Scrabble: Junior Edition
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Scrabble: Junior Edition
Customer Review: A good game for beginning readers
Summary: 5 Stars
I played this game with three kids (5, 6, and 7 )for a week and we all loved it. Some games do not translate well into junior version, but this one is well done. The board has two sides. One side, the easier side, has pre-printed words. Players try to put the letters they have picked onto the board following some very simple and straight-forward rules. There are strategies invovled (such as trying to be the one to put the last letter into a word--one gets a point for completing a word). This part is best for kids 5 to 7 or 8.The other side of the board is similar to the regular Scrabble board (without the doubling and tripling parts). One can form words without the constraint of pre-printed words. A kid who reads and writes well (7 or 8 year olds, for example), can do well with it.
I like this game because it gives kids a taste of the Scrabble game without making them work unnecessarily too long and too hard at it. (I tried using the standard board with kids. It worked for only a little while.)
All in all, a good game to have, even with the cardboard lettering.
Customer Review: Kind of deficient
Summary: 3 Stars
I was excited at the prospect of a scrabble game I could play with the little children I babysit for. Unfortunately, this game relied neither on the luck that evens the playing field nor a skill a young child could pick up quickly enough to start winning enough. So unless I play dumb, I wind up winning each time. Also, I found the layout of the game to be especially poor for two reasons. First, as the featured reviewer noted, the cartoony pictures obscure the first letters of words. Second, the choice of words is so poor, it slows down the spelling process, especially at the beginning, when the variety of options is very limited. It seems the creators of the game just played a few rounds of Scrabble (TM) and said "Hey, this one looks good for kids" and didn't do any playtesting. So in conclusion, rather than looking at an educational game designed for children, what we have is a recognizable brand name that has been adapted to take advantage of a heretofore unregocnized market share. In other words, just trying to make a quick few bucks.Customer Review: We love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
[...] I got this at a garage sale for $[...], but would have paid more after knowing how much we play it. My son is 6 and this teaches him different words like television, arcade, bicycle, queen, etc. I agree with the other reviews about the letters, it would be nice if they were plastic tiles instead of cardboard. We only play the easy version for now, we've tried the blank side but he's not quite ready for that yet. This has gotten lots of play from us, and it's a game that I enjoy playing with him.
As far as it being so easy that the child never wins, it all depends on the letters you draw and how much the child is paying attention to the board. I don't help him anymore and as long as he draws the right letters to finish the words and pays attention to the board, he has beat me several times.
I would defintely recommend this game for any child learning letters and words. It's a lot of fun for both child and adult!
Customer Review: Fine for those not quite reading well yet
Summary: 4 Stars
My son outgrew this game before 1st grade because to my delight, he is a fantastic speller and reader beyond his grade level. Actually I believe with some forethought on my part, I could have not bothered to buy this version.The traditional scrabble is also more durable and the letters don't get bent up as these cardboard ones in the Junior version do.
My advice...jump right to the traditional scrabble. Fill in some of the squares on that board with words so it's the same premise as this Junior version. That way the game is also different every time for the child. You won't waste your money on a scrabble set that you'll use for a short time that isn't nearly as durable.
He's in 1st grade now and he got the traditional Scrabble and plays it well enough to hold his own comfortably while playing others. We don't focus so much on score, just on him coming up with the words in play.
Customer Review: The goods and the bads and the solution
Summary: 3 Stars
Here's the deal. You can't really go wrong with scrabble because any way you spin it, it is in fact an educational game. The colors are vibrant and the board is a nice size and double sided for age progression. However, the letters are cardboard and side around and if someone walks by to quickly you may have to start all over cause the pieces will fly away. Additionally the board is a tri cut instead of a half fold. I have no idea why they did this but again the pieces slide because the board doesn't lay totally flat. There is a little travel game called Apple Scrabble. It's letter pieces are tile like the real game. My suggestion is buy Scrabble Jr. and Scrabble Apple. Use the tile pieces from Scrabble Apple in the Scrabble JR and you have yourself a fun evening without complications.