ThinkFun What¿s Gnu

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Product Features

• Fast-action spelling
• Up to six players can play
• Thirty-six word-starter cards
• Teaches word recognition, vocabulary building, and reading
• For ages between 5 to 8 years

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 x 3.5 inches ; 12.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00073JTQQ
• Item model number: 7760
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 8 years
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,881 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A great way for younger players to practice their word recognition and spelling skills, this game is a fun confidence-builder. Players slide the “Letter Getter” forward to reveal two letter tiles, and then use them to create three-letter words by filling in the blanks on their Word-Starter cards. The player who spells the greatest number of words wins.

Product Description

A perfect game for beginning readers. Kids love the scramble to build words! Phonics practice comes naturally when kids attempt spell their own words from letter tiles. Who "Gnu" learning could be this much fun! A winner of 3 Awards of Excellence: iParenting Media's Excellent Products Award, 2006 The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval, 2006 Canadian Toy Testing Council 2 Star Award The object of the game is to spell more three-letter words than the other players. Word-Starter cards which have one letter and two blanks are spread out for everyone to see. Players slide the clever Letter Getter to magically reveal two letter tiles. At the same time, players must look at these tiles and try to make three-letter words by filling in the blanks on the Word-Starter cards. The player with the most three-letter words when all the tiles run out wins! Building your vocabulary is three times more fun with What's GNU? The three-letter word game that spells FUN. Ideal for Beginning Readers Phonics in a Format Kids Love Builds Vocabulary & Assists in Speech Development 36 Word-starter Cards 72 Letter Tiles 2 to 6 Players Dimensions: 8 inches x 10.5 inches x 3.5 inches Ages 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gnu game "gnu" reading help!, May 7, 2007

By	C. Vanderwoude "Impassioned book lover" (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

This is a great game for new readers and for readers who need some extra help and practice. As a retired teacher and now a tutor, I'm using this with a second grader who is having trouble with reading. She really enjoys this game and is getting much better at spelling short words, as well as recognizing longer words because of the skills she is learning with this game. I'd recommend this to anyone with a young reader! P.S. It can also be used with older readers just as a fun game by having a time limit to make a certain amount of words.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, We Love It But It Could Have More Possiblities, March 2, 2008

By	Barb Mechalke (in the lovely Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

My daughter is in Kindergarten and we have had lots of fun with this game. Sometimes I think everything is in the timing... and with this game the timing was just right. We recently got this as a gift and my daughter and I have played it several times. We make up our own rules...and she loved it. We don't play competitively, we just work at making words.

I pull out several cards that will make a word then she makes the words, sounds them out and decides which word she likes better. For her the fun was making the words, not "winning".

She's not a game kid, we have lots of the classic games that we gave her as gifts and her three year old brother has played them more than she has. But this one we've come back to again and again, today she said "Wahoo gnu".

The only criticism I have is that they could have created a lot more word possibilities with the word cards.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars skill builder, September 14, 2007

By	Gayle Lai "Nanna" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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It was easy for me to adapt the rules to the needs of my 5 year old grandson.... possibilities are endless but an encouraging adult is needed to help keep a good pace and keep young ones encouraged and not overwhelmed. It's really an excellent skill builder.