Parents' Guide to

Bogga Vacation

By Amanda Bindel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Beach-trip travel prep with mini-games is fun at first.

App iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire Paid Education
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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jenniferd3
jenniferd3 Adult
June 7, 2015
age 3+

Charming, calm details

My four year old immediately fell in love with Bogga Vacation. There are so many action packed games for kids, so this was a welcome relief: Soothing sounds of waves and calm, but fun details like when you tap the windows on the plane and the passengers turn their heads smiling. My sons favourite is building sand castles. With symmetric decorations ;)

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What’s It About?

When kids open BOGGA VACATION, a colorful suitcase opens to invite kids to pack for a trip. Kids match the shapes of the items, dragging them into the corresponding spots in the suitcase. Once the bag is packed, it's time to go to the airport. Kids have to turn off a cell phone and hand over a passport and boarding pass before getting onto the plane. They also get to put a silly accessory on the desk attendant. Then they fly to a tropical island, where they can build and decorate sand castles, make and drink fruit smoothies, or dig up a buried treasure.

Is It Any Good?

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This sweet, summery app walks kids through each step of the trip: packing a suitcase, boarding the plane, and doing fun vacation activities. Though it balances structure and some free expression, there's not much to the games. Kids can't deviate from the order of the play, but they can decorate their sand castles or mix their tropical drinks a bit, and the matching activities are good for developing prereading skills. There's not much open-ended play involved, though, so kids may not find it endlessly playable; once they've created a few sand castles and mixed a few drinks, they'll probably be done. It'll probably hold the most appeal in anticipation of a real-world vacation.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about past vacations. Ask kids what their favorite parts were.

  • Make a game of planning a trip. What would you pack for a beach vacation? What would you pack for a snow-skiing trip? What about for a camping trip?

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