Foodle Fun!

Today's game is Foodle. It is all about nutrition and making healthy choices. To play, everyone puts their game piece on start. There are question cards, which are mostly multiple choice or true/ false with a few open ended questions, and there are Foodle-Do! cards that when drawn dictate that the player perform some physical activity (marching in place, hopping, etc.). Basic game play is that a player rolls the die, then someone takes a Foodle question card and asks that person the question. If the player gets the question correct they move their piece however many spaces they rolled on the die. If they guess incorrectly they move back that many spaces. If a person lands on a Foodle-Do! space they have to draw a Foodle-Do! card and do the activity. The first person to reach finish wins. This game is recommended for ages 8+, which makes sense given the level of most of the questions, but I do have to say that S really enjoyed playing it!

Here are some examples of Foodle-Do! cards:

Flapping like a chicken!

"March in place to the count of 5"
"Flap your arms like a chicken 5 times"
"Run around the table 1 time"
"Pat your head and rub your stomach 5 times"
"Thumb wrestle with the player to your right."

Here are some examples of question cards to give you an idea of what is asked:

"True or false: Probiotics are dead bugs found in food."
"True or false: Bacteria in the digestive system are called microflora." 
"True or false: "It's not important for children to eat food high in fiber." 
"Which type of fat is better for you? A. Monounsaturated fat,  B. Saturated fat"
"Which vitamin helps you to see better in the dark? A. Vitamin A,  B. Vitamin B2"
"How many ounces of meat or poultry is recommended per day? A. 6oz,  B. 4 oz,  C. 16 oz"
"Do olives contain healthy fat?"
"Cashew nuts contain zinc. Does zinc inhibit digestion?"

S requested this game specifically today because we hadn't played it together before. I mentioned to him that it was meant for kids a little older, but he was undeterred. He ended up really enjoying himself. He loved having to perform Foodle-Do! cards, but he also really liked answering questions. There were some that you could see he just had no idea and was guessing blindly, but others he answered without hesitation and was right. I was pretty surprised, and pleasantly so since I thought the game was fun! I think the thing that S and I both liked most about this game was that even if we got a question wrong we learned something new. For S, winning is pretty big at this point in his life so when he loses in most games he gets a bit down on himself (we're working on this, of course), but with this game it didn't even phase him when he missed a question because he still gained some new knowledge. I ended up winning when we played today (not by much, I might add) and instead of feeling bad about it S just let me know that the next time we played he'd win. Then he went off to pick another game to play. That was a pretty rewarding moment for me to see how well he dealt with losing and I am so glad he asked to play this today!

Balancing while counting.

Marching in place while counting.

For more information, including a video, about Foodle please visit here and please feel free to contact me with any questions!