Cranium Zooreka Is A Crazy, Wild, Adventure!
By Nick | August 4, 2010
What separates us from the animals? Is it our civilization? Is it our language?
There are many reasons why the average human individual would believe that animals and humanity are very distinct. We entertain ourselves by taking animals from the harsh cut throat environment of the wild and placing them under “human care” in what we typically call a zoo. Cranium Zooreka provides that sort of adventure to your family.
Have you ever wanted to play “simulation” that has to do with managing and running a zoo filled with wild, exotic, and rare animals? This game allows you to do just that. An excellent idea!
Many games out there exist for pure entertainment value contributing nothing to your child’s knowledge. Not all games are the same. Cranium Zooreka allows your child to be a part of an animal learning experience.
As they play through the game they will become more and more curious about the variety of life that is present in nature. This initial curiosity will be like a spark to the fire of their quest/thirst for knowledge.
Rather than stare mind numbingly into a television that is telling them about animals and the animal kingdom, rather than being an outside observer, your child can be an active participant in an excellent informative role playing adventure.
It has always been said that it is far easier to learn and understand through experience rather than through mere observation. As a young child trying to “build” and “manage” a zoo through the roll of a die your child can understand the realities of running a large scale organization and the requirements required on their end in order to achieve success.
I highly recommend Cranium Zooreka as a supplement to any sort of scientific education that a parent wishes to bring to the table in their young child’s life. One of my most favorite things about playing this game is that the actual game time is rather short (only about thirty minutes).
Therefore it is possible to have multiple playing sessions in one sitting.
This should allow your child to develop an above average playing ability (if not mastery) of the task set upon them. They will be better prepared to deal with the probabilities and the outcome of certain situations which are entirely based on luck and chance.
This will help set them up for real life situations much later in life when dealing in business. As many of you adults out there know fifty percent of life is all about luck. The other fifty percent of course is all about how much work you put in and brilliantly you execute your plans.
Cranium Zooreka will teach you important things to consider about the animal kingdom such as habitats. Your zoo in the game is divided into four habitats, which you must maintain. You collect cards (some of them based on pure chance) and they help to either progress or hinder your zoo creation efforts.
Long story short I highly recommend Cranium Zooreka for your children (they do not even have to be that young). It is very fun to allow them to explore different areas of the animal kingdom and to enjoy themselves as they go about it.