ThinkFun 7706-T Zingo Word Builder Early Reading Game - Award Winning Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers

Buy this game! Bought the word builder version for my four year old who did amazingly! Will notes that it’s hard to make the game competitive if you’re helping your child sound out words but may be good to play with more than two people. Great for phonics and identifying consonants vs vowels, etc. and making it fun! It’s also nice that there’s a beginner side and a more advanced side to the cards. Honestly, we have a different version (?the original version) of Zingo which was gifted to us by a relative who is a former first grade teacher and is now a reading specialist. Our kids (ages 2-4) can all play that and enjoy it. I recommend all of the Zingo games we’ve purchased thus far! They teach some gaming strategy (checking out your card before play begins and checking out opponents’ cards), the cards, zinger (dealer), and chips are durable, and the games can be played by ages younger than listed with some adult assistance.

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It's perfect for on-the-go fun or for small spaces. The components are well-made and durable, ensuring it can withstand energetic little hands. The game itself is incredibly engaging. My child loves the fast-paced action of matching tiles and building words. It's a fantastic way to sneak in some early reading practice while having a blast. The rules are simple enough for young children to understand, but the game offers enough challenge to keep older kids interested. Overall, Zingo Word Builder is a fantastic choice for parents looking for a fun and educational game. It's compact, well-made, and delivers on both entertainment and learning value. Highly recommend!

I wish it used lower-case letters. Other than that it's a good product. Definitely recommend over the new one with pictures.

We received this game in the mail yesterday and could not stop playing it. Although challenging for my almost 3 year old, he still enjoyed the process. My almost 5 year old loved it. I have no doubt this game will help my children learn to love words. I was a tad bit skeptical before I ordered this game but, upon receiving it, I can't wait to try out another. The tiles are plastic, not cardboard as I anticipated. The playing cards have two sides. The yellow side is for beginners and each word only has one letter missing. Multiple letters will fit to make a word. As we played, we spelled each word. For example, one of the words was ___ AT. Several consonants would fit into that blank to make a word. This game opens up many opportunities to talk about site words, word families, rhyming words etc. I know this will be a family favorite for many years to come. Both the cards and the tiles are heavy duty. The playing "zinger" is made of hard plastic. Both my almost 3 year old and my almost 5 year old loved moving the zinger to reveal the letters. My almost 3 year old was calling out the letters as they appeared.

My parents got the original picture Zingo for our 4 year old daughter and it's been a huge hit. When I saw that there was a word building version, we had to have it for her as well. There's no setup required like punching out pieces or assembling anything, it's ready to go when you take it out of the box. I like that there are two sides to the cards so younger children can play the easy side and older children and adults can play the harder side to make play a little more evenly matched. The tiles are sturdy plastic so you don't have to worry about them bending them or ruining them by getting them wet or anything, plus they're double sided, so no need to put them into the Zinger 'right side up'. The letters on the tiles and cards are also colored red for vowels and black for consonants. This makes it easy to explain to younger kids that on the 'easy' side of the cards, you need 2 black letters and 1 red letter for each word. The 'Zinger' is the hard plastic house that the tiles live in and are dispensed from. The top slides easily forward and back to drop two tiles into the little grooves each time. Then you slide the tiles back into as lot in the top if not needed with a satisfying little click sound. Another nice feature is all the pieces fit easily back in the sturdy game box without taking anything apart! Our 4 year old picked up the game quickly even though she's averse to spelling and reading and it gets her to sound out the words on her own because she wants to beat Mommy!

We love Zingo, so as my son gets older, I wanted something more challenging. It's simple with only 3-letter words, but very helpful when getting a preschooler learning how to spell. We have spent lots of time learning and playing with this and we even make up our own version of the game to make it more fun for everyone. If you like Zingo with the pictures, I would recommend trying this one for your little one when he or she is learning how to spell.

Fun education game for kids.

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My students love Zingo. When I introduced this game to our learning bins they were over the moon! Great activity for assessment of spelling skills and students can play the game independently.

This seems a great building and consolidating literacy game. The little "machine" is fun to use and adds enjoyment. It seems basic but still useful for older learners as it can help build speed and accuracy. I can see potential to customise it also by making new bingo boards (and even experimenting with cutting extra letters or letter combinations out of card or plastic although this is more doubtful as it is engineered to deliver tiles of precise thickness.)

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Excellent - this is a great product that my pupils nd grandchildren all love - even 10 year olds enjoy it - highly recommend as a fun learning tool