Guess who’s back?
Back a-gain?
Tell a friend.
Nope. It’s not The Real Slim Shady.
It’s better.
It’s ThinkFun! *cue applause*
And they’ve shared a new game with me, friends. I can’t wait to tell you all about it. If you, uh…play your cards right, you could win one for yourself.
Did you see what I did there? A clever little funny?
No?
Anyway.
Introducing WordARound.
Eight year-old, pajama-clad flu patient sniffing the box not included. And let the record state that “It smells really good, Mom!”
It’s simply a deck of cards, friends. And yet…it’s so much more than a deck of cards.
Inquisitive Star Wars Lego Guys not included, either.
Two or more can play. To get started…shuffle the cards…
Twin B’s Mad Shufflin’ Skillz captured on camera
…and stack them, covering the card on top with your hand. On the word “Go,” reveal the card and focus on the letters in the outer black circle. Try to read the word that is spelled out within that circle. It’s trickier than it would seem.
A whole lotta thinkin’ goin’ on…
The Small One’s got it: “CONFUSE!” {See it?}
D’oh!
The Small One keeps the card and turns it face down. The color revealed on the back of that card is the color of the circle on which players are to focus on the next card. The game continues with players calling out words as they see them, keeping the cards, and flipping them over to reaveal new color cues.
We broke word-reading ties via Rock-Paper-Scissors.
That’s so funny I forgot to laugh, Mom.
We had a fantastic time playing WordAround. Twin B, The Small One and I all agreed that this could very well be our favorite ThinkFun game yet. Vocabulary building? Sequencing? Sight word growth? Laughs? Fierce competition? High-speed car chases? Unrequited love? WordARound‘s got it all. I even have a few tips on how to modify this game in order to bridge the gap between older and younger players. Inbox me, homies.
We also agreed that I could do with a new nail color. And that I needed to use oven mitts more often, thereby reducing the occurrence of random hand scarring.
But I digress.
So…would you like to win your very own WordARound?
I thought so.
Get clicking with the Rafflecopter gizmo below. You can enter multiple times daily for up to a week. Good luck!
That looks like a lot of fun. Well, except the random hand scarring.
Uh-huh. That’ll learn me some cooking safety…Right, Maggie?
Ok… I have 2 favorite words. Fabulous and ratchet! LOL I seem to use the word ratchet way too much but it explains a lot in just 7 little letters.
Ratchet. Me likey. I might have to insert that one into my vocab more often, Alisha.
Fun! I was thinking you have really pretty hands, actually. I don’t have hands…I have hooves. But I digress.
The grass (or, um, pasture) is always, greener, I suppose, Hillary.
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