Gary Gouda is a great game to help younger children develop strategic thinking and visual skills. Pieces of cardboard cheese are placed throughout a whimsical, cardboard 3-D house. On a player's turn Gary, the mouse, makes his way through different-sized doorways, avoiding Kiki, the cat. As he progresses he earns a piece of cheese, and each piece increases Gary's height. If the player attempts to move Gary through a doorway that is too small for his now bigger body, that player's turn is over. If successful, the player keeps the cheese and it is the next person's turn. This game is fun and unique and will help younger children develop spatial reasoning and visual memory skills.

• 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

• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'

Gary Gouda is cheese hunting again and no piece is safe! But with every piece of cheese, the risk of becoming stuck in the mouse holes increases. Only the one who can remember the sizes of the different holes and doesn't get caught by quick pet cat KiKi will reach the target. Who can help Gary memorize the best way to collect the most pieces of cheese? A light-fingered memory game! Great 3D structure and amusement for the whole family! For 2-4 players.