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3.2.2018

This is another good educational game from Orchard Toys. The learning being around telling the time and the different ways of writing time - digital, analogue and text.The game is for 2-4 players and is aimed at 5-9 year olds, although I would say that my 9 year old daughter found this quite easy. My 4 year old struggled a bit with the "harder" times, but was ok with o'clock and half pasts.There are two ways to play the game, which is neatly incorporated into the game pieces. In both versions of the game the players choose a character and a collection board with 4 spaces to collect cards. The younger version of the game has blank spaces,the older version has a selection of four analogue clock faces with different times.The younger version of the game uses a die, board, character pieces and a 3D wolf. The player throws the die and moves the appropriate number of squares. If they land on a clock face, they must choose an animal card which has a time on the top - both digital and in text. There is the equivalent analogue time on the back of the card. The player then has to set the clock face to the correct time and check it against the back of the animal card. If they are correct, they add the card on their collection card, otherwise they return it to the table. If the player lands on a wolf, they have to "feed" the wolf one of their collected cards. The winner is the first one to fill their collection board.In the older version of the game, the players just use the collection boards and the square animal cards. The animal cards are placed in one pile with the digital and text version of the time facing upwards. The players take it in turns to see if they have a matching analogue time on their collection cards. If they correctly match the times, then they keep the animal card. Again, the winner is the first player to collect four cards.This is quite fun to play, and takes around 10 minutes to play - so not long enough to lose concentration. It is a fun way to reinforce learning to tell the time and I like the fact that it can be played in two different ways depending on the ability of the child.
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16.10.2016

As adults, we can forget how challenging it can be to learn to tell the time, especially as we use two totally different types of clock. This board game from the excellent Orchard Toys will help children develop both analogue and digital time telling skills, whilst enjoying a fun game. There are two game levels, which is good to see, and this makes the game suitable for children between the ages of 5 and 9. It's simple to set up - join together the jigsaw-type playing board and players' cards, and attach the hands to the clock face. The clock is a good size and the times are clearly marked. Now players must race their character around the board matching the times to the central clock – but watch out For Mr Wolf; it's ALWAYS dinner time for him!The second game requires players to match the digital or written times to the clock faces on each player's collection board. I really like the way this game addresses the different methods we use to tell the time, helping children to relate them to one another. The illustrations are a really good point about the game - they show a range of cute woodland animals enjoying all sorts of activities; the playing pieces are animals too. It's well made, on thick card and with pieces that easily pop out before first use. The game really does help to consolidate the learning of the different ways of telling the time, and if adults play along with children, there's plenty of opportunity to extend this key learning. Like all games, it encourages interaction, taking turns and concentration; it also encourages visual recognition and matching. All this, and children are thoroughly enjoying a fun time! An excellent game to help with an essential skill.
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16.11.2017

I have always been impressed with Orchard Toy's huge selection of imaginative and enjoyable games for young children and this is no exception.Orchard Toys What's The Time, Mr Wolf Game makes learning how to tell the time fun and not at all boring. Incorporating analogue and digital time skills the game consists of …1. Playing board2. 20 x double sided square cards3. 4 x double sided collection boards4. Large clock fact5. A set of moveable clock hands6. A 3D wolf (a little putting together required)7. Dice8. 4 x animal playing pieces9. 4 x character stands10. InstructionsThe game is aimed at children aged between five and nine and anywhere between two and four people can play at the sametime.Basically the idea of this game is for the players to race around the board by matching times to the main large clock. There are two ways to play, one by matching the clocks analogue times and the other by working out the corresponding digital time to the analogue time showing on the clock.As always with Orchard Toys games, the pieces are well made from good quality materials and should last a long time … as a family we have a few games by Orchard Toys that goes back eight years or more and they are still good to go. All of the pieces are brightly coloured and covered with colourful drawings and the individual players boards are sturdy and sit flatly on a smooth surface like a table etc.All in all a brilliant fun learning game for young children that I would have no hesitation in recommending.
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9.11.2017

I played this with a four year old and a six year old, and found it fun, educative and fast. You make the 'jig saw' style board for the woodland creatures to chase around, as dictated by a throw of the dice. The wolf stands fearsomely by, ready to gobble up a card from your collection, should you be unlucky enough to land on him... A long, again 'jig saw style' board for each character/player to save the cards you gather. You win these by correctly setting the clock face to the digital, or written out, time, on a card you select when the dice lands you on that square of the board. Then turn the card over to see if you were correct. Or the other way around - there are two games in one here.Entirely aimed at getting children to understand a clock face,all minutes, times explained on it - ten to, twenty past etc... I will play this more and think if the element of competitiveness is removed, a calmer time could be had by an adult and one child where more learning might take place. Once there is a race, children get desperate to win, and one can't help giving clues to the younger child and then the older one gets cross! The cards are robust, brightly coloured with amusing illustrations. The box is top opening, a safe place to keep the game if you open it carefully.
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1.11.2017

Orchard Toys excel at making fun games, which are also educational. This game is suitable for 2-4 children and is aimed at ages 5-9, with two levels of play. The game involves you moving around a woodland board (you can play as a rabbit, badger, squirrel or hedgehog) collecting animal cards. You get 1 playing board, 20 double sided cards, 4 double sided collection boards, a large clock face with moveable hands, a slot together wolf, a dice, the animal playing pieces and an instruction leaflet. As with all of the Orchard toys, and puzzles, that I have owned, the pieces are strong and well made and the box holds them all when you are not playing.With younger children, you collect cards with a time on it.You then have to move the hands on the clock – turn the card over and see if you positioned them correctly. If you did, then you get to keep the card. If you land on Mr Wolf, then you have to feed Mr Wolf one of your cards. Older children have to match the time cards to the times shown on their boards. This helps children develop both analogue and digital time telling skills. Younger children will enjoy ‘feeding,’ the Wolf and the big clock can also be used to help teach time telling skills. Overall, this is fun, educational and excellent quality.
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4.11.2017

Orchard Toys What's the Time, Mr Wolf? game is a fun-filled way of helping your child familiarise themselves with telling the time in a world where we are moving increasingly away from using clocks. In our house, we don't even have a clock in most rooms, and this is a situation seen in many modern homes due to the number of electronic devices around. As such, this game is a great way of increasing your child's exposure to reading a clock.As often seen in Orchard Toys games, there are two levels of gameplay to choose from which can help make the game appeal to a wider variety of ages. I would say that it would most suit children aged 4 and upwards. The pieces are all sturdy and brightly coloured,as we have come to expect from Orchard Toys, and they should withstand a lot of gameplay with no ill effects.Due to the way that the clock face is assembled, you could use it to help teach your child without even needing to play the game. This may be useful when helping children who are struggling with grasping the concept. Doubling as a teaching resource AND a game.Overall, I think this would make a great gift for a child. It combines a fun take on a traditional game, whilst helping your child to learn a new skill.
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4.11.2017

Anything which will help teach time is always needed and this game is brilliant tool.What's not to like? Another quality game by Orchard which allows my Granchildren to have fun whilst learning. Orchard game pieces are always very colourful and of high quality and this game is no exception....The contents include a Forest theme playing board, a slot together 3D Wolf, a large Clock face with moveable hands, 4 cute animal characters and stands, 20 colourful double sided square cards showing a cute animal together with the time in words and numbers on one side and on the other side a picture of a conventional clock face showing the same time which is on the reverse side of the card and lastly a dice and of course instructions,which are very easy to understand.My grandsons love all the Orchard Games, and even now after several years, they love to bring them out of the box to play with them. This one is proving to be a hit too. They are enjoying playing the game and at the same time my youngest Grandson is learning the time, whilst the other eldest is revising and learning, what he does or doesn't know
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10.11.2017

This is an excellent way of getting children to understand how to tell the time in both digital and analogue format. We have played this game (two levels of difficulty) with both of out daughters (aged 10 and 7). The eldest still has some difficulty telling the time and I can understand why "it's 10:25, twenty-five past ten" and so on which still confuses her. My youngest daughter is keen to learn how to tell the time and has found it easier than the eldest.After a couple of weeks of playing this game (it does need a competent time-reader) both girls time-telling abilities has definitely improved. The eldest has been helping the youngest and both of them can pretty-much tell the time in five minute intervals on an analogue clock.They both find the digital clock easy to use.The game play is good fun and the materials are produced to a very high standard. The one thing I would say that it takes a degree of patience on the part of the accomplished time teller when children get the time wrong despite it being seemingly obvious ... we all learn differently and at different ages.
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28.12.2017

I gave this to my six year old for Christmas. He absolutely loved it! The game is made of cardboard pieces that pop out of the cardboard casing (which can then be discarded) that are really good quality. Everything once assembled (the clock and playing pieces) can be put in the box a s is except for the wolf that needs to be dismantled each time (this is not difficult though). The gameplay is simply to understand - roll the dice and you land on one of two types of square - a "What's the time Mr Wolf" of a "Dinner Time" square. The first means that you have to pick a card that has a time displayed digitally and then match this time by setting the analogue clock.When you are done you turn the card over and if you are right then you keep the card and put it on your gameboard - first person to collect 4 cards wins. If it is a "Dinner Time" space then you have to give up one of your cards and post it through Mr Wolf's mouth! Really simple game - but super effective at getting children to learn how to tell the time with an analogue clock. Highly recommend
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31.12.2010

I asked someone to buy this for my Son for Christmas because he is in Year 1 (5 1/2) and working on telling the time at school. Like most of the other Orchard games, the premise is pretty simple - pick up a card, say the time on it and then whoever has that time (and picture) on their individual board shouts out 'Time!' until someone completes their entire board. Each card has a picture of an activity e.g. lunctime, bedtime and has the time in both digital and analogue. The fact that there are pictures means that my son can play at his level, telling the time on the analogue clocks but my 2 and a bit year old daughter can also join in using the pictures to match cards to her board instead.Thisisn't the most exciting game for the children but it does help a bit with telling the time and is more fun than just drawing loads of clocks and getting your child to fill in the times (which is what his homework consists of!). Not sure how long I'll persuade him to read the times out for rather than memorising the pictures though...
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1.11.2017

Simple, so the children grasp the rules quickly, and enjoyable, so the children learn whilst having fun. My 4 year old and 6 year old are enjoying playing this game as I write this review.There is less strategy to this game, compared with some of the other orchard games, but it does a great job in teaching the children to tell the time. The game offers two variations - one for younger children, and one for slightly older children with a little bit more experience in telling the time. The included clock face is well thought out for learners, and so is also useful for lessons and teaching.As with other Orchard games, this one is printed on strong card, and the quality of the artwort is very good.By the way,we felt there were too many wolf squares on the board (these require the player to lose one of their collected tokens). We were landing on them so often that we never managed to accumulate enough tokens to win. So we've converted one of the wolf squares to a clock square to make each game finish sooner.
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8.9.2019

My 4 year old has enjoyed playing ‘What’s the Time Mr Wolf,’ and it has definitely helped her begin to tell the time. The game (for 2-4 players) is a simple one; roll the dice and move around the board. If you land on a clock the pick a card and if you tell the time correctly you keep it, if you land on a wolf, you have to feed one of your cards to the wolf cut out. The first player to collect 4 cards is the winner. There is also a slightly harder version of the game for older children.The main advantage to this game is that it can be tailored to individuals ability as you can select the cards for each player so my daughter began with the ‘o’clock’ times initially.The disadvantage is that it isn’t really that great for adults to play with their kids like some other Orchard Toys as it is really for children who are still learning to tell the time. Nonetheless, this is another high quality product from Orchard Toys.
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4.3.2018

This is a simple game with two ways of playing, a simple version and a slightly more advanced one for older children.There are 4 characters to play with and you take it in turns rolling the dice and moving them round the board. When you land on a card square you get a card with a digital and written time on it, you then have to set the analogue clock so that it matches this time, if you do it correctly you win the card. If you land on a wolf square you have to feed one of the cards you have won to the stand up cardboard wolf.You can also reverse each players card mat so that the object of the game is to match the analogue clocks on the mat with the digital/written cards that you can win.It's easy to understand how to play and it doesn't drag on forever.My 6 year-old (year 2) has already learned to tell the time at school, but really enjoys putting what he has learned into practice.
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14.10.2018

It’s not always easy to tell the time - a topic my kids have struggled with at times and school have asked parents to practise at home as they don’t have time to cover it enough during maths lessons. So a game like this is a great idea! It makes the topic more fun to practise, as normally my children haven’t been very enthusiastic in practising the time. Using the fun playground game concept of “what’s the time mr wolf” is quite clever and works well within the game as you get to feed the wolf.Like many orchard toys games the board is made of a jigsaw (4 pieces) and the pieces are all really durable thick glossy cardboard.This game is one for older children not toddlers /preschool as it is a bit trickier and does require some working knowledge of telling the time, even if some practise is still needed to firm up the skills.Good game, good concept, well made
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14.11.2012

I disagree with some of the other reviewers. Yes, you can play the game by simply matching the pictures. However, when we play with my 5 year old son, we get him to tell us what the time is, irrespective of whether he knows he has the time on his bingo board - he knows that the game is played by telling the time, not just using the pictures. When an adult picks up a card, they read out the time without letting him see the picture, and he then checks his board to see if he has it.We find it excellent - he is now learning to work out the quarter pasts and quarter to times. At the same time, he thoroughly enjoys the game and wants to play again. In due course, the other time style on the card (i.e 7.45,8.30 etc) will be useful for learning the other style of time telling when he gets to that stage.Another triumph for Orchard Games we think!
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