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| View Larger Image | Blunders Game | Toyby Successful Kids Inc.
| List Price: | $24.95 | |
| | Sales Rank: | 2,312nd |
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FEATURES | - The game that makes learning manners fun by helping the Blunder kids improve their social skills
- Teaches children social etiquette and polite behavior in the most exciting way ever imagined
- Opens lines of communication regarding appropriate behavior between children and adults
- Supports character development in school curriculums and in social organizations
- For ages from 5 to 10 years
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ACCESSORIES |
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| Multi Color Porcelain Tea Set with Green Basket (17-pc. set)
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| Melissa & Doug Travel Memory Game
by Melissa and Doug
Choose from among fourteen fun themes, slide a card into the gameboard, and start looking for matches. This handy memory game includes one game board, seven double-sided game cards and a two-player scoreboard. There are no loose pieces and everything conveniently stores in the board. Great for travel! Measures 11.7" x 8.7" x 1.2".
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| Melissa & Doug Deluxe 10-Piece Magnetic Bug Catching Game
by Melissa and Doug
Can you "catch" all these colorful bugs, then put them back where they belong' Redesigned artwork brings new life to these much-loved, creative magnetic games. Includes beautiful board with 10 magnetic pieces and magnetic wand. Measures 12.5" x 8.5" x .08".
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Blunders is new, its unique, and it will revolutionize the way manners are taught forever! Players ages 5-10 will be captivated by the adorable characters of Becky, Bobby, Brenda, and Billy Blunder and will be eager to help the Blunders improve their manners by answering a variety of fun and interactive charade, multiple choice, scenario, and true/false questions. BlundersTM is the perfect board game to play at home, school, or with any social club or group. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Blunders Game Review by Kathryn Fortune  5 Stars
October 19, 2009
I chose this game to use in social work groups in an elementary school setting. I needed a game that was easy to play that was enjoyable and taught social skills concepts. This game fulfilled all of these. The children enjoyed the game. I played it with children who displayed deficits in the area of social skills. The box says ages 5 and up, but I found with these children, the age on the box didn't matter. I played it with 6th graders and they had fun too. I would highly recommend this game to others who work in a school setting.
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Best way to teach manners by Aimee Symington 5 Stars
April 23, 2009
A Review of the Board Game, "Blunders" by Games for Educators in April, 2009
There are many things that make "Blunders," an engaging game for children.
It's funny the details that we remember from events in our lives. Rarely do we remember every single happening but instead, we may bring along snippets from the various scenes we experience. One such snippet for me was a mere portion of the advice I received while taking a class on Children's Literature. That piece, given to the future children's book writers, was to avoid being preachy. Such topics are no fun for children, we were told.
Playing games follows a similar suit. When consumers choose games to purchase it is important to remember that even though they may want the game to teach them something, they also want to have fun.. Why else choose that game to play in your leisure time?
Now, as a teacher, I look for games that pack in quite a punch. I want educational, engaging, interesting, and fun. I want games that I can modify and with multiple uses. I want games that we can play for fun during recess or play in a specific class setting or for a particular purpose. No one is motivated to participate otherwise.
"Blunders" is a board game for children ages 5 to 10, which I feel fulfills my lofty requirements. The point of the game is to teach manners, but play does not revolve around any punitive actions. Play is consumed by moving along a visually appealing board, landing on either a purple, orange, or green space, and addressing a corresponding situation involving etiquette. There are 4 types of questions: Multiple Choice, Charades, True/False, and Scenarios. Topics include, but are not limited to, telephone etiquette, respecting adults, gossiping, bullying, proper table manners, and personal responsibility.
Play is easily managed by rolling a die and simply moving along the board. Young players may need assistance reading the cards, but the game can be played in teams.
The game has a personal touch in that each named has a distinct personality, completely described in the direction booklet. Brenda, for instance, possesses quite an active imagination and keen artistic talent, but lacks in polite greeting skills and gossips too much. Therefore, children may choose a character to which he/she relates.
Here are the many advantages to this board game:
1. It is fun to play.
2. It teaches a life skill.
3. Children are drawn to the personalities of the players and the situation cards.
4. It is easy enough to catch on to the strategy of play, but presents situations that require children to use thinking skills requiring the use of judgement.
5. The game can be played without adult supervision, yet a teacher can easily adapt it for use in the classroom. The charade cards present excellent opportunities to discuss etiquette in a fun manner.
6. It is visually appealing.
7. The game has a website,[...]. Teachers can use this website for writing extension activities, because it contains a link where players can submit their own "Manners Moments" or "blunderblogs" to share with others. Teachers can also download and print free educational materials.
I highly recommend "Blunders" for use at home and at school!
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Dude, That's Rude!: (Get Some Manners) (Laugh And Learn)
by Pamela Espeland (Author), Elizabeth Verdick (Author)
Kids today need manners more than ever, and this book (part of the Free Spirit Laugh & Learn[TM] series) makes it fun and easy to get some. Full-color cartoons and kid-friendly text teach the basics of polite behavior in all kinds of situations while keeping young readers entertained on every page. Kids learn Power Words to use and P.U. Words to avoid, why their family deserves their best manners, how to yawn, how to burp, how to meet new people, how to treat a guest and be one, the...
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| Making Choices and Making Friends: The Social Competencies Assets (Adding Assets)
by Pamela Espeland (Author), Elizabeth Verdick (Author)
Kids learn how to build the five Social Competencies Assets: planning and decision making, interpersonal competence, cultural competence, resistance skills, and peaceful conflict resolution. Stories, tips, and ideas help them get along better with others and stay true to themselves.
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| 365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children Learn Etiquette
by Sheryl Eberly (Author)
Have you ever cringed at the sight of your four-year-old waltzing through the neighbor’s front door without an invitation? Have you ever had to call to apologize when your six-year-old forgot to thank his grandmother for the birthday gift she so lovingly sent? How about the formal dinner for Dad’s promotion when your ten-year-old decided that she didn’t like the meal she’d ordered, and then refused to eat a thing—making for an uncomfortable evening for you, the other guests, and the...
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| Understanding Emotions
by Natural Learning Concepts
Teach your student emotional intelligence (EQ). IQ gets you through school but EQ gets you though life! This emotion set is one of a kind. A superb quality photograph on the front of each card teaches a child to label emotions. The back of each card teaches a child how these emotions feel and when they could occur. This convenient ring set keeps the cards intact and is the perfect size to carry around. Cards can easily be removed from ring to provide multiple learning options. Emotions in the...
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| The Kids Good Manners DVD
Starring: The Kids Good Manners Kids
Directed By: Ira Hackner
The Kids Good Manners DVD! Teaches important lifetime lessons while reinforcing positive role models and values taught by parents, grandparents and teachers. Children in the DVD are taught proper manners by being presented with a series of social situations. Contestants in the DVD, and children viewing the DVD, are given options for proper behavior in a variety of social situations and awarded points for the correct answer in a game show format.
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