Spot It! Junior Animals

I got Spot It! Animals Jr. for my son, and it has been a fantastic game for improving his concentration and focus. He loves the challenge of finding matching animals quickly, and I’ve noticed it really sharpens his observation skills. The game is simple to learn but keeps him engaged, and we have so much fun playing together as a family. It’s also great that it’s short enough to hold his attention without feeling too long. The cards are sturdy and well-made, perfect for little hands. Definitely a great game for both fun and learning!

Purchased this game for my niece and her 3 children, they love playing this game !!! This cute game delivered !!! Thank you Seller !!!

Recommended for: English native speakers K ~ 2, ESL both adult and childeren students at basic level as a learning tool, and a party quick game for all ages How to Play: There are a few variations of playing games with Spot it! The basic idea is to be the fastest player to spot the matching animal between two cards and call it out loud. Depending on which game you choose, the players may either put the card on a draw pile or discard it. Quality: The images are appealing and printed clearly and the cards are durable enough. Fun Factor: Exciting and unpredictable if cards shuffled well between plays Both groups, adults and children, really got into the game. The game is exciting and competitive to them both. Educational Application: For young learners and ESL learners, I have made some flash cards for my students to learn and play simple board games that I prepared. Once they are familiar enough with the names of the animals, we play Spot it jr. Animals. After a few games, we get an amazing result from the students. They can recognize and tell the names of the animals like in their mother tongue. Caution Needed with extremely competitive players with hot temper or players are still learning about sportsmanship Modification to the rule to take the hazardous heat down a notch: Instead of instant death at the end of the game, I have modified the rule to make it similar to Uno. When a player wins, the winning score is the sum of the rest of the players' remaining cards or the cards he/she has collected. We set a target score like 20 or 50 depending on how much play time is allowed. This way every player may all win some points. Well, I said, "may." My Wishes: 1. There are only 31 cards. I wish there were more like Spot It! original. However, I understand that this set is designed for small children and that's why there are fewer cards. 2. There are different sets of animals Spot It. I hope the above review is helpful to you.

I don’t know if the developers did this on purpose, but this game is basically a fun version of the cognitive regulation tasks done in research studies on cognitive regulation. The premise of this game is to find the matching animals on any two cards– every card has a match. The catch is, each card has animals of different sizes. If you happen to get two cards where the matching animal is large, it is easy– but most often the match is between two different sized animals. The brain automatically focuses on the large animals and the animals with the most contrasting patterns. Thus, children have to suppress that first impulse of the brain and search harder. They also learn that there are multiple “rules” in this game, it isn’t always the big animals that match for example. This means they have to practice switching rules from card to card. This is a cognitive regulation skill that develops slowly from age 3 to 5. This was hard for my son when we first got it — I think he was just three or soon to be three. When we first started I literally stacked the deck– I put all the easier matches first so he would get the hang of it. I don’t do that anymore now that he is 3.5 years, but I notice that he takes much longer on the first matches and then once his brain gets into it, he gets faster. We see this in the studies as well, younger kids make more mistakes and have slower reaction time than older kids. This is a great game to keep in your bag to bring out while waiting at a restaurant and it’s an awesome game to help them practice a skill they are developing during this time.

I love the game but it is still a bit advanced for a 4 year old to actually play. He gets the concept of it but when challenged by his 6 year old brother can't stand a chance as he needs a long time to find similarities. I think it is a great game for children 5+. I will say thought that if a grown up plays with the child and gives him a chance he enjoys it but only for a little while. I like the concept if finding animals but you get a relatively little amount of card so that I would rather recommend the standard set as it has a lot more cards but a similar level in difficulty.

We bought this as a family game to play with our 3 year old son. This is by far his favorite game, and he chooses this one to play whenever we have a game night. It did not take him long to understand the concept of finding the animals that match on the two cards. Some of the animals he did not know, but it was good for helping him to learn new animal names. The instructions include five variations of playing, which keeps the game fresh. Some versions are a little over his head at this point, but that means that we will have some new ways to play when he gets older! We currently like version 3, where each player has a pile of cards to get rid of, the best. The cards are thick paper and fairly sturdy (but can get crinkly if they get mysteriously wet...) The tin is nice and the lid stays on well. Since it is a game where the person who is the quickest wins, it is sometimes a struggle to find the balance between giving our son extra time to find the match "first" so that he does not get frustrated and not just letting him win. There are times that he does legitimately find the match first, so it's not too painful. I would recommend this game to anyone with kids our son's age.

Our grandkids, ages 3,5,7,11 & 14 love playing with each other, with parents, grandparents, and friends. It is easy to play and can quickly fill the few minutes while waiting to go somewhere. The can they come in is great for travel. It is challenging enough for any age and not frustrating to the younger ones. They feel successful even if they don't win every match. The upper levels of this game are just as challenging as this one. It is work buying.

Cool game

Ho comprato questo gioco per i miei due gemelli di quasi 5 anni. Il gioco è veramente semplicissimo. E' una specie di memory con la caratteristica che ogni carta raffigura 6 animali diversi contemporaneamente. Gli animali in totale sono 31 come le carte e sicuramente per ogni coppia di carte c'è una coppia di aninali che combacia, anche se può variare per le dimensioni. Il gioco consiste nel trovare appunto la coppia di animali raffigurata in ogni coppia di carte e dire il nome dell'animale. I bambini hanno immediatamente capito la regola e dopo 5 minuti di spiegazioni abbiamo giocato per un ora divertendoci come matti. La custodia delle carte è in latta con dei colori molto vivaci e delle figure in rilievo, veramente molto bella. Le dimensioni sono veramente contenute, il che è perfetto per portarla in viaggio o al ristorante per giocare mentre si aspetta da mangiare. Le istruzioni sono in inglese ma sono di facile comprensione grazie alle figure. Appena si comincia a giocare si possono fare delle varianti tipo fare i versi degli animali invece che dire il loro nome oppure imitare i movimenti degli stessi. Comunque il divertimento, per grandi e piccoli, è assicurato.

The kids at the clinic I work at loved it! We use it in treatment of selective mutism with younger kids.

Nos ha gustado mucho, buen ejercicio mental para los pequeños mientras todos nos divertimos. Las tarjetas son más pequeñas de lo esperado y más pequeñas que la lata donde se guardan. Pará mí gusto el material de las tarjetas es muy delgado, sobretodo si se espera hacer mucho uso por niños pequeños

Bereits für kleine Kinder geeignet, schult dieses Spiel die Hand- Augenkoordination, Konzentration, und die Ausdrucksfähigkeit. Aufgrund der kleinen Verpackung passt es in jede Tasche, ideal zum Mitnehmen und vielseitig in der Spielweise. Super empfehlenswert - auch für therapeutische Zwecke!

My students never tire of this game. Great fun and also teaches new vocabulary.