Educational Insights Panda Rollers Game

As a speech therapist that works with young children, I'm a big fan of Educational Insights products (especially the 'Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game'). They have a new game out called 'Panda Rollers' which has been quite popular with my little clients. The game is made for children ages 3-5, but can easily be modified for two-year-olds, and older children find it fun as well. You need 2-4 players. The directions are clear and easy to follow. Basically, you take turns shaking two color dice that double as eyes for a panda bear (no losing dice!). The first player that is able to match two of their 12 color coded cards, to the color of the panda's two eyes wins the round. The winner gets to pick from a pile of reward cards that either has one or two pieces of bamboo on them, or a fortune cookie (you pick two more reward cards). Once all the reward cards are gone, it's the player with the most bamboo that wins. This game is great for working on several aspects of cognition and language. Cognitively, it focuses on color matching, visual discrimination, counting, and attention. Language-wise, it teaches following directions, vocabulary (colors, left, right, numbers, verbs), and social pragmatic language skills (turn-taking, conversational skills). Part of the game is visually discriminating left eye vs. right eye, which is great for ages 3+ but this game can be modified for kids as young as two, by just having them match the colors. The cards appear pretty sturdy for little hands, but I plan on laminating anyway since my games get so much use. The only con with this game is the panda's eyes stick out, so the box is not flat, which just means I have to stack it on top of my other games. No biggie! All in all another great game by a wonderful company! @educationalinsights #educationalinsights

Great game! My 9 year old and 5 year old played easily! Instructions and game were simple enough for them to play by themselves! Definitely a great staple to our board game collection.

I have a 4 year old and a 3 year old and they both really seemed to enjoy this game. Once they understood how to play they were able to play with very little help from me and it kept them busy for some time. I love that it is educational; teaching them their colors, how to match as well as the difference between the left and right side.

We were super excited to try out a new game! The Panda Rollers game was fun and super easy to find out how to play. The instructions are very clear and we loved the option to play with 2-4 players. After picking a color, we laid out all the left side of the panda face, and the right side and then shook the face and got to racing! We love the bright colors, the ease of game play and the surprise element to the bamboo pieces you get to pick up for winning the match. My only con - is the packaging. The box isn't flat so it's tricky to store and the pieces only game with one small bag (for the bamboo pieces) so I'm hoping we don't loose any.

This is a great game for teaching colors, and also teaching left and right. Both of my kids love this game, and even the two-year old can set it up and understands how to play. We love the panda roller that has the dice contained in the eyes. This was a great idea! We have had a lot of fun playing this game!

This is a fun way to teach colors, left/right, and counting to younger kids, and can be made more challenging for older kids. My 7-year-old had fun racing to match the faces, and I'm looking forward to introducing it to my toddler when he's a little older.

We've played this game now with my 3 year old son, 7 year old daughter, myself (The Mother) and Grandma. Panda Rollers was quick to setup with the help of the instructions and pictures. It's age range of 3-5 seems accurate although my 7 year old really enjoyed playing it as well. My 3 year old wasn't to quick in understanding the matching of the left eye versus the right eye but he still loved matching the colors and shaking the dice. It's so nice to have the dice contained inside the eyes as well. The only con I could see is that sometimes it was hard to distinguish the difference between the green and the blue color on the dice if you were looking at it from the side. Overall a fun game and cute concept.

This is such a cute game and a fun spin on traditional matching games. The googly-eyed Panda dice and the element of racing the other players adds an exciting twist, and makes the game more engaging. I would definitely buy this again or buy it as a gift for other kids, too.

This is a great visual matching game. While playing this game with my 4yo, she quickly learned that there was a right and left eye of each color and she had to get the correct ones to win each round. It takes some attention to details to get each match right, but no doubt it's a fun with the bamboo and fortune cookie cards to reward the winner or each round!

#educationalinsights @educationalinsights I purchased the Panda Rollers for my son who just entered preschool. This game is so colorful, interesting, fun & educational all at the same time! It was very simple for him to understand the concept. We are learning how to follow directions, taking turns, sharing & matching. This game was also fun for us adults as well as some 4th & 6th graders who we had over. They didnt complain about playing a "baby" game. The panda rollers are pretty sturdy. I hope that the reward tiles and card sets will hold up just as good. I think for long time use, maybe these can be lamenated or made of a plastic material. Other than that, this makes a perfect gift or additional to any family for the purpose of playing & education.

Our three year old is loving this game; and our oldest son is enjoying helping his little brother form matches. We love the shaker and the bright colors too!

My son just turned 3- this is the perfect game to introduce him to the world of board games! It's simple enough for his short attention span, yet can grow with him. He doesn't quite get the concept of left and right eyes yet, but he has fun looking for the matching colors. As this gets easier for him, we can start implementing more rules! It's a great tool to teach discipline that you don't get a bamboo tile every time!

My 3.5 year old loves this game. She loves the fun googly eyes and matching the colors. It's very bright and colorful!

My son is at the age where he loves playing games so I love finding games that incorporate learning with fun. This is definitely one of them!! The colors are bright and inviting and he loves shaking the Panda! This is a great way to learn left and right, matching skills and colors. We have so much fun playing it. I highly recommend it!

Got this for my son's 3rd birthday. I was looking for a game that we could play with him and 4 1/2 year old sister. This is great with both of them! Easy enough for my son, and challenging enough for my daughter (I think my daughter loves it more though). I even caught them playing their own version without us! Love it!

Omg ! this game is so fun my lil ones age 5 (autistic) and age 7 liked matching the eyes and my oldest age 15 and i had fun race matching them too .

My 5 year old took this with us to her 4 year old friend's house. The instructions were straightforward and it didn't require the kids to be able to read. The kids loved shaking the panda head and racing to see who could match the cards first. They figured out quickly that they really had to pay attention to make sure they got the right eye to coordinate with the correct side of the panda. My only suggestion would be that more bamboo point tokens be included so the game can last longer.

This is a cute board game for families with young children! The panda shaker, in particular, is a lot of fun. My daughter loves making the eyes rattle around. The game is a great tool for teaching colors and matching. Racing the other players to make a match adds excitement. The game doesn't require any reading so it is accessible to even the youngest of players. I would recommend it to parents looking for a simple and fun game for kids.

My kids both were excited for this game immediately because of the super cute packaging. It is a great game that you can play quickly and keeps kids' attention. Also, it is great for younger kids (color recognition, matching, decision making) as well as for older kids (we found some fun ways to make it "harder" for our older one so that both kids could enjoy it at once.) I loved that it takes only a few seconds to set up and clean up, and kept us engaged!