Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Bell
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Limited introduction to nutrition, making healthy choices.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 5+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Count Your Peas
Is It Any Good?
COUNT YOUR PEAS is a meant to be an introduction to nutrition rather than a comprehensive food guide, and as such provides information about only a small variety of foods. There are only six foods listed in the grains category, for example: bagel, wheat bread, cereal, cornbread, pita bread, and popcorn. Each food is presented on a flash card as a high-res photo along with portion and calorie info. These flash cards are a great idea, but the fact that they change automatically like a slide show makes them difficult to read. They would be more effective if the user could flip through them manually. The mini-games are fun for preschoolers, provided they can figure out what to do since there are no instructions. Count Your Peas has some good ideas and information, but could have benefited from a smoother interface and more foods.
App Details
- Device : iPad
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : February 20, 2011
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : Design Seedling, Inc.
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.2 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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