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Brain Quest - Scavenger Hunt Game

Mindprint Rating

Tags

^21st Century Skills Elementary School Game

Skills

Flexible Thinking Social Awareness Attention

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • Parents can easily adjust the rules to make it appropriate for all ages, such as playing without the timer.
  • The cards have a broad variety of common objects that students can learn to know and recognize.
  • The game encourages flexible thinking for younger children as well as social skills as they help each other finish.

Considerations

  • The timer runs out quickly.

Mindprint Expert Review

Brain Quest- Scavenger Hunt is a fun game of memory and movement that most children will enjoy. Players search around the house for a set of common objects that are represented on small cards. As they collect objects on the list, players move their pawns around the board. The first player to cross the finish line is the winner. Brain Quest Scavenger Hunt is an active game that encourages children to get moving and think creatively about where they might find objects (an object that starts with the letter F, etc.). They will exercise memory skills as they keep track of all the items on their list. Although this game is designed for young elementary students, older children and adults could enjoy playing, making it a good family game that can develop social and flexible thinking skills for a younger audience.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Adults would enjoy playing with a child
  • For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
  • Can be fun as a single player game
  • Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
  • Well-made for the cost
  • For electronic games, can play without sound
  • For electronic games, allows user to save work
  • For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Organization
    • Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
  • Processing Speed
    • A player's success depends on speed
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
  • Social Awareness
    • Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
    • Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'

Manufacturer Description

Kids have lots of fun playing seek and find, with the Brain Quest Scavenger Hunt game from University Games. Turn over the two-minute timer and search around the house for all sorts of items. Can you find a funny hat? How about a purple shirt or an object that begins with the letter B? Players move their pawns around the board as they find the items on the list. The first player to cross the finish line is the winner. Brain Quest Scavenger Hunt is an active game that encourages children to get up on their feet and helps develop healthy social skills. For 2 - 4 players. Suitable for 1st and 2nd graders. University Games offers you and your family a wide selection of creative games that are easy to learn and fun to play.