This is an excellent family game that is thoroughly fun and a great way to develop vocabulary and flexible thinking skills. The judge selects a word card (e.g. impossible, stunning, trustworthy) and each player must select from one of the five cards in his hand that best associates with that word. The fun and learning arises when players must make creative associations and verbally advocate that his/her answer is the best. Every card has a bold-faced word and a definition. Although the words are not designed for SAT-type practice they can help students improve their vocabulary and general knowledge, although some definitions may be deemed flip and/or "inappropriate" by some adults. The game can be as short or as long as one wishes and has easy set up and clean up.

• 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

• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Social Awareness
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'

Hilarious fun for four to ten players, Apples to Applesreg; is great for game nights with family and friends! This award-winning party game contains over 1,000 cards for hours of entertaining play! Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things, and events. For ages 12+.