Blah Blah Blah Card Game Cards – February 25, 2020

This is by far the best reading game that we've played. In some reading games I've gotten in the past, the letters were all capital letters, which isn't a very good reflection of most of the words they will encounter in daily reading. I really appreciate that this game uses all lower case letters. Other games tend to focus on really basic words, so the child quickly outgrows the game, as their reading ability improves. This game has 3 different levels of word difficulty. You can pick which level to play at, or mix them up and use all three. As a result, this game stayed relevant for my reader for much longer. Additionally, this game is really fun! My reluctant reader actually asks to play this game regularly. It plays somewhat like Uno, so the learning curve is easy. Even as an adult, I enjoy playing the game just as much as I like to play Uno. I highly recommend this game!

Once my students played this game, the were hooked. I've never had a reading or phonics game that kids request wholeheartedly. Blah Blah Blah is my students' favorite game. They enjoy this even more than non-academic board games. There are three levels of difficulty, so it is differentiated. This game reminds me a lot of "Uno", which my students have been playing all year when we have our social/emotional learning time. I teach a self-contained special ed. class for students with emotional disabilities, grades 2-4. This game is perfect for that age group and the struggling readers are sharpening their decoding skills, with the help of this game. It is easy to learn and play right out of the box. I did have to remove some of the cards that prompt the players to draw from the deck or lose a turn, just to have the game go more smoothly. I highly recommend this game to other teachers.

This games has been a hit all my kids 10 to 5/6yr can play together practicing reading skills in a game similar to uno. It’s a favorite.

I teach struggling readers. This is a reward for a week well-done. I like that this has several levels so I can differentiate the play. My students have figured out which levels they enjoy and I allow them to choose. Once I've taught them how to play, they are able to play with or without an adult. This is the game of choice for my 2nd grade boys (who are reading at a kinder/1st grade level)! Impressive! As others have noted, there are a lot of "direction cards" like Draw Two. I removed about half of those of the students would never get to the actual reading. More word cards would be appreciated.

This game is awesome for our 5-year-old who is learning his phonics sounds and how to read! The three different levels are great. We play with the lowest level of cards currently and it’s simple enough that he understands how to play and the cards are written in a way that clearly helps him sound out the word. I like that while there are definitely rules to how to play the game and there are fun cards like the “Ha Ha” cards, the main focus stays on the words themselves, which helps my son stay focused. My husband and I are both elementary teachers, and this game would be great in the classroom as well! Highly recommend!

I teach reading intervention and my 6th graders love this game. The boys ask for it.

I have an almost 6 year old who is just starting to practice CVC words. We love games and one of her favorites is Uno so we decided to try this. I was nervous because of the mixed reviews but honestly, my kiddos love this!We have only played the easy/blue cards so far but it's nice to know there are 3 levels. We literally play just like Uno where you have to match sounds (instead of colors/numbers).I did notice when we followed the rules and matched ANY sound, it went fast and no one had to draw cards. So we made it harder and play it where you HAVE to march the sound in the SAME place (for example, bat and bin both have the beginning B sound. In the original rules you could match any sound, so bat and tin would be a match with the T sound even though it's in different places).So if you have a younger kiddo who is still learning letter sounds, the original rules should be fine. But for my kids we just changed it a bit to make it more challenging (because super easy games arent as fun anyway).The only thing I dont like is when you play a "power card", like making the next person skip a turn, it covers up the card I'm assuming we still have to match? Not a huge deal, we just lay the power card to the side of the discard pile until someone matches the word card.And I'm excited we can grow into it with the harder cards as well.Finally, the actual cards and the box are good quality and seem durable.

I was a little hesitant to buy it because of the price, but with three decks of cards of different levels, you're paying for 3 games. I have a 5-year-old who is starting kindergarten in the fall and I bought this game along with another reading program called Learning Dynamics. She has done very well and in less than a month she is able to sound out all the words in the green deck, and about half the words in the purple deck. What a creative way to teach phonics and let little ones practice while having fun!