Alanna’s Animals comes highly recommended by the National Numeracy Council. The average game lasts between 10 and 15 minutes and can be played by two to four players.
Alanna’s Animals is designed to help young children learn fundamental early school math skills in an entertaining and engaging manner.
Math knowledge gained from playing includes number recognition, rational counting, quantities and magnitude, and subsidizing. In Alana’s Animals, you will find 2 challenging games for increasing your math skills and complexity.
While developing a vast array of numeracy skills, this game promotes healthy competition and turn-taking.
In playing with my daughter, she enjoyed collecting the animals, and the cards, in turn, encouraged her to use math vocabulary, such as “more than” and “less than”. In addition, this helped her focus and develop her observation skills.
Obviously, younger players may need some adult assistance, especially when reading the cards and understanding the rules. In addition, children will enjoy competing to win apple rewards, which reinforces the notion of winning and losing.
Among the skills they will learn are:
- Encourages numeracy skills
- Develops turn-taking and understanding of winning and losing
- Promotes concentration and attention skills
- Helps with addition and subtraction
- Grouping and Recognizing Attributes
- Teaches Greater and Lesser Than
- After some rounds with me, my daughter is hooked on the game.
Now that each player has collected all the animal cards, it’s time to discuss the Apple loyalty cards that were added at the beginning of the game.
The good thing about Apple loyalty cards is that they encourage you to talk and see
Alana’s Animals Cards Various Game Play:
• Hide-And-Seek
• Farmyard Rewards
• Every Animal Counts
• Animal Auction
• Reward Race
Why not make your own version of Alana’s Animals, as the skies the limit and so is the fun and learning.
Overall, the game will be getting lots of play in our house. For us, any educational game that keeps children engaged and excited to play it over and over is a big win. Every Animal Counts Math Game by Alana is an excellent choice. My only regret is that we didn’t discover it sooner.
Be sure to check out other fun family games from Genius Games!