Games for Little Chefs: Kyrie’s Count and Cook Game

As I mentioned last week Kyrie had a blast on her birthday. The child seriously knows how to party.

We usually only give the kids one gift on their birthdays. Finances have always been a consideration but we part of what we are trying to build in them is a lack of desire for stuff. I think we are succeeding with that.

Anyway, when we do buy them something obviously a lot of care and consideration goes into it. I want it to be fun, educational, and lasting; something that they will love. So, when I saw this game I knew that I had to get it for Kyrie.

Count and Cook Game is by Cranium. It is a game that takes very little time to learn how to play and it is really fun. It is non-competitive, everyone works together to create the “finished dish”.

Basically you choose a recipe, and then move your chefs around the board by rolling the large die. When you land on an ingredient required for the recipe you get to ad it to the dish. If you land on a star you can add any ingredient to the dish. Yesterday we added chocolate chips to the banana peanut butter sandwiches we were “making.” When you have all the ingredients you pull out a tab and it tells you to act something out or do something. Like, “Talk like you have peanut butter stuck on the roof of your mouth”.

Kyrie loves this game and she is five. It is for ages 3 and up and up to four people can play.

The game runs about 12.00 which, I think, is very reasonable. It is well made and sturdy, although I wish that the discs were laminated. I may laminate them myself. The chefs are cute and colorful and are soft plastic and large so it isn’t hard to grab them and move them. The die is likewise large and easy to roll. The child does not need to be reading to play this and two five year olds could play easily without an adult playing.

Chef Kyrie gives it two thumbs up.

Images;Marye Audet