BusyTown Eye Found It Preschool Review


Richard Scarry's Busytown Eye Found It Game is great for preschoolers. I would definitely add this game to your gameschooling collection if you don't already own it. You can add this Busytown game to your Amazon wish list right now.

Here's why I love it:
It teaches tenacity - some of those clues are not so easy to find. Like any I-spy puzzle, some jump right out at you and others take some searching.
It teaches counting up to four.
It teaches turn-taking.
It can be played competitively as a race to the finish with one winner or cooperatively as in working together to find the clues and get to picnic island together in any order.
It works a part of the brain that is required for finding things in chaos, like finding your shoes in the closet or finding your keys on the messy kitchen counter - a skill we all need in life.

Playing Busytown is a race to Picnic Island where the pigs are already eating the food. But, don't worry, every time the pigs eat you get to spin again.

Game time is just about 20 minutes and there is enough variety with the continuous back and forth of moving along the pathway, then searching for clues, then the excitement of the pigs eating that the game holds the attention of my 3-year old. The end comes just about the time that he is ready to move on to something else and this means we are putting the game away without a fuss.

What I don't like about this game:
The playing characters are flat cardboard pieces that have to be set into plastic holders.
The spinner is a little bit difficult for my 3-year old to manage on his own. He needed help each time.


What I'm undecided about:
The size of this game is huge. The board is 6 feet long.
I think it adds an element of excitement for the young player, but it also makes it a game that can't be played everywhere. It is not a game that we can toss into our backpack and bring along on a trip.

So, in the end, Richard Scarry's Busytown Eye Found It gets high marks for educational value and fun, but low marks as a vacation friendly game.



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