Are You Ready for 1st Grade? Game Show Educational Game by Lakeshore #Review

As a mom and educator I have discovered that keeping learning fun is the best and most effective way to accomplish teaching kids new information. Kids are more likely to retain what they are learning when it is associated with something they enjoyed. I have used educations games, tools and such when teaching kids both in the classroom as well as for my own kids.

That is why I love this new game developed by Lakeshore called “Are You Ready for 1st Grade? Game Show”. There are several different grade levels available so that children grades Kindergarten through Fifth grade can play the game to their appropriate age/grade. With summer just around the corner I chose to review the “Are You Ready for 1st Grade? Game Show” grade level game. My youngest daughter is currently in Kindergarten so I thought this would be perfect for us to play over the summer to keep her stimulated and engaged.

The game is fabulous! So much fun and totally perfect for an incoming 1st grader. Each set includes 198 playing cards, a game stand, a discard tray, play money, reward coupons and a score tracker. The game is modeled perfectly after the televised game show. If a child answers the question correctly they are rewarded with pretend cash, a reward coupon and a prize. Questions escalate in difficulty based on their dollar values $1, $2, $3 or $5. In other words a $1 question is easier than a $5 question. My daughter loves how this game feels so “game showy”! Even though she hasn’t watched any games shows in her short 6 years of life…she gets the point and begs to play every day!

My favorite part as the parent or teacher…is that the final prize at the end of the game is chosen by the person administering the game.  At the end of the game the child can trade in the pretend money they won for a reward coupon. So for my daughter often times the rewards are 10 minutes of mom and me reading time, tea with mom, sometimes it’s a piece of candy, the rewards change often. If I were to use this game in my classroom the rewards could be 5 minutes free reading time, a prize from a treasure box, or whatever else is age appropriate.

We found this game to be so much fun and absolutely perfect for facilitating learning. As both a mom and a teacher I would highly recommend this game and give it two thumbs up!!!

Purchase your game HERE and choose from grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade! Plus to get an additional $10 off any Are You Ready? Game Show®, enter code 9141 at checkout or click here for a store coupon!  Expires 7/31/14.