Last week saw the arrival of our last Toys R Us Toyologist Box in which we received not one but two games from the fabulous Orchard Toys. Crazy Chefs, which we will review next week and Old MacDonald Lotto which we have been looking at today.
This is a fabulous game for 2 – 4 players aged 2 – 6.
Esther and William are still only 16 months (13 months corrected) and so are too young to really understand this game. What they can do though is look at the pictures of the animals and learn their names, their signs and their sounds. We have had great fun doing this today!
We have also used the boards to aid storytelling and the cards to prompt songs such as Dingle Dangle Scarecrow, Five Little Speckled Frogs The Farmer in His Den. This really is a well thought out, versatile game for all the family to play, in one creative way or another.
With these adaptations we now have a game that will grow with our children and aid their development along the way.
Orchard Toys provide an educational guide with their games and for this lotto game they say that it is designed to
Reinforce object matching skills
Encourage observation and memory skills
Develop social communication
Link with Early Learning Goals and National Curriculum Literacy Key Stage 1
The game comes with short but full instructions that clearly explain how to play and win the game. The boards and cards are bright and colourful and made of thick laminated card. This is a game that is built to last and be enjoyed for years and by many.
We have had great fun reviewing this fun, traditional game and think that it would make a perfect stocking filler this Christmas.
You can buy the game from Toys R Us for a reduced price of £8.99 or one lucky winner can get a copy of the game right here!
This is our final Toys R Us Toyologist Competition to win the Orchard Toys Classic Old MacDonald Lotto. Here is what you need to do.
1) Like the Toys R Us Page on Facebook
2) Tweet “I would like to win Old MacDonald Lotto with Toys R Us and @Edspire this Christmas http://wp.me/p1mWkT-1Mr”
3) Leave a comment below to tell me that you have completed steps 1 and 2
4) For an additional entry you can visit Orchard Toys website and see which other game your little one might like to find in their stocking this Christmas then leave a comment telling me here.
Good luck to all entrants. The competition will close at 6.00pm on Sunday 4th December 2011. UK Entrants only please. The winner will be chosen at random and notified on the night that the competition closes. Please ensure that I know how to contact you if you are chosen.
AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!
CONGRATULATIONS ALISON T!!
have done steps 1 and 2 @MummyFever
I’ve completed steps one and two @ alihalfpint
I’ve also been and looked at Orchard Toys website and found the ideal stocking filler for my one year old daughter which is the Fairy Tales jigsaw
i have completed the first steps – im dying to get my hands on this game, it looks brilliant
i’d also like to try red dog blue dog
i already like their facebook page and have now tweeted as @ashlallan
my daughter would love them all! i would go for crazy chefs – it looks great!
I’ve completed steps one and two! @tracyknixon
I also love the Shopping List Game on their website – I used to enjoy playing it as a child and it is so educational for children too!
Like the toysrus page anyway. i tweeted and twittered @mleandtony
I use Orchard Toys all the time at work – brill
I have completed steps 1 and 2. What a great game and seeing as my daughter is crazy about animals this would be perfect. She may to too young to play the game yet there is still so much we could do with it until she is older. We can look at the pictures and explore the sounds that the animals make.
jlnorris2010@gmail.com
@Jlnorris2010
I have also visited the Orchard Toys website and i love the Game Of Ladybirds. When my daughter was born i had a ladybird on my tummy so from then on everytime i see ladybirds it reminds me of that wonderful moment, Plus with this game it can help to develop her counting and numeracy skills.
jlnorris2010@gmail.com
@Jlnorris2010
Like and tweeted @anna8301
Three Little Pigs is my favourite game @anna8301
Already a fan of Toys R Us facebook page and have tweeted x
@french_caroline
I love the look of the giant alphabet puzzle! 🙂
I already like Toys R Us on Facebook (Rachie Littleme) and I have tweeted about the competition (@rachiegr).
My daughter would love Crazy Chefs!
COMPLETED STEPS 1 & 2
@EMMAV6
MY SON HAS ROUND AND ROUND ON HIS XMAS LIST :o)
FB: Boo Roo and Tigger Too
Twitter: @littleboo_21
Ten Green Bottles
@littleboo_21
Done both required. Ness Gorton, @baggiesbabe69
Like the Spotty Dogs game
@baggiesbabe69
I have completed steps 1 and 2 (@rugbylovingmum)
There are so many great games on the Orchard website it is difficult to choose but I think that we are going to get either Dotty Dinosaurs or Shopping List for my daughter for xmas.
I’ve done steps 1 and 2 @7hippopotamus
We love the look of the Animal Safari.
Done 1 Done 2
It looks like a great game. I have completed steps 1 and 2 x
We also love the Under The Sea Jigsaw x
Completed steps one and two!
My little ones would the shopping list game, great website, nice and clearly laid out!
Hi and thanks for the giveaway
I have liked Toys R Us as Karen A Barrett and tweeted as @chocolateonemse
I have had a mooch around the Orchard Toys website, I love Slug in a Jug, what a fantastic name! ;o)
1 & 2 done, I am an old liker of Toys’r’us FB.
Thank you!
@maximka25
Yo Ho Ho game looks like fun!
Completed steps 1 and 2
@cwillmer
Awww they do so many fab things but i think it would have to be jigsaws as she loves doin them. She is only just two years old and is already doing the harder 3+ jigsaws its what she always wants to do if you ask : ) I think the Farm four in a box looks great as she loves farm animals and it seems great value too.
liked facebook page and have tweeted @BBDIVA1977
My son has a few Orchard Games his fav being shopping list. I’ve heard gone to the shops is fun so i think i buy him that next
completed steps 1 and 2
@jen1984j
Steps 1 & 2 done. @Dwerrycat
Big Wheels jigsaw would be great for my son as he is fascinated by all sorts of vehicles