Ravensburger Snail's Pace Race Game for Age 3 & Up - Quick Children's Racing Game Where Everyone Wins!

This was a favorite game when I was teaching preschool. The board and pieces are colorful, durable, and easy for young children to handle. The game reinforces colors, one-to-one correspondence, and practice in controlling and rolling a die. The game has no winner or loser between children but there is clearly a winning snail. This allows children to learn to take turns and play a game to the finish without becoming overly focused on whether or not they are winning. The game can be played with one or more players. The box is sturdy and the board and pieces easily fit allowing children to successfully put everything away when finished thus reinforcing self-help skills and responsibility. While I give the game 5 stars, I was very disappointed in how it was shipped. It arrived with a large mailing label and a barcode label affixed directly to the game box instead of the game box first being placed in packaging. I was able to carefully remove the labels but a large sticky residue was left behind. Very disappointing especially because this was ordered as a gift.

I bought this game to use in my preschool classroom and it has quickly become a favourite with all of my students. They love helping each of the snails make it across the board, and I love that it teaches team work and patience and taking turns. I really like that it is a non-competitive game and I enjoy watching the students cheer when the "underdog" snail finally gets to move a space. It is easy to play, but still provides plenty of entertainment. The game is very high quality. Every thing is very sturdy and I love that the snails and dice are wooden rather than plastic. The bright colours of the board and pieces just add to my love of this game. In the three months I have owned Snail's Pace Race, it has gotten plenty of use and I am sure it will continue to be played for many years to come.

I've been a nanny for a long time with different families and I actually found this game first at a garage sale. It's the perfect first game for a 3 year old because it's so easy for them to set up and understand. Kids at that age are so clever and will always innocently figure out clever ways to "cheat," so it's a good opportunity to teach them to play fair right off the bat, if you play it in a competitive way. I've bought this game from Amazon twice since I got the original game. The last game I got, we drew another game that was a little more complicated on a piece of paper and used the color dice for that one too, because they do outgrow it rather quickly and it's so well made the parts will last forever!

She just turned four. We played it once, and she set it up the second time. Theme of the game is adorable, and she loves rolling the dice. Very easy to play. Fast paced for parents.

Probably the only thing I hate worse than playing board games with small children is reading aloud Care Bear books. But I love Snail's Pace: the snails are very tactile and fun to hold, there's just the amount of tension and opportunity for strategy, everybody moves ahead in a linear fashion so nobody gets confused and, best of all, the game can't drag on endlessly with no conclusion. Oddly, I've found it holds older children's' attention as they "help" younger children (probably because they can relax, since it's a low-stakes game with little tension over winning and losing). Many children seem to identify with the snails, sympathizing with the "slower" ones and wanting to help them along -- even if they belong to an opponent! This is a fine game for evenings before bedtime -- nobody gets wound up, as everyone takes the snails' example and takes things r-e-a-l-l-y e-a-s-y….

High quality game pieces. The game itself wasn't bad, but it wasn't amazing. It's simple and lighthearted, perfect for a toddler. The fact that the whole thing is completely random can make for a poor game. For instance, my daughter picked the pink snail to win, and in the amount of time it took for ALL of the other snails to cross the line, the pink snail had moved literally 2 spaces. She still had fun rolling the dice and moving the pawns, and I'm sure the next game won't be so lopsided in the rolls, but our first game could have gone better.

Perfect first game! Very well constructed, sturdy set. I really love that everyone works together to help each snail win. Players do not choose a color, but rather work cooperatively to see which snail will win first, second, etc. We all cheered as each snail crossed the finish line! Teaches taking turns, colors, counting, and team work, without the tears of little ones “losing”. That competitive part can come when they are older. Quick, fun game the whole family can enjoy!

This is a perfect game for toddlers who haven't learned to read or yet. I also love how it is non-competitive so there is no winning or losing player, only a winning snail that all the players have a hand in moving towards the finish line. It is easy to learn and simple to set up. Toddlers would have no problem using it in self-directed play without assistance learning the rules of play.

This is a classic. I remember having it as a kid in Italy. I have finally managed to involve my 3-year old in a board game and to teach him how dice work, how to wait your turn, etc.

Ravensburger never fails me and this is no exception. I am a speech therapist and bought this for a second office I work out of because I cannot live without it. play this at least two times a week. It is simple and great for kids of many ages. Love that there are no winners or losers and the fact that players can change their minds as to who they think will win. quality is top notch and my old "snails pace race" has been used for 18+ years!!!!!!! can't say anything better than that!!!!

Juego perfecto para niño de 3 años. Es muy básico pero bien hecho. Ideal para empezar con aprendizaje de colores. Lo recomiendo

Great game for kids, my daughter (aged 4) loves playing it

Lovely game for preschool age. Helps with colour recognition/ matching, turn taking, followimg simple instructions, and early years maths concepts/ skills - like one to one counting and using language around 1st, 2nd and 3rd.