Wonder ForgeRichard Scarry Airport Game

Soy maestra de inglés, así que muchas veces uso materiales que están indicados para niños más chicos con niños más grandes que están aprendiendo su segundo idioma, el inglés. Este juego les encanta a mi niños y se van soltando más a usar el idioma.Se peude acompañar con el libro Richard Scarry's a Day at the Airport.

This has been an entertaining game for my daughter starting around age 3 (and still going at 4.5). It's can be lengthy for the younger crowd, so we make some adjustments or simply don't plan on making it all the way to the end. A lot of the fun is just looking at the pictures and flying the airplanes etc.One tip: As soon as you get the game, put some clear tape on the bottom of each plane on either side of the notch where the plastic holder will go. This will prevent the cardboard from fraying out and make it easier to assemble the planes multiple times (they don't fit into the box assembled, so you have to take them apart again each time).Also remember: 16 passengers and 16 souvenirs. Make a game of counting them up at the end, they are so easy to lose!

I bought this for Christmas for 4 year old granddaughter based on strength of reviews. Very disappointed. Instructions are very poorly written and even after finally figuring out how to play the game and doing so once, I still am not sure we did it correctly. I have a graduate degree but still have not figured out the point of the game. Planes are cute but my engineer husband had to explain how to put together - no illustrations to explain. Child gets to pick up cards at each destination they fly to but the cards are about the size of your thumbnail and very difficult to pick up. It was fun to roll the dice by dropping in the tower but the rest of the game was just not what was expected. I would not recommend.

I am an elementary school teacher so I wanted to introduce my toddler to board games as soon as possible for him to learn how to take turn, look at the dice, learn how to win/loose,etc.We got that game for my son when he turned 3. We had to play 2 or 3 times for him to get it but he ended up doing really well! He knew when he had to add a passenger or travel, etc. It became his favorite game and I honestly think it is an awesome board game for young kids...But... and that’s a huge “but”, the quality of the material sucks!!!!!! It’s in cardboard and started to get damaged the first time we played!!!!! Why in cardboard??? Why???? We were very careful: we played and put it away as soon as we were done every single time... 6months after we had to throw it away because all the planes were cracked and after many times trying to fix them with glue, tape and everything, we decided that it was time to throw it away and that was a drama!!!!So I would want to buy it again but I won’t because I’d rather spend money on a game that lasts...

Busy Busy Airport is a bit unique as it uses the bottom half of the box as the board for the game. All you have to do is put together a simple air traffic control tower and the four airplanes. Even without the instructions it is a snap. The concept is even simpler. You have 16 passengers that are portrayed in thick card stock that you stand up in mounts on the board until they get on their airplane; which then you slide them into the windows. You take them to four different locations where you pick up packages and fly back. The packages have points on them and whomever has the most points wins.Richard Scary's Busy Busy Town is known for having lots of fun things to see, and this airport game is no exception. The locations (forest, mountain, beach and city) have lots of little things to look at and enjoy. This also goes for the "airport" game board. Even the airplanes seem to have a little story to tell of their own with their unique looks. My son loves taking his passengers up on the plane and fly them out to their destinations, and I would dare say you can do away with the gaming aspect and just have your kid enjoy the imaginary playtime this game offers.The rules are simple, and at times can be a bit frustrating. There are two dice that have either an image (and number) of an airplane or a passenger. Instead of rolling them traditionally you drop them down the control tower for a bit of new interactivity. If you get passengers you load them on your plane based on the number next to them. If you have an airplane you can fly your passengers to how ever many destinations numbered. The problem is it's easy to roll all passengers with no airplanes (thus you have a full plane that goes nowhere) or roll all airplanes (and if you don't have passengers you again don't go anywhere). This makes the game a bit frustrating as you can go many turns without actually doing anything. This is the one drawback I find for this game.Busy Busy Airport is something that really fuels the imagination. If the game just made a small adjustment to the way the dice work (maybe one dice mostly airplanes and one dice mostly passengers) the gameplay would be more balanced and make this a perfect game for your young ones. As it stands it's still a great game once you get past the dice glitch.