Top Trumps, Winning Moves

Comments from other Mumsnetters: There are so many varieties of Top Trumps now, they're great for teaching kids to read large numbers. "My son spends hours setting his cards out in order of age, number of goals scored, number of caps etc. (he has football top trumps). For the price, they've been a really good buy." "I was so pleased when my kids got into Top Trumps because they were a real favourite with me as a child. It's enabled me to revisit my youth and get excited about the CC and speed of sports cars once again!"

DS (four) has Power Rangers and Postman Pat Top Trumps, as well as a dinosaur-themed, unbranded version of the same game. They have been *superb* on several counts.

They have reinforced the phonics learning DS has been doing at school/home, and introduced him to some longer, "tricky" words which he has been unphased by. His number recognition and ordering (9 is a higher score than 7, for example) has strengthened, as well as his understanding that a huge number in one category can in fact be a low score, and a relatively small score in another category is high: 65 million years ago is a low score for when a dinosaur lived, while 30m long is HUGE! And - after a wobbly start! - he is getting more comfortable with the idea that sometimes he'll win, and sometimes he'll lose.

Enormously educational but, on the surface, it's all just plain fun!

We have taken Top Trumps with us when going to restaurants, on train trips or to visit friends, and they keep DS amused for ages.

Highly recommended.

Brilliant, fun, educational, helps with reading large numbers, and useful in restaurants/on journeys

Ds loves his new Liverpool players top trumps set and Ds 2 has got the Disney ones which he loves and enjoys putting them in sets according to what film they were in!

good fun but can cause sulks! great to help learn numbers and counting

Top Trumps reign supreme in our house! We bought the Dog set a year ago and our 5 year old can't get enough of playing. They have helped with his reading and concentration so much that we have also bought the Roald Dahl set which he loves almost as much. Very inexpensive and yet provides hours of fun and amusement. Portable too - we take them to restaurants to keep him amused whilst we're waiting for our food

An excellent way to encourage reading in otherwise reluctant readers. Also helps with number recognition. Good value for money.

Recently acquired some Top Tumps Power ranger cards for our reluctant reader and hey!!!! He loves them! They have really helped with his reading as he wants to read all the stranths/powers etc himself! Will be buying more varieties!

Recently acquired some Top Tumps Power ranger cards for our reluctant reader and hey!!!! He loves them! They ahve really helped with his reading as he wants to read all the stranths/powers etc himself! Will be buying more varieties!

Excellent. Kept my daughter entertained whilst traveling. Enjoyable and educational. She loves the Roald Dahl ones best but in fact we all learnt a lot with the dinosaur set

Brilliant, very cheap and keep my dd's entertained for hours.

DS loves Top Trumps - we started out with ELC Dinosaur Trumps & now have Power Rangers. Good for recognising words & numbers !

8 - Top Trumps are good as they have different levels for different age ranges. The Junior ones are very good for younger children. The game is good for car journeys too

East to play. Great for number recognition - as well as learning about the subject!