Pickles to Penguins

Pickles to Penguins - What do they have in common?

Pickles to Penguins is a game of associations. Working through your line of cards, find more associations quicker than your opponents, to use all your cards first and win. Each card pictures one different, common object (see examples on box above) on each side. 500 cards gives you a total of 1,000 pictures.

Object:

Be the first person to play all 25 cards.

 

Set up:

Deal 25 cards to each player. Put the rest of the deck in the middle of the playing area. Each player lines up five of his picture cards in front of him and sets the rest of his stack aside.

Play:

To start, one of the players takes the top two cards off the middle stack and lays them face-up, side-by-side, beside the stack. These are the two cards players will be playing to. All players play at once, placing one card at a time on top of the two piles and stating the association. Once you have used all five cards in front of you, add another line of five (from your original stack of 25). The faster you think, the faster you can lay your cards down and the faster you can use all your cards. The first person to play all 25 of his cards is the winner. Here is an example of a line of play:

One of the face-up cards is a ladybug. Here are some cards and associations that could be played on it:

Firetruck - Both are red.

Or

Giraffe - Both eat leaves.

Or

Helicopter - Both fly.

Or

Panda - Both are animals.

Or

Rock - Both are found outside.

You can't use two of the same associations in a row. For instance, you can't just start matching for color and nothing else. After using color as an association, you will have to use something different for the next card before you could use color again.

Try this:

• Practice associations before playing the game. Lay 25 cards face-up in front of the player. State category, like animals or something that grows. Ask the individual to take off all cards that apply to that category.
• Deal the cards by holding a deck in the non-dominant hand, pushing the top card off with the thumb, and taking it with the dominant hand to pass out.
• Give the individual one card. Set a one minute timer and see how many different categories he can think of for that card. For instance a cat could be something living, something with fur, something soft, an animal etc.
• Ask the individual to set up a 26 card grid on the table before practicing associations. Ask him to hold a stack of cards in the non-dominant hand and push them off the top, one at a time, with the thumb to separate for placement. Pick the cards up two at a time, naming what is in common. Take turns removing one set. The fewer cards that are left the harder it may become.
• Ask "How are these two alike?" or "What do these two have in common?"
• Skip the game. Place two cards in front of the individual and see how many different associations they can come up with.
• Work on manual dexterity, coordinated use of both hands, analytical and creative thinking, mental flexibility, processing speed, visual discrimination, visual form constancy, socialization skills, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation 

In the box: 500 double sided picture cards

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