Skōsh is a fascinating trivia game that encourages players not to throw their hands up in surrender because they don’t know an answer. No Skōsh doesn’t expect you to know answers to questions like “What percentage of coffee drinkers add cream and/or sugar to their coffee,” even Nate Silver doesn’t know that answer. But that’s […]
When you see a small pack of flash cards that costs just a few bucks the last thing you think you or your children are going to experience is fun. Well, think again! Parents and child testers described this math game as one that is both educational AND fun to play. The game does and
TREND enterprises has compiled a powerhouse set of educational card games that impressed testers with elementary school aged children. The Math Power Pack is a set of 4 different flash card sets. The cards teach/reinforce addition, subtraction and telling time along with a fun “war” style card game. The packaging is clear, bright and quite
TREND wasn’t kidding when they included the word Power in the title of this new educational release. This all-inclusive reading program is designed to help children develop very comprehensive reading skills. It covers all major areas of reading – decoding and phonics, using picture clues, stringing together consonant-vowel-consonant words, sequencing and sentence making, as well
Testers have told us that when starting the assembly of something as big as Jungle Jumparoo there is always the concern that the building process will be overly complicated with missing pieces, etc. Not the case with Jungle Jumparoo. Testers had high praise for the ease with which this big activity set was assembled. Once
One of the fun things about the Seal of Approval program is discovering new, inventive toys that enhance a category. Such is the tale of brackitz when it comes to building toys. Testers were thrilled to discover a new construction system that provides limitless options to create. It is so easy to use that you
Kids love to bounce, ask any of them and they will tell you “that’s what beds are for!” For parents who think there are better places for jumping the Little Bouncer was an eye catcher. To begin, the design of this bouncer is wonderful. Testers were sure that the Little Bouncer was designed with parents
Many of us elder folk recall the mind-numbing, hand-cramping tedium of learning how to write in cursive. We probably moaned about it to our parents much like our kids do when the internet is slow. Turns out cursive is not all that hard to master, but it took the people at CursiveLogic to show us
Testers were delighted to discover this wonderful game with the colorful six-sided dice that can be played six different ways. The pacing of the games are just right for the whole family to take a break, maybe after the dishes have been cleared. The playing field is really leveled here so that kids and parents
Juxtabo quickly established itself as one of this testing period’s the top scoring, most family friendly games. It is a mental workout for sure, but that is what made it the kind of game that kept players coming back. Players told us that they were convinced that they had a new strategy or approach to
