We recently added another board game to our collection. We LOVE games and mom especially loves
games that have some earth friendly message or that encourage a curiosity in nature. A few weeks back I won a $50 gift certificate to a homeschool store, I used part of it to buy The Farm Game for Kids. I have to say that this is one enjoyable and educational game.
The game has three levels of play so it is almost like having three different games in one. The first level is for kids starting at age 3. Basically you go around the board collecting produce (eggs, apples, corn, or watermelon) if you land on a produce space or you chill out on a playground or school bus space. When a player reaches the Farmer’s Market stand, play stops and produce cards are counted. The player with the most produce wins.
In the second level, for ages 5 and up, you use two dice. One to move on the board and the other to calculate how much you get paid for selling produce. So if you move 2 spaces up on the board onto a watermelon space and you roll a six on the other die then you use the produce chart to deduce that you have earned $12 selling watermelons. When a players reaches the market the game stops and money is counted to determine a winner. This level is great for teaching how to count money.
The third level, for ages 7 and up, involves both dies, money, and the produce cards. It gets a bit more complex but basically you use the dice and the chart to determine how much money you get based upon how many produce cards you have collected…so more math is required for this level.
All three levels are fun and it inspires a curiosity in farming, an awareness of the value of food, and it is great for teaching basic math concepts and chart reading. The game is colorful and well crafted too. It is an awesome game for homeschoolers teaching math concepts and if you are just playing for fun you aren’t disappointed there either. I highly recommend it!
And while your here, check out some of the other educational, eco themed, socially conscious games we like.
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儿童农场游戏
最近，我们的收藏中增加了一款棋类游戏。我们喜欢游戏，而妈妈尤其喜欢那些有地球友好信息或是能激发天性中的好奇心的游戏。几周前，我在一个家庭学校商店得到了五十美元的礼券。我用其中一部分买了儿童农场游戏。我不得不说，这真是一款充满乐趣又有教育意义的游戏。
这个游戏有三个等级，因此它就像将三种不同的游戏合在了一起。第一个等级是为三岁以上儿童设计的。大体上，你可以在平台上走动来收集农产品（鸡蛋、苹果、谷物或是西瓜），如果你进入了一处农产品区或是在游乐园或学校巴士区里放松，当一个玩家到达农夫市场的货摊时，游戏停止并且会计算农产品卡数。拥有最多农产品的玩家获胜。
第二个等级是针对五岁以上儿童的。你可以使用两个骰子。一个用来在平台上移动，一个用来计算你卖农产品赚了多少钱。因此如果你在平台上将两个骰子都移进了西瓜区并且在别的模块上抛出了六，那么你就得用产品表来减去你卖西瓜赚来的十二美元。当一个玩家到达市场，游戏结束并计算钱数以分出胜负。这一等级对于训练如何数钱大有帮助。
第三个等级是针对七岁以上儿童的，包括钱财和农产品两种模块。这关稍为复杂，但总的来说，你可以根据你收集了多少农产品，使用骰子和图表来算出你赚了多少钱。因此这一等级需要更多的数学知识。
三个等级都很有趣并能激发对于务农的好奇心和对食品价格的认识，而且它对于教授基本的数学概念和读取图表很有帮助。这款游戏色彩缤纷而且制作精巧,是一款非常适合家庭学校教授数学概念的游戏，而如果你只是为了好玩，你同样不会失望的。我强烈推荐它！
当你看到这儿，再看看其他我们喜欢的教育类、经济类和社会意识类的游戏吧。