Boggle Junior Game

by BOGGLE

Product Features

• This first game for preschoolers grows with your child by introducing the ABCs with different ways to play
• Match letter cubes to picture/word cards in 2 multi-level games
• Games introduce letter and word recognition, matching, spelling and memory
• For 1-2 players
• Recommended for ages 3 and up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 10.5 x 10.5 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000IWD4
• Item model number: 456
• Our recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 3 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #721 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #60 in Toys & Games > Games > Board Games
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Editorial Review

There's no need to be boggled by words. Boggle Jr. helps children learn letters, spelling, and reading while having loads of fun! This easy version of the terrifically popular adult Boggle uses pictures and matching games to allow children to make the connection between objects and their names. With two skill levels, players can challenge themselves further as they become more adept at identifying letters and words. It will seem like no time at all before kids are begging to play their parents' version of Boggle! The game, for one or more players, includes a game tray with word cover, 30 picture/word cards with 60 three- and four-letter words, and eight letter cubes. --Emilie Coulter

Product Description

Can you spell CAT' Let's learn how! Here's a specially designed Boggle game that helps preschoolers learn their ABCs! Boggle Jr.'s easy matching games teach them letters, spelling and reading, all while they're having fun! For 1 or more players. Includes Boggle Jr. game tray, 30 picture/word cards with 60 three and four-letter words and eight letter cubes.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

132 of 144 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for developing literacy awareness, July 13, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Boggle Junior Game (Toy)

This game was recommended by my daughter's preschool teachers as a supplementary activity to help develop reading skills. I can appreciate its value in helping kids learn their letters, developing sight-reading skills, and even letter-sound correspondence. However, my 4-year-old daughter didn't find having to turn over the blocks repeatedly to find the letters a lot of fun. And a word of warning: some words can NOT be formed, because occasionally two letters needed to form a word are on the same block! I wish Hasbro would do something about this...

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We all love Boggle Jr.!, April 24, 2003

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Boggle Junior Game (Toy)

My 3, 4, and 7 year olds all get good use out of this game in different ways. (Also our 1 year old helps by stacking up the cubes.) I would recommend it to any family with preschoolers up to early second grade (older kids play with the words always covered). My kids have been able to play it by themselves with very little teaching. Other reviewers have complained about Boggle Jr's lack of buzzers, music, timers, and competitiveness, as well as the fact that their kids actually had to look on the cubes for the letter they needed-- these are all plusses if you ask me! This game has promoted concentration and focus in my kids, and the sound of busy, thinking kids emanating from the dining room is far sweeter than electronic noises any day.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not fun for family, limited as a learning tool, December 29, 2006

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1900 USCF Player (New York City) - See all my reviews

This is pretty much kid vs kid only. Adults cannot play along. You can make it into a solo game for one child, but its really more like flash cards for spelling if you do that.

The product is basically a set of flash cards for spelling, with some letter cubes for the kids to spell out the words. The rules propose two games, which are basically see if the kids spells the word right, they get to keep the card if they do, first kid with 5 cards wins. Adults can pretend to play along if the child is younger and will "fall for it." It really works as a game only if there are two kids the same age playing.

I don't know, but I can't see my daughter pulling this out when a friend comes over. Therefore, to the extent this is a set of flash cards for spelling, its kind of expensive for what it is.

Don't get me wrong, you can definitely make it into a learning tool. Your call.