Peaceable Kingdom Snug as a Bug in a Rug Award Winning Cooperative Preschool Skills Builder Game for 2 to 4 Kids ages 3+

Such a fun game and very age appropriate. I love that the rules change based on age and understanding and it’s easy to learn and play. We’ve played two of the three levels with our four year old and he loves it. I wholeheartedly recommend this cute game to any bug loving littles!

This is our family's favorite game to play all together, and we are 2.5, 5, 36 and 37. There are three levels to play, which makes this work well for families with children of multiple ages (and is promising for long-term use). We always play on the simplest level as we have a 2.5 year old. Players spin a spinner and then find a bug of the corresponding color, number, or shape to put under the "rug" (game board). Players work together to try to beat the stink bugs who come out once you run out of bugs. My 2.5 year old loves the concept of stink bugs and laughs so hard when it's time for a stink bug to come on the board! This is a collaborative game, so everybody wins or loses together. That really helps us keep the fun in family game night and minimizes fighting. My 5 year old still sometimes gets upset when we lose, but since the whole family loses, the adults can model well how to manage. Each time you play (on Level 1), you roll a die to find out if you will match the bugs to the spinner based on color, number, or shape. That keeps things from getting repetitive for us adults, and helps the kids to recognize multiple attributes. There's really a lot of nice math learning here! My 2.5 year old has been able to play this for a few months - he has trouble when we play for numbers, but it's a great way for him to learn. The bugs are not tiny and pretty easy to keep track of, though I wish the board were magnetic as my kids bump into a lot requiring some reorganizing. The spinner is part of the board, and the pieces are all pretty sturdy and well made. Grown ups can use a little strategy here. We win about 50-60% of the time. We have a lot of Peaceable Kingdom Games (Bunny Bedtime, Where's Bear?, Monkey Around, Count Your Chickens, Feed the Woozle, and Stone Soup) and this is by far the favorite for both the kids and the adults in our family. I can't recommend it enough.

Just perfect for teaching cooperation and kindness. We play as a family with mixed ages. It is easy enough for a toddler to follow along. Pieces are durable and colorful! We play all difficulty levels and have made up some limitations to make it more challenging for older children. Recommend.

Great game for 3 yr olds. There are various ways of playing as the child gets older. Recommend

Good game for young kids as it is a cooperative game where either everyone wins or everyone loses. Easy to learn how to play.

Looks to be a fun learning tool

We first played this game at a family members house. They have a four year old girl and we have a three year old boy. Both kids loved this game so much that even while the kids were still playing, I was on Amazon on my phone buying one for us to have at home. Once we got our copy, we played again, this time with my husband. He looked up at me during the game and said how much he liked it and how much less annoying it was than other toddler board games. High praise indeed! Here is what I really like about this game: 1) It's collaborative rather than competitive. Everyone is playing together to get all the bugs under the rug before all three stink bugs are released. So either everyone wins or everyone loses. This is nice, especially for younger players who have a hard time understanding someone else winning. 2) It's cute and just interactive enough to be fun without being too much hassle. Each turn, a player has to select a bug that fits the criteria dictated by their spin. They get to look over all the bugs, pick the one they like, and then slide it under the rug/gameboard. My kid really gets a kick out of sliding his bug under the rug. 3) Not every game is the same. There is a starter die that is used to determine what game play is going to be based on for that game: colors, shapes, or numbers. So one game you'll be picking bugs based on color, then another on shape. It helps keep things interesting. 4) The game grows with the age of the players. The game actually has 3 different sets of rules, based on the age of the players. So we're they're young the game is easier, but as they grow new rules are added making things more complicated. For example, at the easiest level, the bugs are picked based on one criteria only (color or shape or number). But on the harder levels, the bugs are picked based on multiple criteria at once (color and shape, or color and number, or color and number and shape). This means that the game has more longevity than other simple board games that younger kids play. We love this game! So much in fact, that it's probably going to be my go to gift for all the 4yo birthday parties we'll be going to this year.

I love this game! It was gifted to us for my son’s 3rd birthday. It was age appropriate and the various options of play have made it still a favorite game and he’s now 4.