Today I would like to introduce you to the company called Educational Insights based out of Southern California. Educational Insights is the manufacturer of playful products with serious educational value, including subject-specific classroom products, teacher resources, educational toys, and games. Their products are designed by seasoned educators & parents who know that children love to learn when you make that learning experience fun!
When you visit the Educational Insights online web site you will find that it’s really easy to navigate. The web site has three tabbed categories which are the sections for Parents, Teachers and Classroom Jeopardy. Since I am a mother and grandmother…I could spend hours just browsing around their parent’s section of the web site.
Our Review: We received the KaBAM! word card game from the great folks over at Educational Insights to review for all of you. This game is geared towards people ages 7 & up and you need 2 to 4 players. In my opinion this is a combination word game and card game all rolled up into one great game. It retails for $12.99 and you can purchase it directly from Educational Insights.
Here is how you play it: Two plays or teams draw 1 card each & place them next to each other, face up. Players race to be the first one to shout out a word using both letter combinations on the cards and you have to add at least one additional letter to the word you are forming. The first player or team to correctly shout out a word using those letters (in the combination that is displayed) will win both cards. At the end of the game…the team or person with the most cards (points) wins the game. There are 2 KaBAM! cards in the deck and when player turns over a KaBAM! card, a KaBAM! round begins. Each player or team turns over 1 additional card for a total of 4 cards displayed (including the KaBAM! card). The first player to make a word using ALL of the letter combinations will win all 4 cards!
Our Thoughts: My hubby had our 10 year old nephew over on Wednesday afternoon and he sat down to play the game with him. (I helped C in the game since we had an odd number of players). I found it really interesting the amount of different words one person can come up with using the various letter combinations and I loved how fast paced the game was…it moved along pretty quickly. All of the cards come packaged in a reusable tin container so it would be fantastic to take on road trips & vacations to keep the kids busy. We all had a lot of fun playing the game…so much so that after C went home, hubby asked me to play it with him so I did!
We really enjoyed this game and look forward to playing it with all of the kids in our family and highly recommend it to you. It is a great game that encourages team play, correct spelling and imaginative thinking which are all great qualities in a good word game!
You can purchase the Educational Insights KaBAM!
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