Bananagrams for Kids
Product ID: 4560135
Kids love Bananagrams―so what better treat for kids who love puzzles and wordplay than a smart, just-for-them collection: Bananagrams! for Kids . Puzzability, the premier puzzle-writing company who wrote The Brainiest Insaniest Ultimate Puzzle Book! and whose mind-benders have appeared in Disney Adventures , Nickelodeon magazine, The New Yorker , and The New York Times , creates original and unexpected word puzzles that capture the quick-on-your-feet spirit of Bananagrams. There are over a dozen of banana-themed varieties, including Bunched Up (a mini-crossword), Monkey in the Middle (building a larger word out of two smaller words, with clues), Banana Pancakes (a stack of anagrams using letters in common), and Going Bananas (complete a sentence with two different words made from the same letters). What's invisible to kids is that behind the silly names and clever formats, these games have a strong educational side―they strengthen vocabulary, reward agile thinking, and reinforce the idea that using your brain is fun. The puzzles are rated in difficulty from one to four bananas, and an answer key is included. Review: 10 year old says "I love this book!" - My daughter has happily returned to this puzzle book several times now. I can see it is connecting some dots for her, expanding vocabulary and spelling skills. The puzzles are challenging, with words coming from a variety of language roots, on a single page. Although this is probably normal for a word puzzle book, it really struck me as she worked through a set of "banana pancakes", where the same 3 letters are used with 6 other individual letters to make six unique 4-letter words. Boat, auto, toad, taco, atom, toga. The sounding out rules vary amongst them, and it felt like her neural network was making some new connections to leap the gaps leading to discovery. She finds these really engaging (and she is not a workbook/worksheet loving child), and I think it is excellent. Review: Wonderful book - My daughter, 9, LOVES this book. It' a spelling, vocabulary & crossword puzzle book all in one. Funny questions & just silly enough for a kid. I only wish they would come up a 2nd & 3rd version
| Best Sellers Rank | #345,734 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #376 in Children's Word Games Books (Books) #988 in Children's Puzzle Books (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 119 Reviews |
P**M
10 year old says "I love this book!"
My daughter has happily returned to this puzzle book several times now. I can see it is connecting some dots for her, expanding vocabulary and spelling skills. The puzzles are challenging, with words coming from a variety of language roots, on a single page. Although this is probably normal for a word puzzle book, it really struck me as she worked through a set of "banana pancakes", where the same 3 letters are used with 6 other individual letters to make six unique 4-letter words. Boat, auto, toad, taco, atom, toga. The sounding out rules vary amongst them, and it felt like her neural network was making some new connections to leap the gaps leading to discovery. She finds these really engaging (and she is not a workbook/worksheet loving child), and I think it is excellent.
L**A
Wonderful book
My daughter, 9, LOVES this book. It' a spelling, vocabulary & crossword puzzle book all in one. Funny questions & just silly enough for a kid. I only wish they would come up a 2nd & 3rd version
M**S
Fun, but not very versatile
Cute puzzles; my son enjoys them. I wish the different levels of puzzles were in order, rather than jumbled. The level 1 puzzles are just right for my 5yr old, the level 2 are a challenge, the level 3 would be frustrating. Not a fan of digging through the book to find suitable puzzles. Also, it would be nice if the blanks in the book were large enough to use with the Bananagrams tiles (& maybe perforated pages for working at a table / desk).
J**F
Fun
I got my son this along with the bananagrams and it has helped to show him how to create words out of other words and is a great beginning resource for bananagrams and scrabble type games.
N**E
Endless fun!!!
My grams gave me this fun book of puzzles after a long trip to her house with nothing but banana grams.My whole family had a blast trying to figure out these fun brainteasers! I love to play scrabble at home, and banana grams (the book) has so many games and puzzles just like scrabble! I recommend this book to all you walking dictionaries and word lovers!
A**�
My daughter won't put it down!
my daughter and i love the banangram game, so i bought this book for her so she could do it on trips. she loves it and does it even outside of the car. i hope they come out with a second volume! She is 10 years old and is a very good critical thinker, so I wouldn't have bought this for my 8 year old. I like the adult book, too!
K**B
Great fun for 10-year-old!
Gave this as a gift to a word-loving 10-year-old and she loves it!
V**Y
Great Book! Glad it wasn't a gift for somebody else
Was written in a bit and was not indicated in ad. Other than that, not bad
E**H
Educational and fun!!
My whole family loves this game! Great for spelling practice and and playing together. Games are not too long so you can play quick games when you need a distraction; play alone or with a group❤️ Most friends who play want their own game they love it so much!
A**S
Great book
Excellent puzzle book for kids who like words - and they don't need to have played the game Kept my daughter occupied for hours
C**.
Das Buch ist sehr lehrreich und macht richtig Spaß. Außerdem ist es nicht zu schwer.
Das Buch ist sehr lehrreich und macht richtig Spaß. Außerdem ist es nicht zu schwer für Kinder. Auch als Eltern möchte man mitmachen.
H**E
電車でのお供に
うかつにもbananagramsを知りませんでした。スクラブル歴２０年，yahooやfacebookで海外の人ともスクラブルをしてきたのに全くの深く。本書はbananagramsの練習用。基本的にアナグラムとクロスワード。短時間に初歩的な単語のアナグラムの練習用に最適。単語は本国の小学生でしょうが，あなどるなかれ。基本的に 日本の教室や入試で教えられたり出題される単語と生活用語の英語とはずれがあるので，結構苦労するはずです。９個の動物，鳥，植物といった単語を作るのは予想外に苦戦するはずです。 とはいうものの１ページに１題の構成なのでさくさくと問題を解けるはずです。この本でスピードを身につけてbananagramsの挑戦すればかなりの好成績をとることができるでしょう。 気持ちのよいword gameの本です。
M**M
Gets your children thinking!
We love it! Some are quite challenging!
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