When Benjamin was turning 4 years old, he was obsessed with Zingo from Thinkfun. We had given it to many of his friends that year and he kept telling me it was the birthday gift he “wanted the most in the whole world.” Thankfully, one of his buddies did give it to him. You should have seen the gleeful look on his face when he opened that gift!

Zingo is a terrific game for boys and girls ages 4 and up. Now that I have played it 100+ times, I understand why he so desperately wanted it. Thinkfun describes it as “bingo with zing” which really is an apt description. There are cards for up to 8 players and a nifty Zingo Zinger tile dispenser. As in bingo, the first player to fill his card wins. What’s also great is there are two levels of play and lots of way to adjust for younger players so everyone has a great time. It teaches image and vocabulary recognition, matching, memory, concentration, and social interaction.

Zingo is still a game that Benjamin and his friends will chose to play together on a playdate and now they can manage themselves without an adult in the mix. He also still sometimes wants to play it with us – we did a couple of cards worth this past rainy weekend and, I have to admit, it was fun…

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