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Curriculum Linked for familiesGames and Books That Make Learning the Fun Part
- Card games that teach reading, spelling and feelings without a screen.
- Picture books printed with your child's name on the cover.
- Every order can count toward your school's fundraiser.
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Shop the gamesThree Things Families Love
Games, personalised books and a way to back your school.
Ages 4 to 9Card Games That Teach
Shop the games
Gifts and bedtimeA Book with Their Name In
Personalise a book
Your schoolBack Your School
How the fundraiser works
- Phonics, tenses, feelings, homophones and collective nouns.
- Rules kids already know.
- No prep, ten minutes a night.
- Lily the Lamington becomes Liam the Lamington.
- $35 a book with a message inside the cover.
- The gift grandparents ask us about most.
- Name your school at checkout.
- Every order counts toward a free class set.
- No chocolate boxes, no door-knocking.
Five Card Games Kids Ask to Play Again
Go Fish, Snap and Concentration with the words they are learning at school. Ten minutes at the kitchen table.
Best seller
Ages 4+1-6 players
5.0
(3 reviews)
Sound Stack
Phonics. 13 sound patterns, 130 decodable words.
Ages 5+2-6 players
4.7
(6 reviews)
Collectively Known
25 collective nouns, each with an animal fact.
Best value
The Ultimate Bundle: All Five Games, 364 Cards
- All five games in one box.
- Ages 4 to 9.
- $15 flat-rate tracked shipping worldwide over $100.
Sound StackWord TwinsTense TwistCollectively KnownEmotional Build Up
$155.65 separately
$152
Save $3.65
Personalised picture books
A Book Where Your Child Is the Star
- Printed with your child's name on the cover and through the story.
- Same warm story and illustrations. One very excited kid at bedtime.
- $35 a book to your door.
Their Book Becomes
Lily the Lamington
- 1Pick a book
- 2Type their name (and a message inside the cover)
- 3We print it and post it - $35 a book
The birthday and Christmas gift grandparents ask us about most. $35 a book, with a message inside the cover.
Their name on every page
The science
Why Card Games Work
- Simple card games have a profound impact on the developing brain from ages 4 to 9.
- Structured play improves cognitive flexibility, impulse control and sustained attention.
- The prefrontal cortex matures rapidly in these years, so games build executive function, motor pathways and emotional regulation.
01
Executive Functioning
Targets the prefrontal cortex, the brain's control centre.
- Working memory: remembering which sound family a player asked for two turns ago in Sound Stack.
- Inhibitory control: holding back a Snap in Word Twins when the pair is not a true match.
- Cognitive flexibility: switching strategy when the leading emotion changes in Emotional Build Up.
02
Literacy Pathways
Every card carries the word, its meaning, a sentence and translations.
- Pattern recognition: sorting Sound Stack cards by sound pattern (sh, ck, ee).
- Retrieval: matching pairs in Word Twins and Tense Twist trains auditory and visual memory.
- Language for feelings: naming eighty emotion words in Emotional Build Up gives children the vocabulary to regulate.
03
Motor Skills and Coordination
Handling a physical deck builds manual dexterity.
- Bilateral coordination: holding a fan of cards in one hand while playing with the other.
- Precision grip: dealing, drawing and placing cards trains finger pinch strength.
- Sequencing: shuffling, dealing and taking turns rehearses ordered routines.
- For neurodiverse children with ADHD, autism or dyslexia.
- A structured, low-stress way to build cognitive skills.
- No sensory overload or isolation from screens.
Run a Fundraiser That Families Actually Thank You For
- Over 10,000 orders, so we are saying thanks to schools.
- Any purchase counts: eBooks from $2, card games from $24.95.
- Families name your school at checkout. At $1,000 the school receives a complete card game set.