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Granny Apples

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Granny Apples is a great and compact early game which teaches kids how to do simple addition while they're having fun. What more could a parent want?

The game comes with 8 wooden apple halves, which, on the "inside", have either a picture of an apple cross-section (as you'd expect) or a picture of a worm, a pie, a bird or Granny. One player rolls the 8 apples like dice, and each player must count the apples as quickly as possible. The first one to shout out the correct answer wins the round and some small apple tokens for their collection.

Each apple that lands face down counts as one apple. An apple that lands face-up with the picture of the cross-section counts as a half-apple. If the apple with the pie shows face-up, players must subtract two apples from the total. If the apple with the worm shows face-up, players must subtract one apple from the total UNLESS the apple with the bird shows face-up, in which case they cancel each other out. If Granny's face shows face-up, one apple token gets put into her basket.

So, say the player rolls the apples. 5 apples are face-down, 1 is face-up with a cross-section showing, 1 is face-up with the worm showing, 1 is face-up with the pie showing. The score for this roll is 2 and a half. The first player to shout it wins 2 and a half apple tokens. Throughout the game, because of the Granny face apple, Granny's "basket" will slowly fill up. When her basket contains twelve apples, the player with the most apples wins. This is a tremendously fun game that teaches kids addition, subtraction and even basic fractions (halves) all while having fun! What's not to love?

The idea behind this game is really simple, and the rules were easy enough for my son to understand right from the start (he's now 6 but started playing this game when he was 5). It's great for kids to learn addition, subtraction, and even simple fractions without even realizing it because they're having fun while doing it. I also like how compact this game is.

My son received this game for his 4th birthday. At first I thought it was going to be too old for him to understand, but in fact he LOVES it and it has been played at our home every day for 9 months now! He loves math and this game has given him his first introduction to fractions (you can score 1/2 apples) which I love--he is unknowingly learning and practicing his math skills. I am going to get him more games from this company for Christmas!! It is a fun game for my son to play with his older cousins too as well as all of us adults to play with him (no one complains when he asks us to play with him)--I highly recommend this game! In fact when my son's aunt came to visit and played this game, afterward she immediately sat down at the computer and ordered it for her 3rd grade classroom because she was so impressed.

My kids (ages 5 and 7) really enjoy playing this game. My 5 year old needed some help with the math calculations but they both enjoyed it nonetheless. Great introduction to fractions (halves) and basic math facts. I've been a fan of all the Gamewright products I've tried.

This game is such a blast. I love it because it teaches fast math skills. The kids love it because it's just fun! We found it to be of very good quality.

I ordered this game for my niece's school. My niece was not impressed with it and found it too frustrating, but she's not in the target age range yet (she's only 5) so I wasn't too concerned. We can try it again in a few years.

The components of this game are very well designed, very durable, and the rules are easy to understand.