Gobblet Junior is a great, straight-forward game to develop a variety of visual memory and strategic thinking skills. In a twist on the classic game of tic-tac-toe, players must place three in a row before their opponent, but the players pieces come in three different sizes so a player can put a new piece on an empty space OR cover a piece already on the board with a larger piece. The pieces are sturdy and will be easy for most students to cover and uncover but could be challenging for students who have very weak fine and/or visual motor skills. Students with visual weaknesses might have difficulty judging the different piece sizes. Most students should find this game fun yet challenging and want to play even more as they improve.

• 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

• Fine Motor Skills
• Has small parts that may be difficult to manipulate (e.g. battleship pegs)
• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Spatial Perception
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Visual Discrimination
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Visual Motor Speed
• Has small parts that may be difficult to manipulate (e.g. battleship pegs)

Play Gobblet Junior just like Tic-Tac-Toe except that you can gobble up your opponent and move your pieces around the board when it's your turn to play. The first to line up 3 pieces wins! Winner of 12 Best Toy Awards. 2 players. Ages 5 and up. All Wooden Game. Contents: 1 Wooden Board, 12 Wooden Pieces, Illustrated Rules.