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| | | Description: | | Quick! Find a state that ends with the letter A. Now find one that borders Tennessee. Have fun learning about the United States in this madcap game of observation and quick reflexes. Collect cards by matching states to a Scramble card. Or "Go the Distance" and find a state's closest neighbor. Whoever scrambles to match and collect the most state cards wins. Includes 50 scramble cards, 50 state cards, 4 U.S. maps, and rules. | | | Features: | |
• Ages 8 and up
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 8.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.76 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 79 reviews |
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110 of 110 found the following review helpful:
Great Fun and educational gameOct 05, 2007
By Game Fanatic
"game fan"
My son (6 years old) loves this game. It is the one that he asks to play most often. We read the book by L. Keller first (although it is not a requirement to play the game). If you do read the book however, it explains why all of the states are scrambled and why they have to be sent home. The game requires that you can read. You need to be able to read the name of the state, the state's capital and it's nickname. During the course of the name you will need to locate, for example, any state in your current pile, which has a capital which has 3 or more syllables. The player who can locate the state in his/her pile that match the specified criteria first, can send the state home. The player with the most states sent home at the end of the game wins!
60 of 61 found the following review helpful:
No Experience needed!Aug 01, 2007
By M.Liu
"Enlightened Mom"
I am a sucker for slipping in education when kids aren't looking! This game gets participants noticing everything from colors, ABC's order, comparisons and contrasts (looking at the states individual details as well as the map as a whole), to measurement skills and to syllables and sneaks in US Geography too! My not yet reading 5 y.o. is able to play his own hand after two weeks of the game in the house!!! (We all help eachother anyway). Absolutely no prior US knowledge needed as all questions are based on the map and cards in the deck. (Even my adult English language learners enjoyed the challenge of practicing the language concepts to "prove" how much language they have mastered---or not!!! :) The fun definately overrides the "drag" of studying geography with this game, but the more facts you learn the better chance you have to WIN, so motivation is high to keep learning!!! Great value for the price, too.
43 of 44 found the following review helpful:
I love this game!Jul 24, 2006
By J. Walker
I originally bought this game for my classroom, but I brought it home this summer to play with my kids. I play this game all the time with my 7 year old. It is fun for both adults and kids (who can read). My son also has learned the states, an added bonus!
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
GREAT family fun!Jan 01, 2007
By GwenMart
"gwenmart"
We bought this game after our kid was given Scrambled States 2 (also a great game). We loved it so much, we wanted to try this game too. Everyone in the family loves it. Kids, parents, grandparents -- we've all enjoyed playing it together. We all learn from it, and don't even realize it. We loved it so much we bought several more and gave them away as Christmas presents.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Best Tool for Learning States and CapitalsNov 24, 2007
By Lynn Ellingwood
"The ESOL Teacher"
I tried a bunch of different ways to teach states and capitals (especially as the educational system deems this most important) and no method is as painless and fun as this game is. In fact this game actually teaches kids better than memorization does (gee I wonder why!). No get me wrong, geography is very important but sometimes I wonder if we don't overemphasize memorization over actual learning and understanding. This game is the way to go in teaching states and capitals and they will retain the information for a much longer period of time. Lots of fun!
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