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By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Eco-friendly game makes kids masters of their own islands.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 7+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
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Ansel and Clair: Little Green Island
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What's It About?
By creating a user account, kids magically become the owner of their own new island. It's littered with trash, so they start by picking up the garbage and placing it in a garbage can. This is the first Fix It mission of many across 18 levels of gameplay. Visual and audio prompts instruct how to swipe or tap to complete the missions. In-between, kids read or listen to information about environmental issues such as what trees do for the Earth or how oil spills are cleaned up. Kids earn Green Bucks during the Fix It missions to buy trees, landscape accents, and "environment savers."
There's also an industrial town, a residential town, and adorable pollution songs and raps through which kids see and hear about environmental issues. Kids also can explore mini lessons about various environmental topics.
Is It Any Good?
ANSEL AND CLAIR: LITTLE GREEN ISLAND uses a mix of fun animations, video game-like elements, and brief audio and visual lessons to build a story around this island (symbolizing the Earth) for kids to discover what can hurt it and how to take care of it. The simulation-style play, the sounds, and the points earning of Green Bucks don't look the way they do in the other apps in the Ansel and Clair app series, but that doesn't mean this app isn't as top-quality. In fact, this app seamlessly bakes its ecology learning into a sim that puts kids in charge of their learning. Ansel and Clair: Little Green Island is a fun, highly visual, and interactive way to connect kids with caring for the environment.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Play alongside your younger player to explain some of the more complex situations.
Brainstorm ways your family can help the environment.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Language & Reading : following directions , vocabulary , Science : animals , ecosystems and the environment , plants , weather , Social Studies : global awareness
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : decision-making , solving puzzles , Creativity : combining knowledge , developing novel solutions , Responsibility & Ethics : honoring the community , making wise decisions , respect for others
- Pricing structure : Free to try ($3.99 for full version)
- Release date : July 31, 2013
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : Cognitive Kid, Inc.
- Version : 1.2
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated : October 7, 2021
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