Bubble Bath Bunny
Bubble Bath Bunny Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 1 bathtub (game box)
- 1 cardboard insert
- 1 water surface
- 1 Bubble Bath Bunny
- 2 ducks
- 12 tiles
- 1 die
- A set of game instructions
Note for Parents
Dear Parents,
Thank you for choosing this game from the My Very First Games collection. You've made an excellent choice and have given your child the opportunity to learn and develop important skills by playing.
These instructions provide several suggestions to help you and your child become familiar with the game materials together and how you can use them in different games. This game collection will train your child's 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 automatically learning at the same time.
Lots of fun playing!
Your inventors of inquisitive playthings!
Before playing for the first time, remove all cardboard pieces from the plastic bag and immediately dispose of the bag.
How to Build the Bath Tub
The printed diagram labels the bathtub's slots: a slot for the bunny, a slot for game #2, and slots for the ducks.
Free Play
In free unstructured play, your child becomes familiar with the game materials. Together, look at all the illustrations. Talk about what you see on the tiles and what is lying around the bathtub, and what the objects are called. Lay the tiles next to the bathtub with the symbols facing up, and show your child that the same colors and symbols are also on the die. Together with your child, practice rolling the die, and let your child find the tile that matches the rolled die and put it into the bathtub. This will help your child become familiar with colors and symbols.
If the children are a little older and already familiar with the game materials, you can also ask specific questions about the bathtub. For example: Where is the shampoo? Did you see the frog? What happened to the teddy bear? What's the mouse doing?
Game #1: Where Are Bubble Bath Bunny's Toys?
An exciting die/memory game for 2 – 3 children age 2+.
All Bubble Bath Bunny's toys have disappeared in the suds. Who can help him find them?
Before Starting to Play
Place the bathtub in front of the children and insert Bubble Bath Bunny and both ducks into the slots. Shuffle the tiles and lay them face down on the water surface. Have the die ready.
Play
The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The last child to take a very bubbly bubble bath gets to go first and rolls the die.
Ask the child: What does the die show?
- A color? The child tries to find a tile with the same color, choosing one from the bathtub and turning it over.
- The Bucket, the Whale or the Boat? The child tries to find a tile with the same symbol, choosing one from the bathtub and turning it over.
Does it match?
- Yes! Great! The child gets to keep the tile and places it in front of him.
- No! Never mind! Look at the tile and try to remember what's on it. Then, turn it over again so that it's facing down.
Then it's the turn of the next child to roll the die.
End of the Game
The game is over as soon as all the toys have been found. The children then stack up their tiles. The child with the highest stack wins. The game can have more than one winner.
Winning and losing are both part of playing! Whoever wins is as happy as a lark. Whoever loses is sad, disappointed, and sometimes even angry. Show interest in your child's emotions, be happy for him or comfort him. Children who just lost need to be reassured; let them know that they'll have another chance in the next game. They will become emotionally stronger and better prepared for the highs and lows of life.
Game #2: What's Floating on the Water?
A guessing game for 2 – 4 children age 2+.
And presto! Who will pull which toy out of the bath water?
Before Starting to Play
Place the bathtub in front of the children and insert Bubble Bath Bunny and both ducks into the slots. Shuffle the tiles and lay them face down on the water surface. Have the die ready.
Play
The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The last one to have shriveled fingers from a bath gets to go first. He picks up a face-down tile and looks at it without letting anyone else see it.
Then he asks his neighbor to his left: What's on my tile? Bucket, whale or boat?
The other child takes a guess and turns the die to show the symbol he thinks is on the tile. The child who asked now lays his tile next to the die and everyone compares them together.
Ask the children: Does the picture on the tile match the die?
- Yes! Well done! The child who guessed right gets the tile and places it down in front of him.
- No! Oops! The tile disappears in the suds: The child who asked slides the tile into the slot next to Bubble Bath Bunny.
Now it's the next child's turn. He turns over a tile and looks at it without letting anyone else see it.
Variation
Another game variation is to guess the color instead of the symbol. The one child asks the other what color his tile is and the other child has to guess. It's easier if the other child doesn't guess, but rolls the die, and lets luck decide if he rolls the matching color.
End of the Game
The game is over once there are no more tiles on the water surface. The children then stack up their tiles. The child with the highest stack wins. The game can have more than one winner.
Game #3: What Is Bubble Bath Bunny Taking with Him in the Bathtub?
A fun game that develops language skills and vocabulary for multiple children age 3+.
Before Starting to Play
Place the bathtub in front of the children and insert Bubble Bath Bunny and both ducks into the slots.
Play
The children play one by one in a clockwise direction. The child with the cleanest ears starts.
He looks at the bathtub and says, for example: "Bubble Bath Bunny takes a teddy bear with him in the bathtub."
Then it's the child's turn to his left. He repeats what the first child said and then adds some other bath accessory to it, for example: "Bubble Bath Bunny takes a teddy bear and a towel with him in the bathtub."
Of course, children can also name items that are not depicted.
In the silly version of this game, even items that do not typically belong in the bathtub, like rubber boots or jam toast, can be named.
End of the Game
The game is over when someone can't repeat all the named items in the proper order. Let's see what Bubble Bath Bunny takes with him the next time he takes a bath!