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By Amanda Bindel
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Positive app lets kids role play a sometimes-scary event.
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Caillou Check Up - Doctor's Office
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What's It About?
CAILLOU'S CHECK UP - DOCTOR'S OFFICE brings playing doctor to the touch screen. Kids drag doctor tools into place for each step of the check-up. Each part of the visit is highly interactive. Kids will actually say "AHHH" while holding the tongue depressor in place to look at Caillou's tonsils. They'll drag the letters into place on the eye chart and clean the dirt off Caillou's arm before giving him a shot. The paid segments include some medical information, too, like identifying the ear drum and the different organs the doctor listens to with the stethoscope.
Is It Any Good?
Each activity is highly interactive, so kids will feel empowered. They'll get to choose which bandage to put on Caillou's wound and again after his shot, and they get to use the doctor's tools. The whole experience is very positive, so it'd be a great activity to prepare kids for what to expect at the doctor's office. There's no commentary from Caillou about how anything feels except for the blood pressure cuff; he says "that felt funny." Kids are able to see all of the locked content when playing the free version and hear "To play that activity, you'll need to unlock the full check up" when they try to play it.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Use Caillou's Check Up - Doctor's Office to prepare kids for what to expect at a well-check with the pediatrician.
Make connections to past doctor visits kids have experienced. Ask "Do you remember when Dr. Smith took your temperature?"
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Language & Reading : letter or word recognition , vocabulary , Math : counting
- Skills : Emotional Development : handling stress , Health & Fitness : body awareness , preventing sickness
- Pricing structure : Free to try, Free (Includes four activities for free. A $5.99 in app purchase unlocks seven more activities.)
- Release date : April 9, 2014
- Genre : Entertainment
- Topics : Book Characters , STEM
- Publisher : Budge Studios
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 5.0 or later
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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