Pressing down on the pig’s head is great for building your child’s hand strength. Encourage your child to use just one hand to press down on the pig’s head if they are strong enough. Ever since its launch, Pop the Pig is still exclusively sold by its original creator Goliath. A typical game kit contains the following: Spin the spinner, pop a hamburger into the pig’s mouth and push down on his head. The more they pump, the more his belly grows until . . . pop! Pop the Pig provides hours of fun and is completely kid powered (no batteries needed). For added convenience, all pieces can be stored inside the pig. You can also focus on developing your child’s winning and losing skills. Often when children become fixated on winning, they can have difficulty regulating their emotions if they lose. It is often helpful to role model good winning and losing behaviour. Also emphasize at the start of the game that it is more important to have fun and play fairly than to win. Similarly, before starting the game, brainstorm friendly things to say to one when someone wins (e.g. “You played really well”) or when someone loses (e.g. “Good game. Do you want to play again?”. You could also practice empathy and discuss how other players may be feeling at the end of the game.

Encourage your child to hold the pig steady with their non-dominant hand while feeding the pig and when pressing down on the pig’s head. Pop the Pig may not seem like a very physically active game but it is easy enough to adapt to target some of those gross motor goals. Goliath Games was established in 1980, and remains one of the few family-owned and run businesses in the world of toys and games. It’s possible, but it may get complicated for young kids. You can easily assign numbers 2 through 5 to the different colors of hamburgers used in the game. The number 1 can be used as a skip and number 6 as ‘all colors’ or ‘any color’. While this is fairly easy to remember for us, preschool kids might easily get confused between colors and numbers. Are the materials used to make Pop the Pig game durable and safe for kids?Main Objective: Each player has to make the pig chew the hamburger the number of times they get on the rolling dice. Feed the pig until it pops!

An Instruction Manual also comes along. One that you might not need as we are already here helping you out.After the pig pops, push down on his head one more time to deflate his belly. Simply remove the hamburgers, close his belt, and push his amis down to start a new round. On the bottom of each hamburger, you will find a number from 1 to 4. Insert the hamburger all the way into the pig's mouth. Pop the Pig ® is an international preschool classic that is adored by millions of children – it was the top-selling preschool game in 2016 and 2017 according to retailer sales data collected by NPD! Kids spin the spinner, pop a hamburger into the pig’s mouth and push down on his head. The more they pump, the more his belly grows until . . . pop!