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Operation game

Okay, it's not exactly anatomically correct (unless you've got a breadbasket clanking around your belly), and it's not exactly new and improved since you remember it. But we're not so sure those are drawbacks. Operation is a great game, and while it is intended for older kids (the box suggests 6+ years, your older preschooler may just have a great time with it. The tweezers are hard to maneuver, but that is the whole point, isn't it? The buzzer is a bit loud, and there's no on/off switch, but we were sold when a veteran preschool teacher suggested it as a way to help a four-year-old work on her fine motor skills, including the precision and strength needed someday to write letters. What a clever trick. And this fun game prompts you to clarify for your little one that he doesn't in fact have a wishbone down near his belly button, then you've just found yourself an early biology tool too.

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