each ant. It keeps the game moving that way. I wish the pieces were not made of cardboard...I'm much more into the old school Candyland plastic pieces, but it's okay.

Great family game by K. Cross (Ohio)

5 Stars
March 31, 2009
I purchased the game for my 3 year old but my 6 year old loves playing the game just as much. It is a great way to teach them counting with the cards and to notice if they are moving forward or backward. Well worth the money!

pieces, pieces, pieces! by J. Claridge (Chicago)

3 Stars
March 17, 2009
The gameplay: Good, but slightly complicated, esp for its target age range. Lead to a bit of frustration at first. Seems to be a lot of rules; not altogether intuitive, either. You should see the instruction sheet - it's 1/2 story, 1/2 instructions. I can appreciate the concept of integration and engaging the players, but it's not executed well. Educational value: Good in helping with counting up to 10, but little else. Durability? UGH. Like I don't have enough pieces to keep together! We do pretty good with keeping games and their pieces together... but I feel like we spend more time cleaning up and putting the pieces in their respective ziplock bags than we do playing. (Well, maybe not - but cleanup time is a factor. That can be a good thing, too; assigning jobs and teaching responsibility...) There certainly is a cuteness factor that will appeal to little girls, with the bugs and all. Overall, though, I'd go with a game that's a little less complicated and has less pieces! Longevity was an issue as well - despite managing to not lose too many aphids and whatnot, we played it only a few times before my girls (3 & 4yo) lost interest. We have Silly Story Maker that has pictures on it where each player can lay down a card and add to the story the players make up as they go along - great for the 3-5+ age group, and better for brain development than 1-10 counting, which is all this game reinforces. Heck, even Sorry will outscore this game educationally, and it's easier for the little ones to understand. I don't mean to poo-poo the game too much. I know it was created by a 1st grader and all (it's kinda obvious, really) - and if she was my daughter I'd be really proud... but to compare it to other games, well, there really isn't a comparison. There's better bang-for-your buck out there.

Great for younger kids who want to "really play" their part by Brian Holmes

5 Stars
February 27, 2009
This game is well-designed for the younger kids. I am just astonished that my son, not quite three yet, can play his part, by the rules, with only the rare correction. Even more unbelievable, he's been playing the game by *himself* lately! He can interpret the cards and board directions, using a few tricks. We noticed that the Move Forward cards are written in green letters, and Move Back cards in red. The movement cards use numbers, but also a corresponding number of little pictures of "spaces." Many cards say Play Again at the bottom, and those cards always have a little ladybug next to those words--he sees that the card has a ladybug and knows to take another turn. The Get and Lose Aphid cards and board spots have similar color coding and pictures. My son seems to think this is all a great deal of fun! I think a big part of that is the feeling of accomplishment. My seven-year-old, a good game player, enjoys the game also. For an adult, of course, it can get a bit tedious, but MUCH better than Candyland! For an interested young child, this game does an excellent job of improving skills in counting, interpreting symbols, following directions, understanding typical game board pathways, taking turns, and having fun! My "how much fun" rating is based on my child's reaction. Durability is about typical or a bit better--typical folding board, good quality large cards, thick cardboard aphids, thick cardboard ladybug markers with plastic stands.

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