John James H.
Hi,
I presented your game at the American Camp Association Tri-State Camp Conference in Atlantic City on March 16 as part of my session "Creative Activities That Foster a Culture of Inclusion." I presented it as an icebreaker. The cards help you to learn new ways to make connections with people, and once engaged, conversations can continue to see what 3 additional things the "connectors" have in common. Everyone seemed to be pleased with the many uses. I am going to pitch the game to various counselors at our camp: using the cards to generate choreography for our dance program, to generate stories for our film program, for mindfulness (to help campers and counselors with anxiety), to our art counselors to generate Art, and who knows what other one uses we may discover. I plan on filming and photographing your game in action and sharing what we came up with! x John James Hickey (JJ)
Sophia S.
This was so fun and creative to get to play with my mom!! We ran out of space on our entire kitchen counter so we are definitely playing it on the floor next time.
Jennifer S.
What a gorgeous game! We loved the open-endedness of it. The cards are beautiful. We spent so much time scanning the QR codes to get more information about each card. It is such a creative game for all ages.
Natalie P.
We love this game! We have all three, and nature is our favorite. So beautiful. I've played it with friends, with my teenage son, and with a church group, including someone with disabilities. It is a great, non-threatening way to engage and make connections, both with the cards and with other people!
Chloe T.
Such a unique and fun way to connect with students. Open ended and beautifully created.
Elizabeth R.
We have both the original and nature additions. My daughter loves both, but here favorite is the nature addition because she can use the code to learn more about the picture. This purchase was for her best friend for Christmas. That way both girls have a set a home to play with alone and when they visit each other.
Rosa L.
I love my Ouisi. I am a play therapist and having the Ouisi is like having a new toy out, every week. Because we find different ways to play with it. Even the quiet kids, get in the action and love it. I do work at different clinics and regret that I have one box only and need to carry it around to different sites. But, I don't mind!
Robert S.
I finally had the chance to give OuiSi to my nieces and nephew, ages 12, 9, and 8. We played on the dining room table after dinner, and it was a great experience. Our game was a variation on one suggested in the directions, where we took turns placing cards on the table that matched one of the cards already in play; we drew from the deck if we couldn't find a reasonable match. I asked the kids to explain what they thought each match was, and they started to see patterns emerging. I left after a bit to talk with the adults and the kids played on--we could hear them talking about what they were doing until they exhausted the entire deck. A total win: the game is engaging; it sparks thought, a bit of puzzlement ("What is this a picture of?"), creativity, and humor.
Dorothy M.
Stunning photos, excellent quality card stock, and a truly stellar gift to give others...I couldn't be more pleased with my Ouisi purchases. I'm beyond satisfied with the superior quality of the games and the customer service. I gifted all of the first sets I ordered, but I was so impressed with the games that I had to order more to give to myself!
Rebecca V.
Such a fun and creative card game! Everyone truly wins. I love the QR reader feature on each card that directs the players to more info about each photographer. High quality and delightful cards. I bought one of the nature sets for myself and one for A friend.. and I'll likely be back to order another version! I highly recommend Ouisi, a feast for the eyes and welcome alternative to competitive card games.
Michelle G.
Such a useful educational tool that I plan to order dozens more and use with teacher professional learning!
Nicole F.
We have two kids, 3 and 5 years old. This is a game we can all play together. It's fun and beautiful and unique. We love it.
Sara R.
This was a Christmas gift for my 5 year old grandson. We had a lovely time looking at the cards and deciding how to match them up. We discussed what was pictured on the cards and where you’d find the items. It was a very nice, engaged afternoon. Thanks!
Loretta A.
I have enjoyed the visual sharpness and wide array of photos of Mother NAture and her creatures. Have used the Ouisense meditation with all senses. Fascinating.
Tara S.
Ouisi is one of my favorites! It's a highly engaging and flexible game that I love using with others in education to create community and connections to nature during professional learning sessions.
Becky T.
My grandchildren love looking at the amazing nature photos, and making connections. They also love scanning the codes and finding out more. Thank you!
Diane B.
Got it as a family Christmas gift and also gave as a gift.
Robin B.
Very cool brain game and just fun for all ages.
Debbie T.
My students love looking at the images, trying to figure out what the things are and trying to make connections. It's terrific for working on oral language.
Lauren A.
Looking at every single picture!!!!!!
Laura G.
I gave this as a gift to my mother. The pictures are beautiful, and I can't wait to explore it more with her. The cards are a nice, sturdy quality. It's just as I expected!
Nancy R.
I have not actually played any of the games yet, but I love the photos and the whole concept of your product. I intend to use the cards for an exercise in my Intro to Art Therapy course.
Thank you for creating it!
Deborah C.
Gorgeous photography.
Barbara R.
The pictures are incredible. This is a fun game with friends and an interesting game of insight with family. It's intriguing to see how people see things, their perspectives, life is perspective.
Debra B.
I use OuiSi in my classroom. It is great for observation skills and building concept mapping.
Valerie M.
The game provides an excellent means of developing verbal skills in youngsters. My 6 year old grandson loves it.
Leilani P.
I really enjoy it. My friend and I challenged ourselves to see how many points of similarity we could find between cards.
Jane M.
Ouisi stretches the imagination and when players justify their perceptions about why certain images go together, it can also be pretty amusing!
Kathleen W.
My grandsons love to play Ouisi. The creativity in matching is exciting
Aaron C.
Relaxing and fun.
Linda T.
I used the OuiSi cards to create a "Close-Up/Blow-Up" lesson for middle school art class.
I cut masks that allowed the students to only see and draw one quadrant of each OiSui Card, which they enlarged onto a corresponding quadrant of 9"x9" sheet of paper.
Using a pencil the students lightly "maped out" each quadrant looking for the shapes, proportions, and angles in each quadrant. After removing the masks, they then could see the entire image and define their lines. I encouraged them not to erase anything, but leave the "learning lines" as an underlay to the image. They then outlined in sharpie, and finally water colored each image.
The vibrant close-up images were interesting for the students to try to reproduce. Rather than trying to draw a specific animal, I wanted them to be looking for lines, shapes, and proportion which of course added up to be an animal when the 4 quadrants were uncovered.
Fun!
Samuel C.
Son loves it, wife loves it. They love scanning the pictures and learning about the animals and plants. It is nice that it is so open ended and so much variety.
Judy F.
Beautiful pictures and interesting, convenient links. We are a little confused as to how to make a game out of it though.
Dawnell G.
I use this in my classroom and the kids LOVE it! Great conversations! The students justify their choice and explain their reasoning. This is an engaging way to provide opportunities to reinforce classroom conversations.
Carolyn H.
I gave this creative and beautiful game as a holiday gift for a family with children ages 4 and 7. They all love playing it together!
Valerie B.
Excellent game for use with autistic children and special needs children. I am a special Ed teacher.
Elsie Y.
Family fun. Great for imaginative and creative play. We had a blast creating stories as we added pics.
Paulette Q.
Small family. Not gaming people but thought this would ratchet the game up. Looking forward to trying work friends
Pam S.
I purchased several of these gorgeous sets as gifts for our adult children to share with their families. They arrived in a timely manner and in my never-ending quest to invest in quality over quantity, I was very pleased with how well-made and sturdy they are. They felt just right as a really NICE gift our kids could enjoy for family time together. Highly recommend!
Kelsey R.
My kids really enjoy playing this game
Heather B.
I gave this to my grandkids. They have loved it!
PAMELA B.
My girls had the whole living room floor covered with cards. It was wonderful!
Jane G.
Great memory game! Received shipment on time, and is as advertised. Thank you!
Amanda M.
I enjoy this concept greatly! I love being able to make connections, open up conversation, and learn more about the world around us. Thank you for creating such a versatile, inspiring product.
Nancy A.
I purchased OuiSi for one family member who doesn't enjoy other types of games for various reasons. I thought it would also be something we could do with the grandbaby when she gets a little older. Most of my family was underwhelmed - they prefer cards or word games. But the person I bought it for was enchanted - she had built a whole story just out of the card photos on the cover before we even opened it! Hope to persuade the rest of the family by using the other variations on game play.
Melissa S.
Perfectly beautiful, thought provoking, and opens up conversations with the grandkids that are amazing.
Diane T.
Gave as gifts to grandparents and to family with a 5 year old. Excellent and beautiful gift for all ages
Amelia F.
I am teaching the game to many of my art students. Toward the end of class, it is useful to have this activity when some students need just a bit more time to complete their work. The rest of us draw cards and start making connections. It doesn’t matter if it’s my Ks or 6th graders, there is always lively interaction happening.
Lory D.
My granddaughter & I play it together. When she comes over it is one of the games she picks to do together. I am happy with my purchase and looking forward to when my grandson will be old enough to play with us.
Mary B.
Love family time playing games. This game gives us the opportunity to be together and have a great time together.
Angela C.
My students love it! We use it for vocabulary development and class discussions. It’s a wonderful way to learn and share!
Diane E.
I bought this to play with my grandchildren, and it has been a hit. The photos are beautiful! I haven’t tried more than 2 players yet. I like the freedom to adapt the matching parameters for each child. We always announce the feature we are matching, so I can tell how they are thinking. I also like that we don’t have to worry about losing a few cards.
Kandris G.
Kinda wish I bought the original nature photos are intense
Emma B.
We played this over the holidays with a dear friend and my father in law. All of us have very different ways of thinking and relating to the world and it was so much fun to see what everyone was putting down in relation to the other images. We had a blast. And it’s beautiful !! 10/10 would recommend!
JO A.
Can't seem to get anyone to play with me. Was really hoping that it would be a great family game. I even have an extra one that I don't know what to do with.
Marney S.
They are beautiful beautiful beautiful! This is the second set that I bought for my grandsons ages 5 and 2. They use them as matching and/categorizing games and just like to fool around with them!
Nancy K.
Purchased as a gift
Christina O.
Both of the OuiSi games we purchased were given as gifts. We played some with a delighted 9 year old girl who enjoyed making up rules. She loved the photography on the cards a the assorted ways to make matches with color, shape, subject, etc. Grandma, Great Aunt & Uncle, & a cousin enjoyed watching her eyes dance while sorting thru the cards and as we played a game with her rules. She proclaimed it a cool game and looked forward to playing with her Daddy.
The other game was gifted to a teenager who has not yet been present to provide feedback.
Karla S.
I gave this as a gift to my niece and nephew who are age 3&5 they love it
Sylvia R.
A wonderful exploration amongst friends!
Sheri L.
This game has provided so much fun and learning for our family!
Melanie R.
5 and 7 year old grandsons dove right in to make all kinds of associations with the Nature Cards as a family Christmas present. They were excited about world wide photographers which was cool.
Unfortunately only see them about 4 times per year due to distance, so not sure if this is quite as popular ongoing. They do enjoy ACTIVE play in Virginia as much as possible. Will check in with them again, but they are in middle of a house remodel, so not good timing. Grandma loved the game as it can be played as desired. No judgement, could tell kids, "no wrong answers since it is what WE SEE." They did not find this off putting, helped to tone down the potential fussing.
Thanks for your follow up and great product.
Steven K.
A fun and relaxing game for the whole family. We all enjoyed it from 6 to 60!
Diane S.
Shared one box with family. Kept second set for games with friends.
Brenda L.
I live in an independent living/assisted living retirement facility. Loss of mental acuity is a serious concern of residents. A group of us have developed a version of your game that can be played in about an hour by 3 to 6 players at a time. The hour requirement is due to the facility’s activity schedule. We have noticed definite improvement in memory, verbal skill and confidence from players. This includes stroke, early dementia and “normal for age” cognitive function. Our ages range from 72 to 93. The first version was so popular that I ordered the Nature Edition which has given us new challenges. Each week another resident or two asks about playing it. As long as their vision is good, they seem to really enjoy our Willow Park OuiSi version.
Laura N.
kids wanted a game they could win! Otherwise it was really fun.
Cindy F.
It was a gift. I haven’t played it. But I love the concept.
Julie H.
IT's not really a game.
Roslyn F.
I purchased this for my child's classroom at the teacher's request. The teacher said that it has been a huge hit, and the kids love it so much more than she expected!
Danielle T.
Got this as a gift for another family. They love the outdoors and nature. This has been a fun game for a wide variety of ages.
Meredith B.
I bought the nature edition for my grandsons and family, and the boys love it, especially the four-year-old.
Helm B.
Great game for bright children. Independently decide the sets to find. Creative fun for all
Sandi S.
We had. So many guests it was hard to get my any in evolved. I can see jit being better with a smaller group
Bruce T.
We like it thank you and hope to play game with grandkids
Lisa B.
We have mainly played our own version to accommodate a five year old. We tried competitive once and found it difficult to corral a judge. We’ll keep at it. Concept is good. It encourages conversation as we look at comparisons and similarities.
Rosemary L.
The cards are really well made and challenging for kids to find matches.
Heather M.
We love this game and have gifted it to others who also love it. Great group game for all ages, generations, and speakers of different languages.
Ashley P.
We thoroughly enjoy playing! With several levels of fun for all ages, anyone can play.
Elizabeth S.
This game has been so much fun for our family. Our family has really enjoyed the open-ended aspect of the game!
Joy R.
We are enjoying trying the different ways to play. Thank you for have options. And my usually not curious daughter is wanting to use the QR codes and learn more!
Just a note, we left a few sitting on floor in the sunshine. They slightly warped and don't stack with the rest of the set. Still usable though.
Maureen B.
I purchased four of the OuiSi nature games prior to our holiday gathering. Due to the blizzards in the midwest our familes chose to follow the advise of the weather people and not travel. Our entire family stayed home for a lonely frozen holiday. Plans were made to meet and celebrate three weeks later. When gift exchange time came I learned one of the families already had the game. Fine.
A couple of gifts had to be returned/exchanged with no problem, until I tried to return the extra OuiSi game. I was saddened to find out the return time had already passed.
As a senior citizen I the loss of $25.00 =/- is not an expense easily absorb on our strick budget.
Sorry to say the whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth.
MB
Brandi B.
We have the original and nature decks. Both are gorgeous! The QR code with each image is very helpful. I like the original more because of the broad range of subject matter to connect with. It’s easy to fall into grouping by body part or species, so it takes more effort to keep the play thought provoking and to create narratives.
Cathleen S.
Bought them as gifts and the recipients love them
Annette D.
Useful for connecting with the younger family members, and a great on hand icebreaker for work meetings!
karen w.
Children love it!
Denise M.
Love the many ways you can use this game and the pictures and facts are phenomenal
Terri C.
We've only played a couple times so far, but it's been so fun to see the brightly colored photos and figure out various ways to make visual connections! My grandson (age 5) had lots of fun with it as well. I need to take time to read up on the different ways to play, so we can try one of the other games the next time.
Regarding customer service and the produce itself - the cards are very sturdy and the photos are high quality. We ordered in December and received our package in a timely fashion, even though it was the busy season. Customer service was quick to help when I needed to make a small adjustment to my order right after placing it. I highly recommend this company!
Beth G.
I bought this for as a gift and the recipients are very happy with it! The photos are beautiful. I will be purchasing more in the near future, including one for me this time!
Shipping was fast, even with all the holiday rush. I really appreciated the email checking to see if my shipment had arrived. Wonderful customer service!
Evelyn M.
Always looking for new games to play with the grandkids, ages 3-8. I encourage them to explain their choice. Some are obvious but some I didn’t see. Fun way to better understand how they view the world!
Debra T.
Love playing this with my grand daughters. Seeing how their minds work and the connections they make is amazing.
PATRICIA V.
This was much too hard for 10 year olds. The adults loved it and the pictures are great.
Julia L.
We played this with my father, who is living with Dementia, over the holidays. I really liked it. We need to try some of the other types of play because a few of the group didn't like the lack of competition or winning. Americans, go figure.
However, it led to conversation and memories for my dad. We did have a good time. Now, to get him to play it again. We'll see.
Heather W.
Really fun and creative game to play with our family a couple of times a month over dinner. It's nice that we can make up our own games with it.
Ann A.
The photo cards in both the Original and Nature sets are beautiful and imaginative. I intend to give them as gifts, but decided I would keep both to enjoy myself!
Tracy S.
The whole family played on Christmas! All gad a ball!
J L.
I had assumed this would be a more structured game. I have not yet tried it with my grandkids. They are into competition and "winning" the game. I'm sure we can come up with something. The cards are interesting and delightful...but not quite as vibrant in color as I had thought they would be. Still, we will figure out a way to make things fit. :)
Carrie Z.
This is a review specifically for the Nature version of Ouisi from a secondary art teacher. I wish I had only ordered the original version for my classroom because, although I love all the beautiful images from the nature set, I find the QR codes to be a distraction- not a benefit. Our children are inundated with cell phones and technology references in their daily lives- especially post-pandemic. I was looking for Ouisi to be a break from that and help kids- for even just a few minutes- disconnect from their phones and tech and be in the present moment with gorgeous visual imagery. Those QR codes, while well-meaning, are a detriment to that. Provide a simple image map with mini QR codes for the few players who are curious for more, but DO NOT put them on the backside of every card. Those QR codes take away attention from the moment and throws kids in a potential, "look at my phone and look something up"-mode. Believe me- cell phone addiction is such a problem among our youth that even just a passive QR code is a distraction from what can be a meaningful and beautiful experience looking at beautiful images. Thank you for allowing me to give this feedback. The other cards would have been sufficient for my classroom and I regret the nature version purchase because of the codes.
Heather P.
Beautiful game to engage people of all ages in creative thought and reasoning.
Jenna B.
These were so fun to use during various activities with my English Language Learner students!
