Peaceable Kingdom Snug as a Bug in a Rug Award Winning Cooperative Preschool Skills Builder Game for 2 to 4 Kids ages 3+

This is our family's favorite game to play all together, and we are 2.5, 5, 36 and 37. There are three levels to play, which makes this work well for families with children of multiple ages (and is promising for long-term use). We always play on the simplest level as we have a 2.5 year old. Players spin a spinner and then find a bug of the corresponding color, number, or shape to put under the "rug" (game board). Players work together to try to beat the stink bugs who come out once you run out of bugs. My 2.5 year old loves the concept of stink bugs and laughs so hard when it's time for a stink bug to come on the board! This is a collaborative game, so everybody wins or loses together. That really helps us keep the fun in family game night and minimizes fighting. My 5 year old still sometimes gets upset when we lose, but since the whole family loses, the adults can model well how to manage. Each time you play (on Level 1), you roll a die to find out if you will match the bugs to the spinner based on color, number, or shape. That keeps things from getting repetitive for us adults, and helps the kids to recognize multiple attributes. There's really a lot of nice math learning here! My 2.5 year old has been able to play this for a few months - he has trouble when we play for numbers, but it's a great way for him to learn. The bugs are not tiny and pretty easy to keep track of, though I wish the board were magnetic as my kids bump into a lot requiring some reorganizing. The spinner is part of the board, and the pieces are all pretty sturdy and well made. Grown ups can use a little strategy here. We win about 50-60% of the time. We have a lot of Peaceable Kingdom Games (Bunny Bedtime, Where's Bear?, Monkey Around, Count Your Chickens, Feed the Woozle, and Stone Soup) and this is by far the favorite for both the kids and the adults in our family. I can't recommend it enough.

I love this game! It was gifted to us for my son’s 3rd birthday. It was age appropriate and the various options of play have made it still a favorite game and he’s now 4.

I bought this when my son was just showing interest in games (around 3). It looked cute and based on other ratings I thought it might be a good place to start. It's turned into something much better than just a starter game! My son (now 4) loves pulling this game out and playing it with friends and us. He's also "trying" to teach his little sister (22 months) how to do it - but she's not totally there yet.Things I love about this game:1) You don't really play it the same 2 times in a row! Because you roll the die before the game to determine what you're looking for, you can play this over and over and be looking for different characteristics each time.2) The pieces are sturdy and big enough that even if you suck on them or put them in your mouth, they survive.3) It's an easy game to understand. My 4 year old can explain the rules to anyone he's playing with - and although he's bright, he's not a genius, which means the NORMAL 4 year old would be able to explain these rules too. :)4) Though I totally am fine with winners and losers ('m competitive myself) - this game is cooperative and at an early age it's nice to work together for a goal. Then you all win or all lose. There are enough other games out there that you can be the sole winner at.5) You can change the complexity as they get older.Overall - if you're looking for a starter game - this is it!

We first played this game at a family members house. They have a four year old girl and we have a three year old boy. Both kids loved this game so much that even while the kids were still playing, I was on Amazon on my phone buying one for us to have at home. Once we got our copy, we played again, this time with my husband. He looked up at me during the game and said how much he liked it and how much less annoying it was than other toddler board games. High praise indeed!Here is what I really like about this game:1) It's collaborative rather than competitive. Everyone is playing together to get all the bugs under the rug before all three stink bugs are released. So either everyone wins or everyone loses. This is nice, especially for younger players who have a hard time understanding someone else winning.2) It's cute and just interactive enough to be fun without being too much hassle. Each turn, a player has to select a bug that fits the criteria dictated by their spin. They get to look over all the bugs, pick the one they like, and then slide it under the rug/gameboard. My kid really gets a kick out of sliding his bug under the rug.3) Not every game is the same. There is a starter die that is used to determine what game play is going to be based on for that game: colors, shapes, or numbers. So one game you'll be picking bugs based on color, then another on shape. It helps keep things interesting.4) The game grows with the age of the players. The game actually has 3 different sets of rules, based on the age of the players. So we're they're young the game is easier, but as they grow new rules are added making things more complicated. For example, at the easiest level, the bugs are picked based on one criteria only (color or shape or number). But on the harder levels, the bugs are picked based on multiple criteria at once (color and shape, or color and number, or color and number and shape). This means that the game has more longevity than other simple board games that younger kids play.We love this game! So much in fact, that it's probably going to be my go to gift for all the 4yo birthday parties we'll be going to this year.

This was a present for my 3-year old great nephew and my niece said he took to it immediately and wants to play it over and over. And she likes it, too!

This is a game that my daughter likes to play, although not as much as the others she has. It helps children count and practice colors and shapes, but it's boring for adults. I only have one child, so I play with her and this game is never my first choice.

What a fun game for our 4 yr old granddaughter.It has 3 stages for play as the child ages.