Blurble is a fun, relatively fast-paced game that works on phonemic awareness for younger players and can be used for older students to improve flexible thinking, working memory and processing speed. The game begins with the "Blurbler" who controls the cards for that round. The Blurbler flips a card from the stack and "faces off" with the player to his left. The two players are in a race to say a word that shares the same first letter as the image on the card and win the card. The game continues as the Blurbler faces off with each player. If the Blurbler is defeated, that winning player becomes the new Blurbler. Players decide how long the game goes on, a set amount of time or set number of cards, and the person with the most cards in the end is the winner. The cards are well-made, easy to interpret, and offer plenty of variety with 250 images. Depending on the age and ability of the players, adults can modify the rules such as using beginning sounds rather than letters, answers needing to be in a specific category such as countries or adjectives, playing in teams, or making it all play rather than one-on-one. Whatever the rules, adults should be sure that players are well-matched in ability to be sure that the game provides healthy competition and is not discouraging for children with weaker skills. Disagreements could arise about the object or who answered first, so an adult should be available to moderate. Overall, this is an enjoyable game that affords plenty of flexibility to fit the needs and objectives of the players.

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• Auditory Processing
• Has auditory distractions that cannot be silenced (background music, players shout answers, etc.)
• A player's success depends on speed
• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• A player's success depends on speed

Are you ready to Blurble? Gather your wits and prepare to blurt out a winning answer in this fast-paced, card turning, hair raising, tongue twisting card game. Blurble is a hilarious game that is great for nearly all ages and group sizes. Flip over a card and be the first to say a word that starts with the same letter as the image on the card. Proper nouns, numbers, and words with fewer than three letters are not allowed. The winner of each card moves on to challenge another player, and the player with the most cards at the end is the winner. Perfect for game night and also great for teaching alphabet skills to children with no reading required! Truly a game for all ages. How fast do you Blurble?.