ThinkFun 7706-T Zingo Word Builder Early Reading Game - Award Winning Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers

It's perfect for on-the-go fun or for small spaces. The components are well-made and durable, ensuring it can withstand energetic little hands.The game itself is incredibly engaging. My child loves the fast-paced action of matching tiles and building words. It's a fantastic way to sneak in some early reading practice while having a blast. The rules are simple enough for young children to understand, but the game offers enough challenge to keep older kids interested.Overall, Zingo Word Builder is a fantastic choice for parents looking for a fun and educational game. It's compact, well-made, and delivers on both entertainment and learning value. Highly recommend!

I’m a teacher and this was a gift for a student who loves Zingo. It’s a very fun, easy game for those at independent reading levels. I work in a self contained special education room and this has held up to our level of use. It was fantastic quality, easy to store without taking up too much room, and had all pieces accounted for.

My parents got the original picture Zingo for our 4 year old daughter and it's been a huge hit. When I saw that there was a word building version, we had to have it for her as well. There's no setup required like punching out pieces or assembling anything, it's ready to go when you take it out of the box. I like that there are two sides to the cards so younger children can play the easy side and older children and adults can play the harder side to make play a little more evenly matched. The tiles are sturdy plastic so you don't have to worry about them bending them or ruining them by getting them wet or anything, plus they're double sided, so no need to put them into the Zinger 'right side up'. The letters on the tiles and cards are also colored red for vowels and black for consonants. This makes it easy to explain to younger kids that on the 'easy' side of the cards, you need 2 black letters and 1 red letter for each word. The 'Zinger' is the hard plastic house that the tiles live in and are dispensed from. The top slides easily forward and back to drop two tiles into the little grooves each time. Then you slide the tiles back into as lot in the top if not needed with a satisfying little click sound. Another nice feature is all the pieces fit easily back in the sturdy game box without taking anything apart! Our 4 year old picked up the game quickly even though she's averse to spelling and reading and it gets her to sound out the words on her own because she wants to beat Mommy!

This game was fantastic! My grands loved it and played it so well. Great game

They are quite serious when they say K-1 grade. Your child really needs to have letter sounds and fundamental spelling of simple words down before investing in this game.That said, it does a great job pointing out the importance of vowels vs. consonants -- even our pre-schooler picked up on the different tile colors. Our kid does love this game and wants to play it.... She just isn't ready for it yet. I look forward to being able to write a better review in a year or two because this was NOT the fault of the manufacturer.. I just thought the game was slightly different than what it turned out to be.

We love Zingo, so as my son gets older, I wanted something more challenging. It's simple with only 3-letter words, but very helpful when getting a preschooler learning how to spell. We have spent lots of time learning and playing with this and we even make up our own version of the game to make it more fun for everyone. If you like Zingo with the pictures, I would recommend trying this one for your little one when he or she is learning how to spell.

We bought this as a gift for our kindergartener and third grader, since both kids are learning to read and write right now, and they love it. It's fun to play with them, and I like that the Zingo cards have two levels, so grown-ups or older kids can use the harder level, which younger children or those with lower skills can use the easier side. We also have a Zingo picture bingo game, and the word-builder variety has a better version of the plastic card dispenser--this one hasn't jammed like the other does sometimes.

My son loves to play this game. It's such a cool game to play with him. He's reading at a higher level and still loves this game. We play speed rounds and it still challenges him. I have him and his 81 yr grandmother play and you would think Uno with no rules was being played in the next room 😂😂😂 Great gift for all young/new readers.