Calling all young game inventors!
Tuesday October 12, 2004
University Games is inviting youngsters to participate in its annual... National Young Game Inventors Contest - a unique contest encouraging children's imagination.
The contest (entries due NOVEMBER 1, 2004) provides an enriching and skill building activity for kids (ages 5-12) and a chance to strengthen skills from creativity and art to math and strategy by letting kids to design their own board game. The details...
San Francisco, CA, September 3, 2004 –In keeping with its commitment to help children learn and interact while having fun, University Games is sponsoring its annual National Young Game Inventors Contest (NYGIC) for 2004. In this one-of-a-kind contest, kids invent their own board game and have the chance to have it produced! Created by University Games in 1993, the NYGIC encourages imagination, critical thinking, deductive reasoning, creativity, and education through the process of board game invention.
Completing the game invention process gives kids a great feeling of accomplishment, in addition to a chance to apply what they are learning in school to a “real world” project. “When we invent games, our focus is on blending lots of fun and interaction with learning,” notes Bob Moog, Chairman of University Games. “And, we’re constantly impressed by how well children can develop games using art, language, math and science skills. Year after year, we’re amazed by their creativity.” In a world filled with high tech toys, the contest is a throwback to the pre-computer days for children and families.
NYGIC is popular in schools and after school programs across the country (including home schooling) and excites parents and teachers as it offers a way to stimulate learning other than television and electronic games.
Since its inception, the NYGIC has sparked the imaginations of thousands of children who enter the contest. Many more children benefit by playing the prizewinning games. Other past winners include Mouse Round Up™, Rapunzel’s Revenge™, The Great Jungle Adventure™, Twisted Tales™, and Take a Hike!™ – all of which have been popular among preschool and young school children, and some even available in different languages.
To enter the contest, children aged 5-12 invent, design, and submit a complete board game. Game submission will be accepted through November 1, 2004. The winner of the contest will receive a $10,000 savings bond, an exciting game library from University Games, and the possibility of his or her game produced by University Games. This year’s sponsors include: The Serrano Hotel (part of the Kimpton Hotel Group), Areyougame.com, and The California Academy of Sciences.
Entry forms can be found on www.ugames.com, at select specialty toy retailers and at Boys and Girls Clubs of America (West Coast locations).
The contest (entries due NOVEMBER 1, 2004) provides an enriching and skill building activity for kids (ages 5-12) and a chance to strengthen skills from creativity and art to math and strategy by letting kids to design their own board game. The details...
San Francisco, CA, September 3, 2004 –In keeping with its commitment to help children learn and interact while having fun, University Games is sponsoring its annual National Young Game Inventors Contest (NYGIC) for 2004. In this one-of-a-kind contest, kids invent their own board game and have the chance to have it produced! Created by University Games in 1993, the NYGIC encourages imagination, critical thinking, deductive reasoning, creativity, and education through the process of board game invention.
Completing the game invention process gives kids a great feeling of accomplishment, in addition to a chance to apply what they are learning in school to a “real world” project. “When we invent games, our focus is on blending lots of fun and interaction with learning,” notes Bob Moog, Chairman of University Games. “And, we’re constantly impressed by how well children can develop games using art, language, math and science skills. Year after year, we’re amazed by their creativity.” In a world filled with high tech toys, the contest is a throwback to the pre-computer days for children and families.
NYGIC is popular in schools and after school programs across the country (including home schooling) and excites parents and teachers as it offers a way to stimulate learning other than television and electronic games.
Since its inception, the NYGIC has sparked the imaginations of thousands of children who enter the contest. Many more children benefit by playing the prizewinning games. Other past winners include Mouse Round Up™, Rapunzel’s Revenge™, The Great Jungle Adventure™, Twisted Tales™, and Take a Hike!™ – all of which have been popular among preschool and young school children, and some even available in different languages.
To enter the contest, children aged 5-12 invent, design, and submit a complete board game. Game submission will be accepted through November 1, 2004. The winner of the contest will receive a $10,000 savings bond, an exciting game library from University Games, and the possibility of his or her game produced by University Games. This year’s sponsors include: The Serrano Hotel (part of the Kimpton Hotel Group), Areyougame.com, and The California Academy of Sciences.
Entry forms can be found on www.ugames.com, at select specialty toy retailers and at Boys and Girls Clubs of America (West Coast locations).
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