Product Description

The magical treasure hunt game kids will love New expanded edition with beginner and advanced cards! Fun focus on letters, numbers, shapes and colours Reading not required to play Children will love exploring the golden island of CARIBOO, where they'll enjoy the thrill of unlocking secret doors and discovering hidden treasures! The matching activities in CRANIUM CARIBOO combine laugh-out-loud fun with four early-learning fundamentals -- letters, numbers, shapes, and colours -- so kids learn as they play. And, it grows with your child. Kids practice A, B, C and 1, 2, 3, 4 with the Beginner cards, then explore the full alphabet and numbers 1 to 10 with the Advanced cards. Each game of CARIBOO takes about 10 to 15 minutes to play -- perfect for young attention spans -- but kids love to play again and again. And because the rules are easy and reading is not required, kids can enjoy the game on their own.

WARNING:CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts and Small Balls. Not For Children Under 3 Years.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #309 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Hasbro
• Model: 16517
• Released on: 2007-07-01
• Dimensions: 3.60" h x 10.70" w x 15.90" l, 2.75 pounds

Features

• The matching activities in CRANIUM CARIBOO combine laugh-out-loud fun with four early-learning fundamentals -- letters, numbers, shapes, and colours -- so kids learn as they play. And, it grows with your child.
• Kids love every minute of Cranium Cariboo as each turn gives them the chance to match fun drawings, unlock secret doors, and even discover hidden treasure
• Every game is different -- you never know where the treasure balls hide
• Rounds of Cariboo last about 10 to 15 minutes -- perfect for young attention spans
• Cranium Cariboo helps kids grow, and it grows with your child!

From the Manufacturer
Cranium® Cariboo® is the magical treasure hunt game designed especially for young children. Kids love exploring the golden island of Cariboo, where they find castles, boats, balloons, and more. Eyes light up as kids match fun drawings, unlock secret doors, and even discover hidden treasures. Cariboo reinforces four early-learning fundamentals -- letters, numbers, shapes, and colors -- and it's packed with fun! Cariboo Expanded Edition grows with your child with an advanced set of cards that doubles the fun. Cranium Cariboo has received several prestigious awards, including the Platinum Best Toy Award from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio.

Customer Reviews

Great game for everyone
We got this game for our 4 year old daughter, but the whole family loves to play it, even our 2 year old. It's a pretty durable toy. I would say that the only "issue" is that you can cheat by peeking in the holes to see where the balls are, but that's not really a big deal. The kids just love winning and getting the big jewel in the treasure chest. I would recommend it to anyone. It's good for color identification (for the little ones) and letter identification for the older kids.

Great fun but not exactly preschooler-proof
I purchased this game for my 4-year-old daughter because it looked so cool and because it struck me as more educational than some of the other games from which she was choosing. It was ultimately a great choice because my daughter adores it and wants to play it endlessly. It's enjoyable enough that my husband and I don't mind playing it with her (as opposed to Chutes and Ladders, which I loved as a kid but have discovered is deathly boring for adults).

As an educational toy I give it high marks. There are two degrees of difficulty so the game is customizable. Reading is not necessary but the game may help children begin to learn some words. Instead, the game relies on color matching, alphabetical recognition (letters A-C for the easier game play and all 26 letters for the more challenging), and quantity recognition (if a number card is drawn, the player must pick a door with a corresponding quantity).

As a fun toy, it also gets high marks. The brightly colored balls are fun to look at and fun to slip into the "stream". My daughter also enjoys using the key to "unlock" the doors that she chooses and we both enjoy sliding the final ball into the "stream" to unlock the treasure chest.

The biggest weak point of this game are the cards, both those that go on the doors and those that are drawn during gameplay. They are simply not durable enough and after having only owned this game for about a week, one of the door cards has a hole that was punched in it when my daughter jabbed it with the key while trying to show me which card she was speaking of and a good many of the cards in the deck are bent. Though this has offered me the opportunity to discuss with my daughter why it's important that she take care of her things, I would have liked the cards to be much sturdier than they are. That said, it won't stop me from buying another Cranium game for my daughter.

Fun, but could be constructed better
Likes: My 3-year-old got this right away and really liked playing. Much easier instructions for her to understand than even stuff like Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, etc. Educational -- helps with letter, number and color recognition. Instead of one winner, everyone works together to open the "treasure."

Dislikes: The many parts and the way it was constructed stressed me out -- cards kept falling inside the game -- if you lose one ball you can't play at all (the treasure box won't open upon winning). Although it's fun and educational, didn't hold her attention for long (although what does?)