Usually very easy, which gets boring because you do the same thing over and over again. I found myself finding excuses NOT to play. Sometimes it would get too hard for a while. Which made it too frustrating. Passed the game in a week, wouldn't play again though.
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Imagine: Teacher
(2008, Video Games - Simulation, Rated E, Play it on: Nintendo DS)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7. -
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Common Sense says
Well-balanced look at a teaching career.
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for Ages 7 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Imagine: Teacher was written by Erin Bell
Parents need to know that this game is part of a series of DS games produced by Ubisoft to help girls figure out what they want to be when they grow up. The game presents a balanced portrayal of life as a teacher, combining the gratitude of the students and the fun of planning lessons with the reality of disciplining students who act up, dealing with parental expectations, cleaning up the classroom, and buying supplies. Although the Imagine series is aimed at young girls, Imagine Teacher is one of the least overtly "girly" games in the series. The game has a multiplayer component that uses the DS's local WiFi connection. As long as at least one person has a copy of the game, up to four friends can play any of the mini-games together and try to beat each other's results.
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What’s the Story?
Ubisoft's Imagine series is a set of Nintendo DS games aimed at helping young girls and tweens explore different career paths. In IMAGINE TEACHER, kids step into the shoes of teacher April as she takes over for a retiring teacher at the local elementary school. As the only teacher on staff, April is responsible for not only teaching all of the lessons and marking homework, but also cleaning the classroom after school (by rubbing and dragging the DS stylus to clean up dirt and straighten tables), and buying new school supplies.
Lessons unfold as mini-games divided into categories like arithmetic, English, social studies, and art. The idea is similar to "brain training" games like Brain Age or Big Brain Academy, but the challenges are much, much simpler. Some examples include tapping and rubbing letters in a book to "practice reading," playing back simple sequences on a glockenspiel, matching pictures of animals to the correct name, and identifying items by the historical period to which they belong by dragging them into the appropriate column (such as a knight to the Middle Ages).
Is It Any Good?
The mini-games in Imagine: Teacher are too easy to hold the interest of gamers over the age of 10 or so, but the game has a lot to offer the younger demographic due to extra touches that keep the game from becoming monotonous. These include weekly lesson goals that require you to achieve certain scores in a particular subject, random fun events like field trips to the zoo or movie theatre, feedback from parents, weekly staff meetings, and having to pay attention to who likes who when seating the students at the beginning of class. Imagine: Teacher is one of the best games in the Imagine series to date, and a pretty good simulation of what it's like to be a teacher.
Publisher’s Details
Released on 8/12/2008, price $29.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E (for (No Descriptors))
ESRB rating: E (for (No Descriptors))
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- I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
Not that fun, repeat things.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
AMAZING NOT HARD
Great. Love it!
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
it was ok untill i finished it but u could still play so i kept but it was so easy my 5 year old sister was playing it and really liked it
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
It's OK
This game is OK... But the levels got so hard, I barely play it since it's just not very much fun anymore. When it was easy though, I enjoyed it a little.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
This is great!
I love this game because I can learn and play at the same time! I am so excited to play this game whenever I play it because there is always something to learn!
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