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Toca Kitchen
- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Price: $1.99
- Category: Educational Games
Common Sense Media says
Imaginative cooking game with no rules is just right.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know Toca Kitchen does not have any rules or accomplishments; it is a fun, imaginative tool for kids to explore food selection and preparation. Kids first select one of four characters: a boy, a girl, a cat, or a bull. Then, kids open the fridge to select one of 12 food items, including meat, fish, vegetables, an egg, and hay. Kids can then try to feed the character the food raw, or prepare it with a knife, food processor, pot of water, frying pan, or microwave. As can be seen in this trailer, the food changes in response to the preparation, for example being sliced, ground up, or browned. Different characters react to the food in different ways -- for example, the bull loves the hay, which is rejected by the other characters. Since the app is easy to use, but can be a bit repetitive, it's best for younger kids.
Is it any good?
Little kids who just want to play and explore without worrying about rules to follow will adore this app. The characters look a little odd at first, an impression not helped by their monosyllabic grunts and gasps in response to the food, but after a few "yums!" they quickly grow on you. It's fun to figure out which foods the characters like, and it's really neat to watch the food brown and steam while it cooks. We might be a tad happier if the kids would use their forks to eat their food, and perhaps say "no thank you" rather than dropping rejected food off their plate! Still this is a great app for cultivating early exposure to cooking. Bon appetit!
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| Category: | Educational Games |
| Platforms: | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad |
| Price: | $1.99 |
| Size: | 17.70 MB |
| Publisher: | Toca Boca |
| Version: | 1.0.1 |
| Release date: | December 15, 2011 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 4.2 or later |
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