The box offers many pretty wooden pieces for the theme of this 4th Ratz-Fatz game, a teacher, a bus, a school bag, a book, a clock, animals like giraffe or seal, a bun, a lolly, a ball etc. The pieces are used for play, especially in play with talking, story-telling and asking questions to train recognition, concentration, ability to talk and reaction. The...
This Christmas-themed game in the Ratz-Fatz series features similar games but with holiday pieces and stories. It can be combined with other editions for some of the games. In the basic game, one person reads a story. When the name of an item appears in the text, each player tries to grab the corresponding figure. Goal is to get most items. Expands:...
Similar to Ratz-Fatz, this is a collection of game ideas and materials. The box contains 50 wooden figures (mostly animals, but also a train, truck, pirate etc.), 4 little metal suitcases, a die, a game book and a CD with stories and a song. Basic idea: The wooden figures are placed on the table. While a story, poem or riddle is being read (or played from...
Educational game that teaches about letters. To each vowel (A,E,I,O,U only, although it is a German game) a wooden animal is assigned; the consonants have animal cards. Four game concepts are included, which require the kids to recognize and/or sort the letters. Some require a story to be read by an adult. The kids can sort the letters as they appear in...
Like the other games in the Ratz Fatz series, this is a collection of games that can be played with the same material. This particular game focuses on fairytales. Central idea: A story or poem is being read, the kids listen, guess, rhyme and grab an object. Components: 3 wooden fairy tale figurines (frog prince, dwarf, puss in boots), 12 cards (showing...
Loco Lingo Kindergarten is a collection of five word-related games that are played with 12 cards showing items, 3 wooden figures and 1 color die. The games are: Warm-Up: Not really a game, but an activity to identify all the cards and figures, so that all the children know what everything is. Grab It!: The game leader reads out a story. Whenever an object...
An educational game for children, focused on learning the numbers from 0-10. Like the other games in the Ratz Fatz series, this is a collection of games that can be played with the same material. Central idea A story or poem is being read, the kids listen, guess, rhyme and grab an object. Components 10 wooden animals, 11 cards (showing a number one one...
This game in the Ratz Fatz series of educational games for children makes the players run, hop and jump. Like the other Ratz Fatz games, this is a collection of games for kids from 3-12 years that can be played with the same material. Components: 20 picture tiles (for use on the floor), 20 bracelets, 1 booklet with rules, stories, poems and tasks for...
This game for Ages 3 and up and premiered at Essen 2000. Included are 19 various wooden play figures, mainly animals, and 10 game markers. In the first game the pieces are laid out in plain sight of all. An older player reads a story and when any of the figures is named, each player tries to be the first to grab it. If the figure has already been named...
Kai Haferkamp's Der Räuber Hotzenplotz is another game based on the Otfried Preußler children's book of the same name. In this game the Hotzenplotz robbers have stolen a wagon of gold, but thankfully Kasper and Seppl – characters from the story apparently – had rigged this wagon ahead of time by filling it with sand and drilling a hole in the bottom. If...
Where did the robber Hotzenplotz hide? The players in this predatory game slip into the roles of Kasperl, Seppl, Grandmother and Sergeant Dimpfelmoser and go on the hunt for the robber Hotzenplotz. In order to find him, players have to remember where the character is in the forest. Only the magical crystal ball of fortune teller Frau Schlotterbeck helps....