Learning Resources Funny Phone Family Game

Learning Resources Funny Phone Family Game Review

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Learning Resources Funny Phone Family Game Feature

Group game gets players of all ages giggling
With over 300 challenges
Features automatic shut-off, adjustable volume and break-away safety cord
Keep kids on the move with floor play, or play on a table

With the Learning Resources Funny Phone, you'll never guess what game awaits you on the other line. This electronic phone game has nine challenges and over 300 questions to make kids laugh and learn. Kids take turns dialing numbers on the Funny Phone to unlock new challenges, including tongue twisters, rhyming, singing, drawing, acting, and more. Players feed a token into Funny Phone with each question answered correctly. The first person to get rid of all their tokens is the winner. Recommended for children ages four and up, the Funny Phone will be a hit with young kids.

Funny Phone
Ages: 4+

Requires:
3 "AA" batteries (not included) or AC adapter (not included)

What We Think

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The Good: Game features funny and interesting ways to develop important learning skills.

The Challenging: Too easy for older children.

In a Nutshell: Fun, electronic phone game that's packed with nine challenges and over 300 activity questions.

Designed for two players and up, this phone game asks kids over 300 educational and funny questions. View larger.

The player that feeds all their tokens to the Funny Phone first wins.

Learning Made Fun
Designed for two or more players, the Funny Phone is a good indoor activity for a small group. Picking up the receiver, kids dial up a number on the built-in directory shelf. Funny Phone is ready with funny sounds, maybe a joke, and always a new challenge. Sometimes a challenge is just for the caller, but usually it's an all-play challenge. With both individual and group questions, the challenges assist in teaching language and listening skills, as well as develop logical thinking and classification skills. Interacting in a group encourages kids to develop social skills, work together, and be creative.

Nine Challenges
Kids can play with Funny Phone at a table, or on the floor. To begin, simply pass out an equal number of tokens to all the players, and have the first player pick up the phone. The Funny Phone randomly shuffles through the different types of challenges, including games like Act Fast, where players have to guess what the caller is pretending to be before time runs out, and Sing-a-ling-a-ling, where you have to sing your answer. Other activities are Dizzy Doodle, Pick a Number, Say Something, Telephone Tongue Twister, Name Game, Rhyme Time, and Mystery Music.

Made with brightly colored, durable plastic, the Funny Phone holds up to countless hours of use, and also features an automatic shut-off, adjustable volume, and a break-away safety cord on the receiver.

Not Just About Winning
The objective of the game is to be the first player with no tokens, but Funny Phone is all about the process. With its many sounds and nudges to the funny bone, the Funny Phone will have kids playing and giggling with one another -- all while they're learning important skills. The challenges, such as Mystery Music, which has kids guessing the names of familiar tunes, are too easy for older children. But for younger children, even well-worn territory is still interesting and enjoyable with the Funny Phone.

What's in the Box
Phone with number directory, activity guide, storage drawer, and 40 tokens.

4 years & up. Never the same game twice! Packed with over 300 questions that keep everyone engaged in tongue twisters, rhyming, singing, drawing, acting, and more! Offers 9 fun challenges that reinforce oral language, listening, classification, cooperation, and more. Features automatic shut-off, token storage drawer, adjustable volume, and break away cord. Requires 3 AA batteries, not included.