Pop to the Shops - Reviews
(4.6)
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8.11.2014
I've used this game with children 7-9 who were learning English, and they constantly asked to play it. It is truly excellent in developing polite standard phrases for greeting and buying things, for developing a knowledge of English coins, and for developing numeracy skills with money. It also helped practice some vocabulary, and could help with thinking about categories (different products are found in appropriate shops). We had a lot of fun, and they really enjoyed it, in the same way that children that age enjoy Ludo, and anything where they get to put on voices and act out little plays.If your children are too young to play Ludo, they will not enjoy this: you have to be able to decide where you are going,
19.11.2011
I actually bought this secondhand, but our 4-y-o son is enjoying it so much that I would gladly have bought it new. It's brilliant for teaching him names for food, and what types of food are sold where. It's great for him to practice counting and moving his counter round the board. It's great to remind him of his pleases and thank yous. He's learning to count money and give change and it's gently competitive while being lots of fun.We've replaced the plastic coins with real ones so he starts learning with real money, and that seems to be going down very well! It's a game you can genuinely play with three people, which is great. All in all,
24.3.2015
This is a great game. My 4 year old loves it! I lost count how many times we have played it.Basically, There are 4 shops: a bakery, a minimarket, a greengrocer and a news agent. Each of them has 6 products to sell. Each player is both a shop keeper and a shopper. Each player is given a basket, plastic money (£1.5) and a figurine of Miss baker or Mr green grocer and so on. Each shop keeper needs to puts his/her products to sell on his/her shop. There is another set of all the products of all the shops that will be facing down and that each player will take one to know what they are going to to buy next, in which shop and how much it costs. Each time a player passes the bank receives 20p.
12.1.2009
This game is a little more complicated than some of the other games in this range, but well worth it. My daughters ask to play it again and again. My 5 year old and her friends are enjoying learning to distinguish the coins and add them up to pay for items. My 3 year old also loves the game; it holds her concentration and she is starting to recognise the different coins.One of the most fun aspects of the game is the roleplay element; when the time comes to buy something, the shopkeeper and customer have to talk to each other politely and you can experiment with different voices and accents for the shopkeeper which adds to the fun.As other reviewers have mentioned,
26.1.2016
My daughter had this game as a birthday present and absolutely loved it so I have also just purchased it as a Birthday present for one of her friends. It is a fun game to play but also gets everyone thinking about money and if they can afford the items they need to put in their basket as all the items are different prices. You purchase items using pretend money from other players shops but you also get given money when a player needs to buy something from your own shop. It is a good way for children to learn how to be polite when they ask for things so the role playing side of it is also fun. There are 50p, 20p and 10p coins so your child gets used to what money looks like and they can be the banker if they want to (as one player needs to be).
4.1.2013
My four year old (soon to be 5) loves playing this game. She is engaged all the way through and has learnt a lot about money using the 10p, 20p and 50p coins. Obviously being 4 she needs help with adding and change, which isn't a problem and just shows that there's still plenty more to learn from the game as she gets older. It's helped her to learn how to be fair by taking turns and moving the correct number of spaces. The game also encourages players to be polite to the shopkeeper when asking for items. She finds it hilarious when she arrives at her own shop and has to ask herself for something! There are quite a lot of cards and coins in the game which could get lost easily,
7.2.2014
I bought this for my niece (5yrs old) for Xmas. We played it on Xmas day and it was a sweet game we all play together on Xmas day.Both my nieces (her sister 7 yrs old) kept both their attention throughout the game.They love playing shops at my house when they come, either garden shops and grab all watering cans, plastic pots, smaller garden plants in pots etc or inside they pull out all my food out of my cupboard/ bags and jewellery, and spend ages playing shops. (I purchased play money from another place) So this game just continued their fascination of playing shops! I will get them to bring it with them when I have them.It good for them to learn about money, different items and what items are bought in what shops.
31.7.2013
I like to play this game with my 5 year old daughter. She likes to be banker, in charge of the money and it's a good game to help her learn to recognise different coins, compare the value of different items and as time goes on there's scope for adding up the coins and working out the change. It's a good step on from games of throwing the dice and counting your moves. She's quite patient and sticks with the game and adds her own element of fun of making sure she picks cards that are from 'my shop'. My younger daughter (age 3) gets a bit bored with it at the moment and isn't so interested but hopefully in a year or two she too will enjoy. I would recommend it as good value.
20.2.2018
This game is wonderful! Our 4 year old can also play (despite it being pitched at 5-9 years) and often shouts out the coins needed before our 6 year old has worked it out. I actually bought it for our 6 year old to learn money and coins in a practical and fun way rather than just learning in workbooks, and they have both taken to it. It's quite fun and fair and also encourages taking turns and sharing. I would recommend waiting until babies/toddlers are having nap time before playing though, as they will want to steal the timer and the coins and the items...and the playing pieces...and anything else that means you can't play until they've lost interest
31.10.2007
We have a number of Orchard Toys, and with the exception of the Greedy Gorilla game, have found them to be of a consistently high quality. Pop to the Shops is no exception. Our 5 year old daughter loves this. It took her a while just to get her read round how the money works, with change etc. but she really took to this game, and its a firm favourite.The rules are simple to pick up, the board is colourful and encourages them to get involved, and it brings through some good role play for shopkeepers! Can't really think of any minuses!All in all - very good value, and highly recommended.
18.1.2007
An excellent game for 5- and 6-year-olds (my daughter, 5, loves it; little brother, 2, loves joining in though the maths is somewhat beyond him!) to help them start to learn to count and add up money. There are only 10p, 20p and 50p coins but that's plenty to get them started with adding up simple amounts in their heads. The game takes maybe 15-20 minutes to play and (as well as being terribly educational) most importantly it's fun!Like all Orchard games (we've got plenty!) it's simple, well-thought-out and well-made, with nice bright cartoony pictures of familiar things. Recommended!
31.12.2020
My grandson has always loved all the orchard games from an early age, and this is no exception.he's really into counting and anything to do with numbers and loves to help his mum when shopping so I thought this would help him at the moment.Like one of the other reviewers said , we use real money too. It's not too complicated for a little one to grasp the game, and is all about learning .His attention span isn't great , so one game is usually just enough for him.And value for money cos board games are so expensive these days, and then you have the added bonus of its educational too.
17.3.2009
In this game, players have to collect groceries from the shops whilst selling their own produce. It teaches money handling skills, counting and role-play. I find my 6 year old is very good at this game and my 4 year old can play it but needs help with the payments. It is very good quality as expected from Orchard and the children even play shops with it when we have finished and make their own games up. It is very interesting and will take about 20 minutes or so to play so not great for younger children with smaller attention spans. All in all, a fab game and well worth the money.
23.2.2014
I am an EFL teacher and have used this game with children off all ages with great results. They used correct language for shopping, improved vocabulary with the range of items on sale, practised numbers & basic maths with the payment, and of course had a first contact with British coins. All these valuable lessons without even realising they were being taught. The main problem is getting them to leave the classroom afterwards, as they want to play again & again! In my book that counts as a great success!Obviously also very useful just as a game in any family. Highly recommended.
25.3.2018
My 5yr old granddaughter was experiencing trouble with her money maths homework so I bought this game to see if it would help. She loves playing games and this one is no exception. It kept her focused and helped her identify prices as well as paying with the correct 'coins'. My 4 star rating is given because the cardboard money is not in small enough denominations, so her coin identification is restricted to 50p, 20p and 10p. For this reason we play with real coins. Apart from that it's a great wee game to keep her entertained as well as educating her.