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Over the last few weeks the children have been playing a new Orchard Toys game with me – Money Match Cafe. We love Orchard Toys as whatever game we play I know there will be an educational element and that as well as being fun the children will take something away from the game – usually without even realising it.
Money Match Cafe helps children to learn the values of different coins, the prices of different things and which coins add up to which amounts. I immediately spotted that in Money Match Cafe there are two sets of playing pieces – red or green – for easier or harder game play. We started off with the green easier level but it’s great to know that as the children learn more we will be able to move on to the more difficult red level.
To start playing Money Match Cafe you set up tables – with cuddly toys as guests at the cafe. The aim of the game is to then serve guests their food and drink orders by placing the dish on your tray and taking it over to them. But, you can only serve them their food if you pick up a piece with coins adding up to the cost of the food.
Players take it in turns to pick up a card with coins on from the middle of the table. If the coins add up to one of the meals they have in front of them then they can spin a spinner to see which table they should serve it to. The first player to get rid of all their meals wins.
The children took their time playing the game – as they will until the coins and maths get familiar to them. They added up their coins and then looked for the corresponding numbers on the plates in front of them and it was great to see their minds working as they tried their best with the addition and reading involved.
Money Match Cafe kept the children’s attention throughout and they really enjoyed playing the game. I think having their cuddly toys around them really helped keep them engaged and added a new level of excitement that they haven’t had with other games before.
I know that Orchard Toys Money Match Cafe will help them to learn more about money and the more we play it the easier it will get for them to recognise different coins and what different sets of coins add up to.
Money Match Cafe is another great learning game from Orchard Toys that I know we’ll be playing for years. It’s well made, fun, colourful and the children absolutely love it.
Money Match Cafe has an RRP of £12.50
Tracy Nixon says
The Shopping List game!
Andrea Fletcher says
The Lunchbox game.
Solange says
Cheeky Monkeys Game.
Anthony Harrington says
we have a few, they are all great, The Shopping List Game is a firm favourite, we also got the additional cards.
Margaret GALLAGHER says
So many Shopping Lists is our favourite
Monica Gilbert says
It’s really hard to choose just one because they’re all so great. I’ll go with Shopping List because it was the first game we got.
Iris Tilley says
Hard one there’s quite a few so…I’m going with the new pizza pizza colour matching game I’ve just seen over at orchard on Instagram
karina henderson says
we like the shopping lists game but i always go to them first as find they are the best for educational games.
Liam Bishop says
Love Orchard games! We have loads. Greedy Gorilla is our fav, he burps when you feed him the bad food 🙂
Jane Willis says
Pizza, pizza
Emma says
This looks like fabulous way to learn about money as a child with out it being boring
Emma says
The shopping list is my ultimate fav and this would be great addition
Jade Hewlett says
The Shopping List game
Alana Walker says
There are so many great ones but we really like the Orchard Toys Football Game at the moment.
Hannah Wallington says
My daughter loves pop to the shop.
Ashleigh Allan says
The shopping list game
Sidrah Ahmed says
Pirate Snakes and Ladders & Ludo Board Game
Dean T says
Has to be the Greedy Gorilla , rmeinds me of the games I had when I was a kid , the old MB ones
Karen Barrett says
Flounders
Leila Benhamida says
Love Match and spell. Awesome range
Bex allum says
The shopping list game .
Kim Neville says
We like tell the time game
Katy Malkin says
We have the shopping list game and it gets played alot
Tracy Hanley says
we love Party, Party, Party Board Game
Sanam Ali says
Where’s My Cupcake Game
kris mc says
We love Dinosaur Race
Emma says
What a performance we find it pretty fun!
Sarah Austin says
The shopping list game!
Kayleigh Watkins says
There match and spell game looks good, my five year old daughter is getting really good with her writing so it would be great to have a game that helps with her spellings, she writes quite a few words right, then others she spells them as they sound xx
Rich Tyler says
Pirate Snakes and Ladders
Kerry Taylor says
Greedy Gorilla. My little boy is too young to play properly, but who can resist a burping gorilla?
Lois says
The postbox game
Nicola Marshall says
Cheeky Monkey game.
Christine Lockley says
We love Orchard Toys and our favourite game is “Shopping List”, we buy for presents too
Sally Collingwood says
Dotty Dinosaurs Game looks fun
Jen s morgan says
Really hard to choose but we do love the shopping list game
Jackie Howell says
Three Little Pigs Board Game
Jennifer says
The shopping list game!x
Michelle Ferguson says
My nephew loves the shopping list game
kaz hill says
Love the shopping list game x
lesley renshaw says
I must admit, I’ve never bought any of their products before but I love the idea of this game for my daughter as she is stuggling with maths at school (although she’s exceptional at spelling and reading so we all have our different talents) and feel it will help progress whilst incorporating a bit of fun into things. Thanks for the chance and for introducing me to this brand x
Emma C says
Shopping list game
claire woods says
Cheeky Monkeys Game
aj says
The Lunchbox game
JULIE WARD says
The pirate race board game, pirates are the only thing youngest grandson talks about
Martina Pichova says
We love The Bus game.
Clare Hubbard says
We love playing shopping list
Tanya Deliyska says
My favourite Orchard Toys product is the Three Little Pigs Board Game.
Angela Treadway says
dinosuar lotto game x
chris bull says
Postbox game is a favourite with my grandsons and us, we all play 🙂
MANDY DOHERTY says
The Spotty Dogs game
Susan B says
Their range is extensive and fabulous so almost impossible to choose a favourite product. For ou youngest, though, I would choose the brilliant Dotty Dinosaurs game.
Sadiyya Maryam says
My daughter loves the Where’s my cupcake game. Orchard Toys are great fun and educational too.
Clare N says
We love shopping list
laura frost says
pigs in pants is our houses favourite
Claire Appleton says
We always enjoy Shopping List! 🙂
jo liddement says
Bus Stop Board Game looks a lot of fun
Sheri Darby says
We love The Shopping List game
Sarah Forster says
We are currently loving the Spotty Dogs game! It’s so much fun…even for us adults!
Katie says
The look and find puzzles
Christine Caple says
Where’s My Cupcake game
Katherine Lucas says
Gingerbread House
A sweet filled 35-piece floor puzzle!
Gill Mitchell says
I love Pop to the Shops. It’s so much fun and great for helping kids to learn about money. This looks like it would be amazing too!
Zara says
Orchard Toys has so many great ones but the one that I love the most has got to be the Shopping list Game! Fingers crossed! 🙂
paula cheadle says
my youngest 2 grandkids love the Shopping List game
Laura Harrison says
The Cheeky Monkeys Game is my favourite xx
Emma Fox says
My son loves the shopping list game and the lunch box game. I like Scaredy Cat!
Stevie says
I think my nephew you is just learning to speak, would like the First Words Colouring Book.
olivia Kirby says
We like Crazy Chefs!
janine atkin says
i love the puzzles 🙂
Rebecca mercer says
The shopping list game
Kate Davies says
Shopping list is a fab game that we play most days.
Gina M says
I love their puzzles, to be fair theres nothing of theirs I don’t love though.
Jeanette Leighton says
The shopping list game
Jenny Rogers says
Greedy Gorilla is one of the favourites.
Lynn Neal says
We love the shopping list game
Joanne Phillips says
We all love the Shopping List game in our house, it gets very well used and is often produced by the kids when we have visitors too!
Sam Parkes says
The shopping list and crazy chefs game. We have quite a few orchard games
Shelly Wenn says
Rhyme Robber
Simone Griffin says
We have a lot of Orchard Toys games and at the moment my son loves Greedy Gorilla
Emma Kinsey says
we love the shopping list game learns you children about money
Lisa Pond says
We love pizza pizza! 🙂
Rebecca roberts says
We love the shopping list game it’s fab we all enjoy it
Allan Fullarton says
Cheeky Monkeys Game.
Kirsty Woods says
Greedy Gorilla is awesome
Miss Tracy Hanson says
We love the fact that the WELLY PEG MONSTERS and EASTER BUNNY CUPS are free to download, but Phoenix really likes the FIRST WORDS COLOURING BOOK – “I don’t go over the lines” was a comment from her yesterday.
Cathryn Crawshaw says
Shopping list game
Adrian Bold says
Greedy Gorilla is one of our favourites.
Hayley Todd says
My two princesses love Orchard Toys, we love Old McDonald Lotto, Insey Winsey Spider and the ABC Colouring Book is a massive favourite of theirs at the moment!
Charlotte Wilde says
i love their picture dominoes – we have the fairy tales set – many happy times playing it with my daughters
Alison Barker says
I love playing shopping lists with my grandson.
Natalie Crossan says
Has to be Crazy Chefs! 🙂
Tammy Neal says
The shopping list game x
laura stewart says
i like The shopping list game x
Laura Findlay says
Me and my children like Crazy Chefs x
ellie spider says
we only have the shopping list game but we love it
Kirsteen Mackay says
We really love Orchard games in this house. Yo Ho Ho! Pirate Matching game is our favourite at the moment.
Tee Simpson says
The shopping list game
Anna Brown says
Greedy gorilla is our favourite game to play