HABA 306349 Very First Games Let Cook Instructions

HABA 306349 Very First Games Let Cook

Introduction

Three different cooking games: Assigning, guessing and remembering for 2 to 4 little chefs ages 2 and up.

• Game Designer: Markus Nikisch
• Illustration: Thies Schwarz
• Game Developer: Christiane Hüpper
• Playtime: Each game lasts about 5-10 minutes

Dear Parents,

We’re happy that you have chosen this game from the My Very First Games series. You’ve made a good choice that will give your child many different ways for them to develop through play. This rulebook will offer you plenty of tips for how you can discover the game components with your child. Children can develop a variety of skills and abilities during play: Recognition and assignment of objects, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, memory, language, and more. In the first two games, the children are introduced to playing by the rules of a game with simple assigning and guessing tasks.
In the process, playful descriptions of the rules aim to introduce your child to the world of role play and thus help them to better understand and implement the game‘s rules. The third game also requires the children to use their memories. This allows children to be consistently challenged without losing heart. Above all, playing is a lot of fun! Learning happens naturally and almost on its own.

Wishing you lots of fun while playing and discovering together,

Your Inventors for Children

Before the First Game

Please remove the sleeve and carefully pop the game components out of the punchboards. The sleeve, the frame of the punchboard with the and the strips removed from the slots must be disposed of for safety reasons. They are not needed for the game.

Game Components

• 10 wooden vegetables
  

• 10 cardboard vegetable tiles
  

• 1 plate

• 1 lid
  

• 1 die

• 1 wooden spoon
  

• 1 play pot (3-pieces)
  

Assembling the pot

Keep the removed game components handy (see game components pictured).

Place the empty box bottom in the center of the table. Take the four orange dividers, put them together as shown and place the resulting grid in the box bottom 1.
Then place the game board on top with the ladle side showing 2. Take the dark blue lid handle. Fold it once in the middle and insert it through the slot in the lid 3.

After playing, the dividers remain together in the box base and the lid can remain assembled. Distribute the game components into the compartments and place the game board on top. The assembled lid fits perfectly upside down in the hole in the game board. You can place the rulebook on top.

Discover Free Play and Details

Your child can explore the game components during free play. Play along! Discover the world of the play kitchen and enjoy cooking together. Cooking is perfect for childhood role playing games. Prepare delicious dishes together and enjoy being served new creations by your child. Discover the pictures on the game components together and talk to your child about them. Ask your child what they recognize and encourage them to name the items. One example: “Look, we had that for lunch today didn’t we? Do you remember what it’s called? It’s a carrot.” Talk to them about what they’ve tasted or what they like most, e.g. “What do you like more, carrots or potatoes?” “What would you like to cook with?”
And just like that, you’re role playing with your child.

What are we cooking today? Little Master Chefs

A first matching game to recognize and name the vegetables

Before Starting

Sit around the pot with the children. Place the lid on the pot. Spread the vegetable tiles with the vegetable sides face up next to the pot so that all children can reach them easily.
Keep the wooden spoon, vegetable pieces, die and plate handy.

Tip: The pot can also be moved in front of the child whose turn it is.

Let’s Get Started

Take turns playing in a clockwise direction. The youngest child begins and rolls the die.

Ask them: What does the die show?

The star?
The child can choose the vegetable they like the most. They put the chosen wooden piece into the pot and place the matching vegetable tile in front of them.

A vegetable? Ask the child:
What do we call that vegetable? Can you tell us? Encourage the child to find the wooden piece and the tile showing that vegetable. Then, they can take the lid off the pot and put the wooden piece inside. The vegetable tile is placed face-down in front of them.

Important:
If an ingredient is rolled whose matching wooden pieces are both already in the pot, unfortunately the child cannot throw an ingredient into the pot and does not receive a tile. Instead, they can take the wooden spoon and stir the pot well three times. Then it’s the next child’s turn.

End of the Game

The game ends once all the vegetable pieces are in the pot and all the tiles are distributed to the children. The child who put the last ingredient into the pot takes the wooden spoon, stirs everything one last time and then serves the dish on the plate.
Everyone did a great job cooking!
Now each child stacks the tiles that they collected. The player with the highest stack wins. If several children have a stack that is the same height, they win together.

If you want to immerse your child in role playing even more, you can let them take the lid off the pot and then put it back on again after adding the wooden piece. If your child is not able to do this alone, you can initially play without a lid.

What do I like best? Little Guessing Chefs

An early guessing game to name vegetables

Before Starting

Sit around the pot with the children. Place the lid on the pot. Distribute the vegetable tiles with the dog facing up next to the pot so that all children can reach them easily. Have the wooden spoon, vegetable pieces and plate handy. The die is not needed for this game variant.

Let’s Get Started

Take turns playing in a clockwise direction. The oldest child begins, secretly selects any vegetable tile and places it in front of them. They may look at several vegetable tiles before selecting one. But be careful: The child must not say which vegetable they have chosen.

Now the other children must guess which vegetable the child has chosen. Encourage the child with the hidden vegetable to ask the child sitting next to them in a clockwise direction: What is my favorite vegetable today?

• The child answers with a guess: Your favorite vegetable is …!
  Did the responding child guess correctly?

• Yes? Fantastic, good job! The hidden vegetable tile is shown to all children. The child places the matching wooden piece in the pot and stirs it well once. The child who guessed correctly may place the vegetable tile face-up in front of them as a reward. Step by step you cook a delicious vegetable stew together…

• No? What a pity! But it’s OK. The selected vegetable tile remains face-down. Now the child whose turn it is asks the next child in a clockwise direction to guess which vegetable they have chosen today.
  Play continues until a child guesses the right vegetable.

Then it’s the turn of the next child in a clockwise direction, who chooses their favorite vegetable from the remaining tiles.

End of the Game

The game ends when a child has a third vegetable tile face-up in front of them. Their favorite dish is now ready. The child who has collected 3 vegetable tiles stirs the pot one last time with the wooden spoon. Now the meal can be served on the plate.

Repeated practice allows children to learn how to carry out simple moves independently. Support their actions with simple, calm sentences and let the children roll the die or pick up the tiles themselves. This allows them to quickly learn the simple game moves and have a lot of fun.

Where is my favorite vegetable?

A first memory game to compare and recognize vegetables

Before Starting

Sit around the pot with the children. The lid is placed next to the pot. Each child selects one of their favorite wooden vegetable pieces and places it in the pot. The lid is then placed on the pot to close it. Shuffle the vegetable tiles with the dog facing up and place them in a stack next to the pot so that all children can reach them easily. Keep the wooden spoon and the other vegetables pieces handy. The die is not needed for this game variant.

Let’s Get Started

Take turns playing in a clockwise direction. The oldest child takes the top vegetable tile from the stack, shows it to the others and names the vegetable pictured.

Ask them: Is the wooden vegetable that matches the vegetable tile already in the pot?

Wait for the child’s response: Yes or no. Everybody checks together:

Did the child guess correctly?

• Yes? Fantastic! Give the child the vegetable tile. If the matching wooden piece is in the pot, the child takes it out and places it with the other wooden pieces next to the pot. If it is not in the pot, the child puts the wooden piece into the pot.
• No? What a pity. Maybe it’ll work out better next time. Unfortunately, the child does not receive a vegetable tile. The wooden pieces remain where they are and the vegetable tile that was drawn is removed from the game.

Then the next child in a clockwise direction has their turn and takes the top tile from the stack.

End of the Game

The game ends when all of the vegetable tiles have been distributed. Then the children stack all their vegetable tiles on top of each other. The player with the highest stack wins. If several children have a stack that is the same height, they win together.

Tip: The game can be made more difficult by covering the wooden pieces next to the pot with the box lid or the
plate.

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