marble games manual
FP MG
Regular price $3.95Children still like to play with marbles!
A simple manual with instructions for 50 various games that they can learn. If you have marbles in the house, you will want to learn how to play these games. If you don't, you'll want to get some after reading this book!
For ages 6-12 years.
Staple-bound softcover, 40 pages with simple illustrations.
Made in Canada.
Max the Cat
FP MAX THE CAT
Regular price $15.00A cooperative board game for 1-8 players, Ages 4 to 7 years.
We must help get the little Creatures safely home before Max, the Tomcat, catches them. In an exciting way, children learn logic, consultation and decision making.
An important issue to discuss is also raised: we don't like Max catching those Little Ones, yet we recognize that he is a natural hunter. How do we resolve this in our minds and hearts? Let's talk it over.
Includes: 12 x 12" board, special dice, 4 movers, 4 cat treats.
Made in Canada.
Reviews:
“Our kids play Max over and over again!” — Tennessee, USA
Rated Best “Un-Bored” Game by Wondertime Magazine: “In this suspense-soaked game of cat-and-mouse (and bird and chipmunk) …the holy-cannoli cliff-hangers (“Move the mouse! Move the mouse!”) just keep coming.” Wondertime Magazine, April/May 2007
harvest time board game
FP HT
Regular price $15.00A cooperative board game for 2 to 4 players, Ages 3 to 7
Players must work together to bring in the harvest before winter arrives. First, gardens are planted. Then everyone rolls the special die to do the harvesting. The job is to harvest the gardens before Winter comes. Will we get them all? Maybe, if we remember to help each other out. A simple but challenging game for beginners.
Includes: 12 x 12" board, die, 48 vegetable cards, winter and spring puzzle pieces, rules for harder 'spring planting' game.
Made in Canada.
Top rating by the Canadian Toy Testing Council.
Review:
“Ryan (5) feels very important getting all his vegetables in and then helping me.” — Saskatchewan, Canada
snowstorm!
FP SS
Regular price $15.00A cooperative board game for 1-12 players, Ages 5 to 8 years.
A winter storm hits Little City. Granny and Grandpa, Uncle and Aunt, Mom and Dad and our Best Friend's Family have things to do, places to go, errands to run.
Our job is to help them out. We drive the Cars, get to the Places on their lists, and try return safely home. Deep snow? Bad ice? We decide when and where to do some plowing or spreading of sand. The weather keeps changing, so we have to be alert!
Each game is a different, exciting challenge. Skills of communication, decision making and creative thinking are nurtured. Don't get stuck on Fifth Avenue, Dad!
Includes: 12 x 12" board, weather reports, errands, cars, places, snow and ice, service trucks.
Made in Canada.
Top Rating by Canadian Toy Testing Council
Reviews:
“A brilliantly conceived game, more fun
than dice-oriented play.” — Ontario, Canada
the secret door
FP SD
Regular price $15.00A cooperative board game for 1-8 players, for ages 5 to 7.
A mystery game! Valuables have been stolen, and we have to find them before Midnight. Together we search through the Mansion for clues. At Midnight, the Thieves may slip away with all the hidden booty!
Children enjoy figuring out the mystery of what is behind the Secret Door. Because of the co-operative principle, everyone is part of a team that discusses ideas and shares strategies. Other important skills of memory and logic get a workout, too.
Each game is different, exciting and tricky. That's why adults like playing along! Get the magnifying glass, Holmes, and let's get on with the Case. Midnight approaches!
Includes: 12 x 12" board, clock cards, set of valuables, the secret door.
Made in Canada.
Top rating from Canadian Toy Testing Council
Parents' Choice Award Winner
Reviews:
“My daughter loves Secret Door. It’s food for her brain. She can often find pairs that I miss, which she thinks is great!”
— Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
walk in the woods
FP WITW
Regular price $15.00A cooperative board game for 1-8 players, Ages 5 to 7
Ah, a Walk in the Woods... to observe beautiful things such as Wild Flowers and Butterflies... to help each other gather Goodies such as Apples, Berries, Nuts and Herbs, to keep an eye out for nasty stuff such as Poison Ivy, Stinging Nettle, Biting Bugs, even Hot Sun, to share our Remedies... to solve Problems we meet, and to plan together where to look next for Goodies and Remedies.
Let's have a great day in the Woods and come Home with our Baskets full of Goodies, our Minds deeply quiet, and our Hearts nourished with natural things.
Includes: 12 x 12" board, dangers, remedies, goodies, look-ats, baskets, rules for basic and hard games.
Made in Canada.
Reviews:
"Our kids play it over and over. I like the way it nurtures careful observation, clear thinking, memory skills and sharing." ~Customer review from Montreal, Canada.
Sleeping Grump
FP SG
Regular price $15.002 to 4 Players, Ages 4 to 7 years.
A story adventure game! Grump has taken the villagers’ treasures and is now fast asleep at the top of the beanstalk.
Together, players climb to the top to recover their treasures. Grump may not be wakened or he takes back everything.
Players share the treasures and leave some behind for Grump. Their kindness will help change him. The game is won when everyone has some of the treasure.
Includes: 6 x 24″ board, die, blue sapphires, golden eggs, magic cherries, harps, movers. © 1981
Our customers say:
“My four-year-old and I have played so often we have
worn a path in the board!” — USA
This game has a french version as well available separately.
Max le Chat
FP MAX Fr
Regular price $15.00Âges 4 à 7 ans Joueurs: 2 à 8
Un Jeu Coopératif
Pour honorer notre chat bien- aimé parfois pas aussi amiable, Max, qui chasse des souris, des oiseaux et des chipmunks autour de la ferme toute la journée, nous avons créé ce jeu très passionnant pour des enfants.
Les parents seront enchantés dans les dispositifs coopératifs et la manière intéressante que des enfants sont invites pour employer la logique.
Le travail de chacun est d’emmener les petites créatures sans risque à la maison et d’assurer que Max à bien manger.
“Nos gosses jouent le jeu Max à plusieurs reprises.”
Table des matières: 2 dés, 4 cartes d’animaux, 1 plein panneau de couleur 12” x 12”, règles, 4 festins de chat.
Fabriqué au Canada.
This version is also available for sale separately in English, under the name "Max the Cat"
Temps Des Récoltes
FP HT Fr
Regular price $15.00Recommandé de 3 à 7 ans. Pour 2 à 4 joueurs.
Les jardins potagers sont d’abord semés: ensuite, chacun jette les dés pour faire les récoltes.
Le but du jeu est de faire les récoltes avant que l’hiver arrive.
Les joueurs obtiendront certainement une bonne partie des légumes récoltes, mais peuvent-ils tous les avoir?
Vous le pouvez si vous vous souvenez qu’il faut s’entraider.
Contenu: Planchette de jeu en couleur, Casse-tête d’une scène d’hiver, Casse-tête d’une scène l'automne, 48 cartes de légumes, instructions, Dé
Please note that this game is also available in English separately, as 'Harvest Time' on our site.
Princesse
FP P Fr
Regular price $15.00Age: 4 à 7 ans Pour 2 à 4 joueurs.
Un jeu de fantaisie qui permet aux enfants de passer des moments agréables tout en développant leur imagination.
La ravissante princesse est ensorcelée et enfermée dans le château.
Pour sauver la ravissante dame, allons à la recherche des choses magiques à travers les villages.
Les enfants se servent de leur imagination et recourent parfois à la logique pour le choix de la bonne chose.
Les joueurs s’entraideront pour trouver leur passage au-delà des obstacles.
Contenu: Planchette de jeu en couleurs, 12 jetons “choses spéciales”. 6 carte représentant les problèmes, 4 pions, 1 dé, instructions
Please note that this is the French language version of this boardgame. Also available separately in an English version on our site. The playing cards are bilingual, but the writing on the board on the top of the box is in French in this version.
Le Geant Endormi
FP SG Fr
Regular price $15.00Age: 4 à 7. 2 à 4 joueurs.
Une fantaisie pour les enfants!
Le géant a pris les trésors des gens du village et est maintenant bien endormi en haut de da tige de haricot.
Ensemble, les joueurs montent la tige et reprennent leurs trésors.
Le géant ne doit pas être réveille sinon il reprend son butin.
Les joueurs partagent les trésors et en laissent quelques-uns derrière eux pour le Géant.
Leur gentillesse permettra de changer ce vilain géant.
Contenu: Planchette de jeu en couleur 20 pièces de trésor, 6 pièces cassette du géant endormi, 1 dé, 4 mobiles, instructions
Our customers say:
“My four-year-old and I have played so often we have
worn a path in the board!” — USA
This game has an English version as well, sold separately, as "Sleeping Grump".
Princess board game
FP Princess
Regular price $15.002 to 4 Players, Ages 4 to 7 years.
An exciting fantasy game giving thoughtful and imaginative play experience. Our princess is a sturdy little girl in the Castle who needs to be rescued from a Mean Guard and Fierce Dog. It’s not going to be easy — and besides, Darkness is coming!
Off we go through Fields, Woods, Mountains and Villages in search of Things Magical and Practical needed to free the Princess. We’ll do some sharing, help each other to remember where Special Things are hidden, and together think our way past the Obstacles.
Includes: 12 x 12″ board, die, movers, night cards, good grief cards, special things. © 1986
“I must tell you how much the students here enjoy Princess.
All your games teach social and co-operative skills.”
— South Carolina, USA
Made in Perth, Ontario, Canada.
sand castles
FP SC
Regular price $15.00For 1-8 players, Ages 5 to 7
A gentle game about helping each other to build Sand Castles by the Beach.
It's a quiet, beautiful day with water lapping at the shore. But a wind begins to stir and some large Waves move slowly toward our Castles. Can we finish all three of them before those big Waves wash in? Let's gather some sand, share our pails and shovels, and work hard together. This way, we have a much better chance of finishing.
But, oh, oh... The Waves are getting closer and closer. Should we make a big Sand Wall to protect the castle? Or take a chance and keep building the castle up? Decisions, decisions. All in all, an exciting game of strategy that gets us thinking.
Includes: 6 x 24" board, pails, shovels, sand castles, waves, sand walls, die, chart.
Made in Canada.
Top Rating by Canadian Toy Testing Council
Parents' Choice Awards
Reviews:
“We just received your Sand Castles game, and my five-year-old daughter and I enjoyed beating the Waves. Thanks for a great game!” — Mill Valley, CA