Games For Children Aged 3 and up
Achtung, Frosch!
Hasbro Deutschland; 2-4; 15; 3+
"Attention Frog!" has an orange frog figure sitting on a water
lily which itself is mounted on a wheel showing various
animal pictures. On the edge of the wheel is a butterfly
Spin the wheel and the butterfly flies around until
stopping on the animal must be found next. Cards matching
these pictures are hidden around the frog. Players race
to find the needed one and the first to do so hits the
pump which makes the frog fly up into the air. The player
who catches him gets to keep the card.
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Basti Bär hilft seinen Freunden
Kristin Mückel; HABA; 2-4; 10; 3-8
Help Basti the bear to find the missing parents of the
various barnyard animals – a memory game.
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Ratz-Fatz Ich und Du
Hajo Bücken; HABA; 2-6; 15; 3-12
In "Me and You"
there are four standup figures and quite a few thick cards showing
various types of people or objects. Eleven stories are based on them,
promoting self-consciousness, language development and responsiveness.
Sarah likes her red dress the best and Lukas football.
Who am I? Who are you? What do you like? What do you not like?
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Ratz-Fatz in Bewegung
Hajo Bücken; HABA; 2-6; 15; 3-12
In "Ratz-Fatz in Motion" there are quie a number of large round disks,
each showing a different illustration, e.g. ball, cow, apple, car,
bed, etc. Little more information is available, but the box cover
shows children each jumping on one of these disks. Perhaps they are
choosing the one each turn that they like best.
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Schlaf gut, kleiner Mondbär!
Reiner Knizia; Die Spiegelburg; 2-4; 10; 3+
In "Sleep well, little moon bear" the moon bear can't
sleep because his friend the moon is so lonely in the
sky. So the bear and his friends decided to light up the
sky with stars. Includes 5 wooden figures (bear, rabbit,
frog, duck, bee), wooden cubes and 30 stars. Stars are
distributed evenly and each player chooses a character.
On a turn you roll the die. If it shows an animal you
take it. If it shows a star, then for each animal you
have you get to put a star in the the bottom of the box.
The first to be told to place stars and no longer have
any wins. Suggested by the publisher as a nightly
ritual for preparing for bed and encourages and
understanding of giving and receiving.
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