Imaginary mice are so much cuter than those in real life! Why is that?? How did mice get such an adorable reputation?!?
If you’re a fan of cooperative games, you are going to LOVE Peek-A-Mouse. It’s adorable, unique, quick, and so much fun to play with your favorite little people! The target age is two to six kids ages 5-9 years, although I guarantee older kids will want to play. Mine do!
The game box transforms into an adorable little mouse house in the corner of an attic where a family of mice has taken some of things below to furnish their rooms and make themselves comfortable. They’ve squirreled away some everyday items like keys, buttons, rings, candy, coins, and more.
The mouse house has four rooms: a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and living room. During the game, the rooms are covered by the box lid so they’re all closed up to prying eyes.
Players can choose from three difficulty levels and use the corresponding objects (Each object disc has a colored border: green for beginner, yellow for intermediate, and red for expert). To begin a round, one player drops all the necessary object tokens in a hole in the top of the box so that the object tokens land randomly throughout the house and players can’t see where. Matching object and room tokens are placed face down on the question board.
The goal of the game lies in careful observation. Players turn on a flashlight which lights up for exactly 30 seconds. They have until the light goes out to look in all the windows and memorize which objects have landed in which rooms.
At the end of the 30 seconds, players lift the lid and work together to answer questions using the question boards. For example:
- Is the object located in this room?
- Are these objects in the same room?
- In which room is this object located?
Players get points for each question answered correctly. At the end of 4 rounds, players can rate themselves:
- Expert: 16 points
- Winner: 12-15 points
- Almost!: 8-11 points
- Good Try: 4-7 points
- Better Luck Next Time: less than 4 points
Cooperative games work different muscles than competitive ones, and since we use games in our family for educational purposes, I really love using cooperative games between an older and younger sibling. The relationship building that goes on is beautiful to watch and both siblings benefit so much! Children will discuss what they think they saw and compare and debate and discuss, all the while they’re developing communication, logical thinking, memory, and reasoning skills.
Peek-A-Mouse is an adorably unique memory game that children of all ages will love!
Thanks so much to Gigamic World for sharing with us!
