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My Very First Games
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Game 1: One, Two, Three… Here Come the Heroes!
A colorful matching game.
Before the Game Begins
Sit with the children in a circle around the board. Place it with the flowery meadow side up.
Distribute the floors (already slotted
together) around the game board and
the roof cards so that the
numbers are visible. Place
Rhino Hero Junior and
Baby Spider Monkey on
the board. The two roof
cards showing Baby
Spider Monkey are not
needed for this version
of the game and can
be returned to the box.
Now We Can Begin!
Explain to the children that they will be laying out the roof cards next to each other in such a
way that the bricks of one color are next to the bricks of the same color. A roof card will be
placed so that it is touching the flower meadow. Play goes in a clockwise direction.
The youngest child goes first.
Ask the child:
Which of the roof cards should be played?
For the first turn, the child takes any roof card and places it touching the flower meadow then
later on, next to the roof card that Rhino Hero Junior is standing on. At the beginning of the
game, this is the game board, later it is the last correctly placed roof card. Baby Spider Monkey
always storms into an early lead – the supervising adult should always place Baby Spider Monkey
onto the roof card that the child has just placed.
Now everyone checks to see if the correct roof card has been played.
Ask the child:
Does the card that Rhino Hero Junior is standing on have a matching color with
the card Baby Spider Monkey is standing on? Are the matching
colors touching?
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Yes!
Great, the roof card stays where it is. Rhino Hero Junior
is now ready to set off. The child whose turn it is places him
onto the roof card they placed, next to Baby Spider Monkey
The players now all call out together the number shown on
the new roof card.
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No?
What a shame, but don’t worry. The overeager Baby
Spider Monkey moves back to join Rhino Hero Junior, and the
incorrectly placed roof card is returned to where it was found.