Description

Ages: 8 and up

Grades: 3rd and up

Pickles to Penguins

Pickles to Penguins is the ultimate fast-paced party game of mental associations. The goal is simple: get rid of your cards as fast as possible by finding a creative link between them and the cards currently in play. Whether it’s a shared color, a common category, or a hilarious “real-world” connection, this game will have everyone thinking—and shouting—at once.

Key Features

• Rapid-Fire Associations: Players don’t take turns; they race to identify commonalities between hundreds of different images, creating a high-energy “chaos” that keeps everyone involved.

• Creative Reasoning: Unlike standard matching games, any logical connection works! You might link a “Pickle” and a “Penguin” because they are both found in the fridge (if you’re being silly) or because they both start with the letter ‘P’.

• Massive Visual Variety: With 264 double-sided cards, there are over 500 pictures to choose from, ensuring the game stays fresh and unpredictable every time you play.

• Adaptive Play Styles: Includes instructions for standard play plus alternate game ideas to increase or decrease the difficulty for different age groups.

Targeted Skill Areas

• Categorization & Classification: Sharpens the ability to group objects based on functions, attributes, or environments.

• Divergent Thinking: Encourages “out of the box” logic to find non-obvious connections between disparate items.

• Processing Speed: Challenges the brain to quickly scan, identify, and verbalize a connection under pressure.

• Language & Reasoning: Builds foundational speech and language skills by requiring players to justify their matches.

Why Choose This Game?

• Excellent for All Ages: Simple enough for children to understand, yet fast enough to challenge adults, making it a “must-have” for multi-generational gatherings.

• Classroom & Therapy Approved: A favorite for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and educators looking to build verbal reasoning and vocabulary skills in an engaging way.

• High Value: The huge deck of double-sided cards provides incredible variety for the price, fitting a lot of fun into one box.

Includes

264 Double-sided picture cards (2.5″ x 3.5″)

Clear, easy-to-follow instructions

Expansion ideas for alternate ways to play