Pass The Pigs Party Edition

Pass the Pigs - Party Edition

Whether you are playing for points, or just throwing pigs to match the challenge cards, this game is fun. Small brightly colored pigs dancing in your hand is just the incentive you need to entice kids to practice cupping the hand to help strengthen the arches. I have used Pass the Pigs and Tip the Cows in therapy for years, but this version adds a new dimension - challenge cards! An even better option for those who have difficulty looking at what they threw and scanning a score card for the match.

Challenges increase in difficulty but it is still up to chance what you throw. Siders come up the most often and are easy to get, but snouters only come along, well... when pigs fly! 

Object:
Have the most cards, or the most points at the end.

Set up:
Mix the cards and place them in a face-down pile in the middle of the players. Each players claims one set (2) of pigs.

Play:
Turn the top card over. All players throw at once to see who can be the first player to match the pig's positions on the card. That player can either be awarded the card or the points in the upper right hand corner of the card. The positions that are rarer are awarded more points.

There is also a card version of this game called Snout.

Try this:

• Shape the palm before shaking the pigs by putting a small ball or round object in the individual's hand and forming the hand around it. Remove the ball and drop the pigs in. Often the child will just squeeze the pigs tight in the hand and shake the hand, thinking the pigs are moving around when they are not. The next turn, cup the other hand and throw.
• Keep the hand in the cupped position longer as the player shakes the pigs by asking the them to count to 10 before throwing so you can watch the pigs "dance".
• Give each players an additional pig or two if it is taking awhile to throw the pictured combination. Double your chances!
• Put one pig in each hand and shake and throw simultaneously.
• Lay a challenge card in front of the player and place two pigs in their palm. Ask them to match the pigs on the card by moving the pigs, one at a time, from the palm to the fingertips and rotating them into the correct positions to place. Go through several cards.
• Require that both pigs are thrown together, or allow the person to keep one pig that is a match and re-throw the other until both are matched.
• Show the individual a challenge card and ask him to look at it to remember. Turn the card over and ask him to place the two pigs in the position he saw on the card. Flip the card back over and check.
• Choose a card and then place two pigs on the table top to match. Lay out several cards, including the matching card, and ask the individual to choose the card that matches the pigs' positions.
• Choose a card and place it face-up on the table. Place all 8 pigs on the table top in that position. Hold several at a time in the hand and move each pig from the palm to the fingertips to place.
• Put the game away by picking up the pigs, one at a time, and squirreling them into the palm.
• Work on spatial relations, visual discrimination, visual memory, visual form constancy, precise fine motor control, manual dexterity, palmar arch development, in-hand manipulation, play and leisure exploration and participation, socialization skills, process skills

In the box: 8 colorful pigs, 20 challenge cards, 8 points cards, carrying case
 
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