Concept is a challenging reasoning game that can be played cooperatively or competitively with many players playing in teams or individually. One person draws a card and must place up to four pawns next to the brightly colored pictures, symbols, and colors on the board to get one of the other players to guess the word on the card. Words are divided into three levels of difficulty, and players should agree in advance on the category of words. The words on the card are very tiny, probably to be sure that they are not mistakenly seen, but they are challenging to read. Both the correct guesser and the clue giver get points and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins. All players are given a page that shows what each symbol on the board represents. For example, the large drop could be water, liquid or drink which the clue giver might combine with nature to make the word lake. The game can take a few rounds to get comfortable scanning the board and thinking flexibly with the symbols, and it can be challenging even with the easiest of words. The game is best played in teams if players vary in age and/or reasoning skills, but the game rules allow for plenty of variation to meet the needs of the group. Overall, a great twist on traditional reasoning games for players who want a new challenge.

• 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

• Abstract Reasoning
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Flexible Thinking
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• General Information
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Social Awareness
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Verbal Reasoning
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Working Memory
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps

A large, green animal from long ago? Must be a dinosaur. Water, cube and cold weather? Has to be an ice cube. A man with a job who rides large brown animals in the United States? Is that a cowboy? In Concept, players team up to place tokens on a board covered in icons, depicting everything from ancient samurai and snails to Leonardo DiCaprio. Points go to the player who can guess the correctly by looking at the various symbols, but in this wild party game, the points are less important than just having a great time!.