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Games n’ Fun Games n’ Fun Forest Feasting Gnomes A box packed full of games n’ fun, including 3 read out loud stories, 4 game ideas and 5 puzzles for children ages 2 and up.Author: Miriam KoserIllustration: Sabine KraushaarText: Marion Munz-Krines Dear Parents, Thank you for choosing the Games n’ Fun Box. You’ve made an excellent choice and have given your child the opportunity to learn and develop important skills by playing.The Games n’ Fun Box provides great game ideas for hours of fun:

• 3 read out loud stories Together, enter the world of the forest gnomes and animals. The illustrations of the game landscape provide the setting for all the stories, which also include the cute little play figures that make the game come to life.
• 4 game ideas Assemble the game landscape and let the games begin! The variety of game materi-als and game ideas appropriate for the selected age group provide endless fun.
• 5 puzzles Made of sturdy cardboard, the puzzles consist of two, three and four puzzle pieces. Your child will gain great experience at piecing together its first puzzles and will have great fun, over and over again, with the forest gnomes and their five animal friends.The game instructions also provide several suggestions to help you and your child become familiar with the game materials together. As your child listens to you read stories, plays and puzzles, he will develop various skills and abilities, including fine motor skills, concentration, language skills and the recognition of colors and symbols. But mostly, your child will simply have a lot of fun playing while automa-tically learning at the same time.We wish you lots of fun with your new Games n’ Fun Box!Your children’s inventorsENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Contents: 1 game landscape (= game box bottom with game board and forest background with insert slots), 5 play figures (fox, deer, owl, squirrel, badger), 1 path, 28 tiles (4 fruit, 3 balloons, 12 leaves, 9 flowers), 6 fir trees, 1 die, 5 puzzles, 1 set of game instructions. Before playing for the first time, carefully press the tiles out of the perforated cardboard. Important: Immediately dispose of the remaining pieces from the perforated cardboard to eliminate any choking hazards. game landscape forest glade festival grounds path bridge tiles flowers, front flowers, back leaves balloons fruit play figures pine trees dieENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Discovering details in freestyle play In freestyle play, your child becomes familiar with the game materials. Together, look at all the illustrations on the game box, play figures, tiles and puzzles. Talk to your child about all the details. This will help make your child more attentive, while training language skills and increasing vocabulary. If the children are a little older and already familiar with the game materials, you can also be more specific with your questions. For example: What does the badger/squirrel/fox have on? What color is it? Can you spot all the forest gnomes /red mushrooms? Where is the brook/hedgehog/bird? Playing games and having fun Game 1: Race to the festival grounds A fun die race with 2 extra game variations for 2 to 4 little runners.One of the most beloved games to play at the gnomes’ forest festival is the race. Daisy deer and Billy badger always train very hard leading up to the race. But Sammy squirrel, Freddy fox and Olli owl are all quite fast, too. Who will win this time? The race really gets exciting when the fruit and balloons are involved. The forest gnomes have developed a great game!Required game materials: Game landscape, play figures, path, dieFor the game variations: fruit or balloon tiles Game setup Put the game landscape in the middle of the table and the path before it, forming a conti-nuous road. Each child chooses a play figure and places it on the big starting position at the beginning of the path. Have the die ready. Let the game begin The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The last child to attend a fun party gets to go first and rolls the die.Ask the child: How many dots are showing?The child counts the dots on the die. Praise the child if he answers correctly. And give hints, if he doesn’t know the correct answer.Then the child moves his play figure forward the corresponding number of spaces along the path to the festival grounds. More than one play figure can occupy the same field at a time. Then it’s the next child’s turn to roll the die.ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun End of game The first player to reach the festival grounds (a higher number can be rolled) wins the race and gets to do a victory lap around the table. The others continue playing and once all the play figures have reached the festival grounds, everyone does their funniest gnomes’ dance.Variation 1: Lots of delicious fruit!Spread out the 4 fruit tiles with the side showing the “complete” fruit (not half-bitten) facing up along the fields of the path. There can be only one fruit tile per field and there must be at least one free field between fruit tiles.The same rules of the basic game apply with the following variation:When a child’s play figure lands on a field with a fruit tile on it, the child gets to feed the fruit to its animal; he holds up the fruit tile to its animal’s mouth and then turns it over and lays it back down on the field. Strengthened by the bite to eat, the child gets to move his play figure one space forward towards the festival grounds. Now, if another animal happens to land on the same field, nothing happens because the fruit has already been eaten. Variation 2: Watch out for the bursting balloons!Spread out the 3 balloon tiles with the side showing the intact balloon (not broken) facing up along the fields of the path. There can be only one balloon tile per field and there must be at least one free field between balloon tiles.The same rules of the basic game apply with the following variation:If a play figure lands on a field with a balloon, the balloon bursts and the animal is frighte-ned. The child then has to move his animal one space back towards the starting position. Turn over the tile and leave it to the same field. Now, if another animal happens to land on the same field, nothing happens because luckily the balloon has already been bursted. You can also combine the two game variations and mix the fruit tiles with the balloon tiles. Select any 5 tiles and distribute them along the fields of the path with the “complete” side facing up. Also in this variation, there can be only one tile per field and there must be at least one free field between tiles. Game 2: Balancing act A fun game of skill for 2 to 4 children with excellent balance.The gnomes’ forest festival also features a great game of skill - the balancing act. Who can balance a leaf on his head all the way to the bridge without it falling down? The forest gno-mes have already tried it and now it’s the animals turn. It’s not at all easy ... but a lot of fun! Who will be able to bring the most leaves to the bridge?ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Required game materials: Game landscape, play figures, leaf tiles Game setup Put the game landscape in the middle of the table and the leaves on the forest glade. For this game, it doesn’t matter which side of the leaf tiles you lay down, as you will not have to remember them. Let the game begin: The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The last child to go for a walk through the forest gets to go first. The child chooses an animal and puts it on the first field in front of the bridge on the meadow. One after the other, the other children place their animals on the bridge. Now it’s the first child’s turn again. He pushes his animal to any leaf of the forest glade. Place the leaf on top of the animal’s head and carefully push the animal back to the bridge. Did the child manage to bring his animal back to the bridge with the leaf on its head?

Yes! Excellent! You can keep the leaf.

No! That’s too bad. Maybe next time. Do not put the fallen leaf back on the forest glade, instead place it on the festival grounds. The child puts its animal behind all the other animals on the bridge and the other animals are each moved one space ahead. Now it’s the child’s turn, whose play figure is now at the front of the line. End of game The game is over as soon as all the leaves have been collected. Each child counts his own lea- ves. The player with the most leaves wins. In case of a tie, the children with the most leaves win together. The children can also try to balance a leaf tile on their own heads. This game can also be played cooperatively. In this variation the children form a row with their collected leaves. Fallen leaves are collected at the festival grounds. Did the children ma- nage to bring back more leaves to the bridge than what fell?ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Game 3: Find the hidden pairs A cooperative forest memory game for 2 to 4 detectives.This game of „Find the Hidden Pairs“ is the forest gnomes‘ favorite. Fiddy, Maxi and Carly hide two objects: one under a leaf and one under a pine tree. It’s up to the animals to find the objects. Who can remember where the objects are hiding and retrieve a pair?Required game materials: Game landscape, play figures, 6 leaf tiles with illustrations for memory game, pine trees Game setup Place the game landscape in the middle of the table. Show the illustrations on the leaf tiles and under the pine trees to the children. Shuffle the leaves and lay them face down on the forest glade. Now lay the pine trees among the leaves at random. Let the game begin The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The last child to find something gets to go first. The child chooses an animal and puts it on the first field in front of the bridge on the meadow. One after the other, the other children place their animals on the bridge.Now it’s the first child’s turn again. He moves his animal to a leaf and turns it over. Then he moves its animal to a pine tree, lifts the tree and looks under it.Ask the child: Do the pictures match?

Yes! Great! Lay the leaf on the festival grounds. Return the pine tree to its place next to the child’s animal.

No! Too bad! Everyone has a good look at both pictures. Now, return the pine tree to its place next to the child’s animal and turn it back over.The child puts his animal behind all the other animals on the bridge and the other animals are each moved one space ahead. Now it’s the next child’s turn. End of game The game is over as soon as all the leaves have been collected. To celebrate, dance through living room together as you would through fallen leaves. You can increase the difficulty level by moving the pine trees to a different spot when retur- ning them; that’s a real challenge for little detectives!ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Game 4: Find the flowerA cooperative color memory game for 2 to 4 flower admirers.The summer festival is coming to an end. But before it is, the animals want to play one last game of find the flower. Each player looks for a flower in his favorite color: Freddy fox likes purple flowers, Daisy deer prefers blue flowers. Olli owl thinks orange flowers are the best and Sammy squirrel has eyes only for yellow flowers. And what about Billy? His favorite color is green. Can he find a flower with his favorite color, too?Required game materials: Game landscape, all play figures, flower tiles Game setup Place the game landscape in the middle of the table. Show the children the different colors of flowers and explain that the grass side is a blank. Shuffle the tiles and lay them face down on the forest glade. Now all the tiles are showing the back side with the five little flowers. Now place all the play figures on the bridge, even if less than four children are playing. In this game, the children don’t each have their own play figure, rather they all play together. Let the game begin The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The last one to pick flowers gets to go first. The child takes the first animal at the front of the line and moves it to a flower on the forest glade and turns the flower over.Ask the child: Did you find a flower in this animal’s favorite color? Yes! Great! Move both the animal and the flower to the festival grounds..

No! Too bad! Everyone takes a good look at the overturned tile and tries to remember the color of the flower or that it is a blank. Then turn the tile over again and move the animal back to the bridge, putting it behind the other animals at the end of the line. Move the other animals each one space forward. Now it’s the next child’s turn. End of game The game is over once all the animals and their flowers have reached the festival grounds. Celebrating together emotionally empowers and creates a good mood. It confirms children in their actions and fosters cohesion within the family or the playgroup.ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Reading & listening Let your child go on a discovery tour! Your child will be able to recognize several details on the game landscape from the stories: the three forest gnomes, various animals and of course the decorations, too. In the second story, the 5 play figures are also introduced. Your child can also re-enact the story lines, if he so chooses.

Fiddy Maxi Carly Story 1 Preparing for the great gnomes’ forest festival The sun shines down on the hills and mountains, making the trees of the gnomes’ forest glow. The forest gnomes rub their hands together and straighten their pointed hats. The weather is perfect for the big summer festival that always takes place on the longest day of the year. The time has come, but there is still much to do. Fiddy prepares the forest glade for the festivities and the rabbits lend a helping paw. They clear branches and rake up the leaves, sweep the path to the festival grounds, inflate balloons and set up drinking cups. Anxious to help, the little black birds dart onto the scene with wings fluttering wildly about for excitement. “You can hang the string of pennants up in the trees,” exclaim Maxi and Carly who have just arrived at the glade with a big cake. The birds are delighted and they begin right away. In no time at all the forest glade is colorfully decorated and the colorful pennants wave playfully at the command of the light breeze. “We want to help, too!” call out the hedgehogs. “Wait! Not so fast, my little barbed friends,” Carly urges the hedgehogs. “Keep clear of the balloons, otherwise you’ll burst them with your quills! I have a pair of handsome, red flags with white polka dots for you to hand out.” Maxi, who’s wearing the blue pointed hat holds up the bright flag. The hedgehogs are elated when they see that the flags are just as beautiful as the red mushrooms that can be found all about the forest glade and festival grounds.“Yay!” cheer Fiddy, Maxi and Carly. Never before were they ever finished with the preparations for the summer festival so quickly. The three forest gnomes acknowledge their gratitude to their little helpers, “Thank you so much for your help. Now the guests can arrive.”ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Story 2 Summer festival in gnomes’ forest ... everyone’s invited The three forest gnomes Fiddy, Maxi and Carly have prepared the forest glade and the grounds for the summer festival. The time has finally come; the guests begin to arrive. First, Sammy the squirrel hops over the bridge and scampers over to the forest gnomes. “Hello!” she greets her three friends. “Look, I brought you a nut cake!” The gnomes are delighted. Sammy’s nut cake is renowned throughout the entire gnomes’ forest. “Mmmmh, delicious!” can be heard from behind the tree. Stealthily, Freddy the fox has arrived and greets his friends. No one heard him approaching on his soft paws. Curious, he sneaks around to the festival grounds and marvels at all the delicious treats that the gnomes have prepared. Daisy the deer and Billy the badger suddenly race up to the forest glade. They’re neck and neck. “I was faster!” proclaims Daisy. “No, I was!” gasps Billy. After catching their breath, the two competitors come to a halt on the festival grounds. “I think you’re both winners,” says Sammy squirrel. Daisy and Billy both burst out with laughter as they fall to the grass and nod. “When do the festivities begin? asks the little badger. “We’re waiting only for Olli the owl now, replied Maxi the gnome. “Hoo-Hoo,” hoots Olli the owl as he swishes just over the heads of the guests, landing in the forest glade. “Phew! I almost overslept,” explains Olli as he looks around in astonishment. “Excellent, everyone is finally here,” Maxi, Fiddy and Carly exclaim cheerfully. After replenishing themselves again with generous portions of cake and treats, the friends decide to first play some hide and seek. Of course, Olli the owl, who happens to have the largest eyes among them and the best ears, is the best at seeking. But even she can’t always find the forest gnomes, who are excellent hiders. Daisy the deer wins the game of tag, as she has the longest legs and Billy the badger is still a bit fatigued from their race earlier to the festival grounds. The animals and gnomes play a bunch more games and the afternoon passes by in a wink of an eye. As the sun slowly sets, all the guests make themselves comfortable on the festival grounds and Olly the owl tells a wonderful story. The guests are all in agreement; the summer festival in gnomes’ forest is the best party of all. At least it’s the best summer festival, because in the fall, winter and spring, the forest gnomes throw great parties for their friends, too!ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Story 3 The animals thank the forest gnomes Required game materials: Game landscape, play figures, path, fir trees, 5 tiles: blue flower, yellow balloon, apple, raspberry, leaf with frog Game setup: Put the game landscape in the middle of the table and the path before it, forming a continuous road. Place the pine trees on the forest glade and the play figures in front of the box. Then put the tiles in different places. You can “hide” the objects in different places each time and your child can search for them with the appropriate animal when re-enacting the story. Change the individual hiding places when telling the story. The next day, the animals wake up in a cheerful mood. “That was a fantastic gnomes’ forest festival,” says Billy badger as he rubs the sleep from his eyes. “Oh yes!”, the others agree. And since everyone had so much fun, the animals decide to give the forest gnomes a gift to show their appreciation. “Let’s go!” bursts out Daisy deer. “Let’s all look for a gift and then meet up again at the festival grounds.” And with that Daisy deer raced off into the forest. Whatever could Fiddy, Maxi and Carly want? “I would like to give them a blue flower,” Daisy ponders. So, she looks near the bridge, along the brook, among the pine trees, on the festival grounds ... oh wherever could the blue flower be? There it is! Daisy deer has found the blue flower by the / on the / next to the / behind the ... . Merrily, Daisy deer puts the flower on her head so that she can bring it to the festival grounds later. The other animals are busy looking for that special gift, too. Sammy squirrel has decided to give the forest gnomes a yellow balloon. Sammy searches near the ladder, next to the hedgehogs and all over the festival grounds. There it is! Sammy the squirrel has found the yellow balloon by the / on the / next to the / behind the ... . Quickly, she grabs the balloon and puts it on her head. Olly the owl soars over the treetops looking for an apple. Olly knows that the three forest gnomes love to eat apples. Wherever could the apple be? Olly looks here and there, but it doesn’t take him long to find the apple by the / on the / next to the / behind the ... . He lands next to the apple, picks it up and puts it on his head.ENGLISH

Games n’ Fun Freddy the fox slyly sneaks through the forest, lifts his muzzle up in the air and sniffs. He’s looking for a raspberry. “The forest gnomes can use it to make a delicious raspberry butter milk,” imagines Freddy. But where can I find a raspberry? Freddy finds the raspberry by the / on the / next to the / behind the ... . As the others, the fox also puts his gift on his head so that he can bring it to the festival grounds. Billy badger is the only one left not to have found a gift. He runs through the forest and looks all about. “Whatever could I give the forest gnomes?” murmurs Billy to himself. He can’t think of anything. Just then, he hears a quiet croaking by the / on the / next to the / behind the ... . Curious, he moves towards it to see what it is. It’s a little frog sitting on a leaf. “Hello Billy,” croaked the frog. “You want to give the forest gnomes a gift? I have an idea, we can sing a song together for them. That’s a great gift, don’t you think?” “Great idea! Let’s do it!” Billy badger explodes excitedly as he makes his way to the festival grounds with the leaf on his head. The frog doesn’t move from the leaf. Now, all the other animals arrive at the festival grounds. The forest gnomes were just tidying up the grounds and are surprised to see the animals. “As a thank-you for putting on such a fantastic festival, we’ve brought these gifts for you,” all the animals sing in chorus. “What a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much,” Fiddy, Maxi and Carly shout for joy. “Wait, we still have one last gift,” says Billy as he winks to the frog. They immediately break out in song: “We had such a blast, Croakity croak, croak, crooak! As in all years past, croakity croak, croak, crooak! The summer festival in gnomes’ forest was fantastic, Croakity croak, croak, crooak! So we salute you and thank you enthusiastic, Croakity croak, croak, crooak!FRANÇAIS