Manufacturer: Hasbro Find all Hasbro reviews Model#: 4039 Weight: 1.70lbs Height: 10.60"     Width: 10.30" Length: 2.20" Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars	Retail Price: $9.99 Online Price: $12.99
Features: Introduces young children to the classic word-forming game Players work to match letters printed on the board, receiving points for finishing each word When all of the tiles are played, the one with the most chips wins The advanced side of the game board features a basic version of Scrabble with simple scoring rules For 2 to 4 players

User Submitted Scrabble: Junior Edition Reviews (cont...)

The other side of the board is similar to the regular Scrabble board (without the doubling and tripling parts). One can form words without the constraint of pre-printed words. A kid who reads and writes well (7 or 8 year olds, for example), can do well with it.

I like this game because it gives kids a taste of the Scrabble game without making them work unnecessarily too long and too hard at it. (I tried using the standard board with kids. It worked for only a little while.)

All in all, a good game to have, even with the cardboard lettering.

Date: 2003-03-06
Great for Letter Recognition, Reading
This is a fun, educational game. My twin four year old boys love it and ask to play it often. We play the easy side first so they can put the letter tiles(cardboard but pretty sturdy) on the printed words. I was amazed at how good their letter recognition was already. They get little triangle points for each word they finish. That's the part they like! Then, we practice on the hard side making simple words their names, etc. To do more educational things with it just use your imagination. We made up simple index cards of 3 and 4 letter words to use the letter tiles. I think buying the children's version is definitely worth it. I almost bought the adult version after reading some of the reviews instead of this children's one and I think that we would have missed out on so much fun! The letter tiles are much bigger than the original Scrabble and even though they are cardboard my twin boys haven't even bent them. Also, the "hard" basic side with no printed words has just blank yellow squares which are less confusing to young children than the adult version. Plus different words are printed with pictures around the edge to help them out when they tackle the hard side. I would buy this game over Boggle Jr. because it is much more versatile a game.

Date: 2002-12-28
Fine for those not quite reading well yet
My son outgrew this game before 1st grade because to my delight, he is a fantastic speller and reader beyond his grade level. Actually I believe with some forethought on my part, I could have not bothered to buy this version.

The traditional scrabble is also more durable and the letters don't get bent up as these cardboard ones in the Junior version do.

My advice...jump right to the traditional scrabble. Fill in some of the squares on that board with words so it's the same premise as this Junior version. That way the game is also different every time for the child. You won't waste your money on a scrabble set that you'll use for a short time that isn't nearly as durable.

He's in 1st grade now and he got the traditional Scrabble and plays it well enough to hold his own comfortably while playing others. We don't focus so much on score, just on him coming up with the words in play.

Date: 2002-12-15
Not your typical scrabble
My sister had bought this for my daughter and the instructions seemed vague and a little unusual for a spelling game that we are used to.There are two ways you can play this game but now I find that we tend to play neither because we do not understand the instructions.We stick to regular scrabble and just down size it to fit the vocabulary for an eight year old.We have just as much fun as if it was a bunch of adults playing.Albany