Product Description The Mind Your P's and Q's game gives kids the opportunity to have fun, be silly, move about, and even make mistakes as they learn and practice good Table Manners. This is a D.I.Y game with all the materials and visual instructions included. Children get to make their own unique pegs, create their own dice, roll it and join Happy Heart Kid characters Caleb and Ella learn table manners as they progress through different courses of their meal. The Cue Cards in the game has fun prompts and questions to that include: Multiple Choice, Table Talk, Fill in the Blank and Table Talk. The games includes visual instructions for set up and to help make learning fun, easy, engaging, and educational. From the Manufacturer Play with Purpose Our activity kits go beyond just providing all the materials and step by step instructions. They are intended to add a little intention to playtime and help parents and kids together explore big ideas like empathy, gratitude, perseverance and more. Hands on Learning It's not just our crafts that encourage kids to make and create. Happy Heart Kid games are also DIY and kids get to make their own game parts that help make family game night all the more fun! Create and Explore Happy Heart Activity Kits include projects for vocabulary building that parents can use to prompt meaningful discussions. Imaginative Play Pretend play games and role-playing are great ways to spark self-expression, originality, and creativity in kids while building a deeper connection with your child. Connect and Share Project and Inquiry based learning to promote exploration of character traits and encourage real-life application. Character Skills Character education is not just a 'nice-to-have;' it's a set of critical developmental skills needed to help our children grow into well-rounded, global citizens. Child development experts are recognizing that character can actually be taught, but what is lacking are the hands-on activities that parents can use with their children to help build character through everyday play. About the Startup Describe your product in 3 words. Play with Purpose How did you come up with the idea for this product? Our journey began with our Empathy Kit – which grew out of our founder’s volunteer experience with a neighborhood preschool class. We have since grown to over a dozen such products, which we test thoroughly to ensure their simplicity and effectiveness. By providing an environment and system for children to identify and access their emotions and character traits, we help them grown into strong, well-rounded, and global citizens. What makes your product special? It's really not about our product, it's the experience parents and children can have through play. Happy Heart Kid's aim to break down barrier of teaching kids abstract ideas such as empathy, gratitude, perseverance and help parents teach these values through creative play. There has been a welcome change in the educational value of toys and the importance of STEM and literacy skills in the early years of children. However while schools are emphasizing social emotional learning, there are a lack of tools for parents to bring this kind of learning at home. Happy Heart Kid aims to: 1. Fills the gap in social development tools 2. Caters to children of all abilities 3. Develops the EQ or emotional intelligence What has been the best part of your startup experience? Connecting with moms, educators and preschoolers. Startup life can be challenging and frustrating most of the time, but hearing from parents that our product has had a positive impact on their child's life has helped melt all the worries away.
X**O
Five Stars
A nice game teaching little kids in a fun way to learn good manners.
A**R
Awesome and innovative board game to teach your kids table manners
Fun board game... kids loved making the pegs. Sturdy game board and fun for the kids. Adults and kids enjoyed learning about manners. Cute illustrations
R**N
little expensive for what you get.
Cute game meant for younger children, however I felt it was over priced, game board good quality but very small, cards are not laminated just printed on cardstock, It is a good idea just needs more development.
S**R
Creative with Homemade feel goodyness
I am in like/love with this game. I love the concept. I love the homemade montessori I'm-doing-something-right-with-my-kids feeling I get playing it with them. I love the ingenuity and creativity and the thought that a parent somewhere not only created this game for their children, but chose to share it and possibly make some money from it. I can certainly respect that.The game has 4 different colored squares, each one being a different category. One is table talk. This was my 4 year old's favorite.It's about making conversation at the dinner table, but it also gives you the chance to really talk to them. For example, one question was "What's your favorite activity you did this week" (paraphrased). There's a fill in the blank card where it asks a question about manners and the proper way to do something, with multiple choice answers. Another was "act- it out". You are given a simple situation that you act out the proper way to handle. One example is "so and so (again paraphrased) is talking, but you need to interrupt and tell them you've spilled something". Then they act using the proper manners. I can't seem to recall the 4th category right now.the nitty grittyPROSThis game has a 100% homemade and pure simple joy feeling to it. It comes with 3 blank wooden peg people, and 2 markers to decorate them with. GENIUS! My 4 1/2 year old and my 2 year old had a ball creating their own game person piece. The only way I would make that part better is by sending WASHABLE markers instead. Boy did we have a mess, but they had fun making it.It comes with a wooden dice and 6 pre-printed stickers you put on it. easy-peasyThe category cards are printed on a decent thickness card stock.The game board is very durable. The manufacturer uses a flat painting canvas. (again loving the creativity)It also comes with a small little coloring book. It is well made however we haven't spent much time with that yet.CONSIf you plan on playing this game often (we will) the category cards are not durable enough. I plan on using my laminator to resolve that problem, This is not a quick game. It can be time consuming.This game is one that just makes you feel good as a parent, and helps connect with your kids a bit. I can't see playing it with anyone under the age of 4. It is simple but involved. A wonderful Montessori tool.DO NOT let the following affect the way you read my review. I have a husband and 4 children. I will not sugar coat anything. If I think something is a waste of money, then I will say so. My family cannot afford to waste money, as I'm sure is the situation with most. That being said, I received this game at a discount in exchange for my fair/honest review.
G**T
Fun little game
This was a fun little game to play with my 3 year old and 6 year old. It definitely does not seem like a mass produced game, but my kids really enjoyed setting up the game and coloring their little pieces with the markers. It was kind of a craft project and game in one. The game itself was interesting and taught my kids about manners in some situations they have not been in yet, and I have not really thought to talk to them about yet. Overall, I think this is a good game to play with kids to help them learn manners and become more confident with social interactions.I received this product at a discount in exchange for my honest review
A**E
Fun and creative way to teach children manners
Great fun way to teach kids manners. I've pinned 100 different ways to teach kids manners on pinterest and yet this kit gains their attention and makes them eager to use manners. I would recommend for anyone trying to teach children manners either at school, childcare or home. This is a complete kit that covers all of the basic manners that children (and adults) should possess.Disclosure: I did receive this product at a reduced rate in return for my honest opinion.
R**N
4 year old loves it!!!
I picked up my manners game at renegade fair for my four year old son who absolutely loves this game. In a world of technology when it's so easy to play mindlessly on your phone or iPad this game teaches basic etiquette and how to converse on a table through cue cards. Also in many social situations I have had my son quote the manners game rules or while we eat dinner regardless of us playing the game. Also my son enjoyed decorating the pins and dice as the kit included a DIY kit for the same. I would recommend this game for 3 and older.
L**E
Five Stars
the cards in the game are really good for talking over dinner table scenarios for my autistic son.
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