Age Range: 6+

Game Description:

The Operation Game is a fun and engaging way to develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and precision. Players must carefully remove Cavity Sam's silly ailments—like a broken heart or butterflies in his stomach—using tweezers without touching the sides and setting off the buzzer. This classic game combines focus and steady-handed dexterity with an element of humor, encouraging patience, problem-solving, and turn-taking as players compete to see who can extract the most ailments and win!

Operation Game

19.00

Key Learning Skills

Fine Motor Skills: The game requires precise hand-eye coordination as players use tweezers to carefully remove small pieces from the patient’s body without touching the edges.

Emotional Regulation: Managing frustration and staying calm when the buzzer sounds can support emotional regulation.

Supporting Learning Skills

Cognitive Skills: Players must focus and strategize on how to approach each piece, enhancing attention to detail.

Social Skills: When played with others, the game can involve turn-taking and patience.

Helpful Tip

Encourage your child to move slowly and focus on steady, controlled movements to avoid setting off the buzzer. This practice helps build their patience, concentration, and fine motor skills.

Explore Subcategories

Cognitive Skills:

  • Attention & Focus
  • Auditory Processing
  • Executive Functioning
  • Problem Solving
  • Reason & Strategy
  • Visual Perception

Emotional Regulation:

  • Managing Emotions

Fine Motor Skills:

  • Hand-Eye Coordination
  • Manipulating & Grasping
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Precision & Accuracy

Gross Motor Skills:

  • Bilateral Coordination
  • Body Awareness
  • Crossing the Midline

Social Skills:

  • Confidence Building
  • Flexible Thinking
  • Social Communication
  • Social Interaction
  • Turn Taking & Waiting