Educational Insights The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game - Cute Preschool Board Games for Kids, Toddler Fine Motor Skills, Color Matching Kids Games and Fun Gifts for Girls & Boys Ages 3+

My toddler is quite literally OBSESSED with this game. I gave it to her for christmas and we played it no lie, 8 time in a row. It's so cute and teaches color matching skills and motor skills. Each player has their own log which has 5 slots for acorns. There are colored acorns. Purple, yellow, blue, red and green. The objective is to get one of each. All of the acorns "live" on the tree, aka you just scatter them in the box because the box is the tree (this is great for keeping acorns contained!). You use the spinner to determine how many acorns you get, what color (if any) you get, or other plays such as stealing an acorn from a player, losing your turn or losing all of your acorns to the wind. If you spin and are able to get an acorn, you use the squirrel tongs to pick it up off the tree and put it in your log. Overall the game is super cute, my daughter isn't quite 3 yet and for the most part understands how to play this game. It's a great introduction to board games for her and super fun.

Our three year old loves this game and we love playing with him. It’s simple to understand and is teaching him skills like using a spinner, taking turns and being a good sport when you lose your turn or someone else wins. The design is cute and sturdy, it doesn’t feel cheap. This game will definitely last us and give us a good amount of play before he outgrows it.

Such a cute game for toddlers! My three year old loves the concept and is already picking up on things on his own within a few plays. The game pieces are super cute and it helps with taking turns, color recognition, counting, etc. The game goes pretty quickly most times so it’s good for a toddler’s attention span. He even wanted to play twice in a row which was awesome quality time for us!

T his squirrel game is a huge hit in our house! It’s super easy for toddlers to learn, and the gameplay is just the right length to hold their attention. It’s fantastic for building fine motor skills—using the squirrel tweezers to pick up the acorns is both fun and great for hand-eye coordination. The game also naturally teaches colors, counting, and taking turns, which makes it a great learning tool without feeling like a lesson. Even older kids (and adults!) enjoy playing along, which makes it a fun family activity. Highly recommend for toddlers and preschoolers!

This is such a fun game for little ones! Emphasizes color recognition and matching, counting, taking turns, fair play, and winning and losing! The hardest part was for my little one to be able to grasp the squirrel tightly enough to use as the pinchers for picking up acorns. There is a space you can spin where you can sneak an acorn from another player and a space where the wind blows all your acorns away. I personally like these because it's a gentle way of introducing them to strategy and the not-always-winning aspects of a game. It's well made, we have had it for several years and it has been played by many kids! Even young 2 or 3 year olds can definitely play under close supervision since the acorns could be a choking hazard. We have this ourselves and have given it as a gift too. It's always a hit!

I bought this game for my 2 year old after seeing a recommendation on a Mom group page on Facebook. My daughter was interested in playing a game, but I was having trouble finding one that she could understand. This game is so cute! It's easy to understand and fun to play. Now, it is recommended for 3 year olds and I do see why. My daughter loves when she spins a color and is starting to pick up on the squirrel pictures. She has a hard time understanding what the 1 and 2 mean. My goals for her are to understand the mechanics of playing a game, taking turns, recognizing colors, the fine motor skills, and knowing and following the rules. She practices all of those with this game! Highly recommend!

This game is really dear! My three-year-old enjoys it as well as my 10-year-old, and I do too actually :) It is sometimes difficult to find toys/games we can all have fun with as a family but this one does not disappoint. I was a little worried that my daughter (age 3) would have a meltdown when she saw one of us "sneaking" one of her acorns or losing them all to the windstorm but she pleasantly surprised me. She really enjoys "sneaking" everyone else's upon landing on that on her turn and there are plenty of giggles to go around. She also likes using the squirrel to pick up the acorns. I didn't know if she would be able to successfully pick them up at first but since the acorns are made of a rubbery material they don't slip out very easily at all. She would practice by picking them up with her own hands at first and set them in between the squirrel's hands but by the end of the the first game she had it down! In my opinion, this is a great game. The usual board games move too slow or have too many rules to keep her attention but she was fully engaged from start to finish with this one and always asks to play again. It helps with identifying & matching colors, counting, taking turns and just being a good sport in general. My son has a lot of fun with it also and enjoys playing along with his sister. We keep playing after the first person wins until we are down to the last player so everyone feels like they won either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th place and have had a chance to fill their entire "log." With such a gap in age I am extremely happy when we score something that is equally fun for all. Would definitely recommend if you are looking for something easy to learn and engaging for younger ones.

Great to use with students. Fun to play as a group. Great for schools. Easy to learn. Came in a timely manner

Beliebtes Spiel bei Kindern von 3 bis 5 Jahren in meinem Kindergarten. Die Spielregeln sind leicht verständlich und die Kinder können sofort loslegen. Das Eichhörnchen bietet einen hohen Aufforderungscharakter. Nicht nur Farbenzuordnung und der Zangengriff werden geübt, sondern auch die Frustrationstoleranz, wenn der Sturm alle Eicheln vom Vorratsbaumstamm weht und man wieder von vorn beginnen muss :)

3 years old and 5 years old boys love it very much. I personally like the game set, the whole board game is so cute and it train their motor skills and patience. Why patient? The reason being, little hands of children have difficulties to grasp the nut with the squirrel handle. So this really train their motor skills.

Acheter à Noël pour mon neveu de 2 ans. Permet de travailler la motricité fine, l’apprentissage des couleurs. Très sympa et ludique

This game was one of my daughters most coveted this Christmas after watching the YouTube demonstration it was all she would talk about for her Christmas list and she hasn't been disappointed. This game is fun, colourful and creative but also excellent for young children to develop game skills of taking turns, spinning the wheel and strategy alongside counting, colours and fine motor skills in using the squirrel shaped tongs to select the coloured acorns. My daughter is small for her age and has struggled with the tongs but this is also good for encouraging resilience alongside hand strength and by continuing to try she is more confident and we have had to expand her game selection! For grown ups this game is excellent for reducing chaos of lost bits in that it is self contained and self storing, the box is the game 'board' and everything goes back in it without having to align bits of plastic with inner packaging everytime, just scoop and shut the lid, job done. Overall, I'm a fan of Learning Resources products despite their higher price you get quality pieces, this was worth the investment for us and is an excellent choice for the preschooler/reception aged child but wil still get value for older primary aged children as its competitive with the forfeit spins and fun overall.

This game is simple and easy to play. It teaches turn taking, colour identification and matching. Both my 3 and 6 year old are able to play it with minimal adult supervision. It's a fun family game for 4, that doesn't take long to run through. Con- it doesn't come with extra acorns so if any get lost you are down pieces and with 2 boys I feel like I'm always looking for one. The squirrel as the tongs is super cute and my kids love the idea. The squirrel is not the easiest to handle for young kids and we typically play without using it.