Peaceable Kingdom / Hoot Owl Hoot! Cooperative Board Game

by Peaceable Kingdom Press

• A color-coded cooperative matching game with two play levels so it will grow with your child.
• Players work together to help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up.
• Learn simple strategy and social development skills with no reading required.
• Winner of eight toy awards including Oppenheim Platinum Medal Award Winner.
• For 2-4 players ages 4 years and older.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B004HVKAAI
• Item model number: GM106
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,786 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hoot Owl Hoot is a color-coded cooperative matching game. Hurry Owls, it’s time to go home. Players help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up. Play a color card and fly to that space. Draw a sun card and you’re one step closer to daylight. Help all the owls get home fore the sun rises and everyone wins.

Product Description

Hoot Owl Hoot! - An Award Winning Color-Coded Cooperative Matching Game! Hurry Owls! It's time to go home! Players help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up. Play a color card and fly to that space. Draw a sun card and you're one step closer to daylight. Help all the owls get home before the sun rises and everyone wins! Two versions allow the game to grow with your child.

Children will learn:
- Simple Strategy
- Problem Solving
- Following Directions
- Taking Turns
- Social Development
- Cooperation

What is a cooperative game? It's a game where everyone plays together, no one is left out, and everyone has fun! In a cooperative game, players work together as a team against a common obstacle, not against each other.
Cooperative games emphasize play, not competition. Kids work together, they help each other and, most importantly, they play for FUN!

Cooperative Games foster:
- Non-stressful play situations
- Emotional development
- Shared decision making
- Creative problem solving
- A sense of community
- Positive self esteem
- Playfulness
- Cooperation

All Peaceable Kingdom cooperative games are printed with soy-based inks on FSC paper and include parts made only with recycled plastics. Games that are good for our planet and good for our kids!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hoot Owl Hoot is a hit at our house! June 26, 2011

By Seattle Mommy

Format:Toy

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

This game is a new favorite at our house! My 3 year old loves racing against the sun to try to get the baby owls back to their nest. I love how this game teaches him counting, colors and teamwork. Unlike other board games where you play against your opponents, this board game is based on cooperative play so everyone works together toward a common goal. None of the other preschool-aged board games that we have offer this concept of teamwork, so that's something I definitely appreciate about this game. I also love the cute drawings, bright colors and sturdy, environmentally-friendly materials. We love Hoot Owl Hoot and another one (Count Your Chickens) that is made by the same company. Both are great for this age group. Highly recommend for preschoolers!

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars We love everything about this game May 30, 2011

By Designer

Format:Toy|Amazon Verified Purchase

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

We purchased this game for my 4 year old son and have since purchased it for many of his friends for birthdays. Here is what we like about it:

- It's an easy game to learn but is still engaging and keeps his attention.
- The fact that you have to work together to win eliminates hard feelings and tantrums if my son doesn't win.
- It is a beautifully illustrated game.
- It's a bonus that the the company who manufactures it is so conscientious about their impact on the environment.

I would recommend this game for any preschool-aged child.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Playing is Hoot! Cooperative Games are great fun for the whole family! October 29, 2011

By AFB

Format:Toy

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

My daughter is three and has just begun to show an interest in games. The first game we purchased by Peaceable Kingdom was the cooperative game "Count Your Chickens". It was a great first game - counting, repetition and familiar farm animals. "Hoot Owl Hoot" is equally as great and a perfect next step in building your game library.

"Hoot Owl Hoot" is a little more of challenge for a 3 year old. They recommend 4 years old, and I agree that would be the appropriate age. What is nice is they offer three different levels of play so that you can play a simpler version of the game (as in 3 Owl play) -- and then change levels to continue to play the game and feel challenged (as in 6 Owl play) as they master their level.

The goal of the game is to get your Owl home before the sun rises. You pull colored cards from the deck and move your Owl around the board back to their nest. You also pull sun cards and this moves a small sun across the top of the board (the sun rising). This too is a cooperative game which I can not say enough about. Working together as a team makes so much sense for the pre-school set I just wish I had thought of it! It really reinforces all the things they are being taught by parents and teachers - share, take your turn, work together, teamwork! As well as, colors, counting, matching.

The game is beautiful! And Owls are so popular right now so my daughter was delighted to see them. I like that it helps her work with her colors. Switch between two concepts and strategies - as in move the owl to the colored spot, and move the sun as it rises.

The box is a perfect size -- easy to store, easy to take to a friend or grandparent's house. It is also environmentally friendly!

I really am so happy with "Count Your Chickens" and "Hoot Owl Hoot"! Just really fantastic, easy, fun, short games to play with your little one.

They also have great games for the Kindergarten set - check out Lost Puppies, Stone Soup and Mermaid Island!