Product Description

Help children learn about handling money and giving change by playing this fun shopping game! Go round the board from shop to shop using plastic money to buy lots of different items! Silver award winning game for 2-4 players. Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2081 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Orchard Toys
• Model: BG08
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 2.20 pounds

Features

• Help children learn about handling money and giving change by playing this fun shopping game by Orchard Toys
• Go round the board from shop to shop using plastic money to buy lots of different items
• Links with National Curriculum Maths
• Recommended for age 5-9 years for 2-4 players

Manufacturer's Description
Help children learn about handling money and giving change by playing this fun shopping game. Go round the board from shop to shop using plastic money to buy lots of different items.

Orchard Toys are made in Britain from durable recycled board and have a wipe-clean finish so they offer years of enjoyment and great value for money. Our range is developed, designed and illustrated with care by our in-house team, then rigorously tested in playgroups, schools and at home by teachers and parents. This ensures that our innovative games and puzzles stimulate young minds and make learning fun!

Customer Reviews

Perfect for starting to learn about money
An excellent game for 5- and 6-year-olds (my daughter, 5, loves it; little brother, 2, loves joining in though the maths is somewhat beyond him!) to help them start to learn to count and add up money. There are only 10p, 20p and 50p coins but that's plenty to get them started with adding up simple amounts in their heads. The game takes maybe 15-20 minutes to play and (as well as being terribly educational) most importantly it's fun!

Like all Orchard games (we've got plenty!) it's simple, well-thought-out and well-made, with nice bright cartoony pictures of familiar things. Recommended!

Excellent value - 4/5 years old
We have a number of Orchard Toys, and with the exception of the Greedy Gorilla game, have found them to be of a consistently high quality. Pop to the Shops is no exception. Our 5 year old daughter loves this. It took her a while just to get her read round how the money works, with change etc. but she really took to this game, and its a firm favourite.

The rules are simple to pick up, the board is colourful and encourages them to get involved, and it brings through some good role play for shopkeepers! Can't really think of any minuses!

All in all - very good value, and highly recommended.

Educational but not fun.
I love Orchard Hill games and we have owned this one for a couple of years but we have found it is too difficult to gain much fun from it.
The games last too long and my children have always lost patience with it before the games end.
The main problem we find is it involves too many throws of the dice to get to each shop and the children often lose track of which direction they should be moving their people markers.
From an educational point of view it is potentially brilliant in the way
each child has to pay for each shop item with the correct coins but the added confusion of matching cards and taking the correct card makes it more hard work than fun. To be honest ny children have much more fun playing shops with a pretend till and counting out correct play money.
I'm all for children learning through play but this game is too difficult for small children and not interesting enough for older children.
Sorry to be a dissenting voice but this is one purchase I regret.