http://www.thebakeryshop.org/ Hubs and I love this game too! From the website: The Bakery Shop is an educational game -- Targeted to second graders, the game is designed to immerse the user in concepts of economics in a visually engaging way using an entertaining game context. Streams of hungry customers arrive at a bakery with a specific craving. Ingredients, cooks, and ovens must be carefully managed to produce the right food at the right time to keep customers happy. The goods produced by the bakery share similar ingredients, so choice is important and is always a trade-off between recipes. The Bakery Shop leads users to recognize that people have many wants, that wants are unlimited and resources are scarce. The goal is to enable students to explain how resources can be used in various ways, identify goods and services, and recognize money as the generally accepted medium of exchange for goods and services.
This was really cute. Too bad my dd isn't old enough for it yet. I'll pass it on to some friend though. Thanks!
Uh - Can anyone help - my son was loving this game, but then he couldn't buy milk or flour (Mommy couldn't figure that out either - it won't let you click on the blue or green boxes) and he freaked out - like the game was unfair (kinda funny.) Do I actually have to download it - because we prefer not. Thanks.
