Time is Brian

Number of players:

2-6

Objective:

Learn developmental milestones and the age most (>75%) children will meet them by competing with colleagues to create a developmental timeline.

Materials needed:

Ali Christy

Mike Cosimini
Jessica Goldstein

Each player draws one card, reads the developmental milestone and age aloud, and places it face up in front of them to start their personal timeline.
The first player draws a card from the deck and reads the event aloud without revealing the age.
The next player (Player #2) must decide where this new milestone fits relative to the cards in their own timeline—either before, after, between, or at the same time as the milestones already placed.
Correct guess: If the player guesses the correct position, they keep the card and insert it into their timeline in the right spot.
Then, they draw a card and read it aloud for the next player (Player #3), and play continues clockwise.
Incorrect Guess: If the player is incorrect, the card passes to the next player, who attempts to place it correctly in their own timeline. This continues until all players have had a chance to guess.
No Correct Guesses: If no one guesses correctly, the age is revealed and the card is discarded from the game.
The first player to place 7 cards in their timeline wins.