Scrabble: Junior Edition
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Scrabble: Junior Edition
Customer Review: ONE GAME WE HAVE A BLAST WITH
Summary: 5 Stars
my girls are 7 and 5..... my 7yo is at a 3rd grade plus reading level and my 5yo just started reading....we LOVE this game..it is fun... and realy helps with letter recognition and works on strategy.. we homeschool and we play it for an extra fun thing to do. more fun then bogglejr or clue jr.. we do both sides.jr side for a fun change, and the other side for spelling and word building.. the game is never the same.the outcome of who wins is always different even tho the words on one side are always the same.. you do have to work at how you play it to be able to finish the words correctly. you have to play the first letter first then the others following. so it is a challenge .. not boring at all..Customer Review: Not quite what I thought...
Summary: 3 Stars
For the 4-6 year old still learning letters and basic spelling, this game is OK. For the older child, it gets boring fast. I try to get the older child (7) to work at strategy for playing pieces, to set himself up to finish a word & to prevent someone else from getting a word. The easy side of the board is very decorated, & it's hard to see some of the letters, so it takes careful attention to know where letters can be put. Also, there are only enough letters provided with the game to play the easy side, no extras, so if you lose any, you can't play the game. And it means that when there are no more letters in the pile, you can figure out at that point who is going to win, without finishing, because all the letters have a spot on the board. It also limits your options for the advanced side -- for example, there's only 1 'q' tile. I raided a regular scrabble game for pieces, & found those pieces easier for the kids to handle, too. Using easy, finished, crossword puzzles to map out a game on the advanced side gives the kids some easy games other than the one on the easy side of the board -- but it does require additional tiles & a good bit of work on my part!Customer Review: not worth it
Summary: 1 Stars
This game is the worst of the "junior" games for kids. It is severly limited (aimed at pre-readers) and is not enjoyable at all to play. The game is also fundamentally flawed, in that if you follow the rules, the endgame is tedious and boring -- two things you never want to experience when playing with a young child. DO NOT BUY!Customer Review: Scrabble Jr.
Summary: 3 Stars
If your child doesn't have an exstinsive vocabulary the side t hat mirrors adult Scrabble can be quite frustrating. The side that mirrors a crossword puzzle can be very repetitive for the older child. This game is best for someone just learning to read.Customer Review: Not a total loss
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a gift for my daughter's 5th birthday, and, though it's age-appropriate, we've found that the "Junior" side of the board to be terribly limiting. There are only about ten words that kids can work to spell, and these are a predictably condescending mix of "easy words" like WATER and GOAT, along with "fun words" like ARCADE, CANDY and TELEVISION. If you play this game a lot, you're stuck spelling the same words over and over, so there's little learning value or reinforcement of new vocabulary.
The other side of the board can be used for a more normal Scrabble experience, but I find my 5-year-old, though she's reading, is a little young for that. My only other complaint is that all the tiles and "points" chips this game uses are thick cardboard, which means that if they sneak into the washing machine, they're toast (I know this from tragic personal experience).
All in all, this game isn't an outright loss, but I was expecting better from a big games company.
Recommended Ages: 4 to 6 years old ONLY (my 6-year old, an avid reader, is bored to tears with this game)
Playability on Shabbat: YES!!! (no batteries, electronics or writing)