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By Amanda Bindel
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Explore shapes and 3D drawing in solid creation tool.
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DRAW 3D JUNIOR :LEARN GEOMETRY & CREATE 3D MODELS
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What's It About?
As kids get started with DRAW 3D JUNIOR :LEARN GEOMETRY & CREATE 3D MODELS, they choose from Learn, Create, and Browse to explore shapes. In the Learn mode, kids draw 2D shapes step by step and then read information about the shapes and their attributes. Then they unlock the next shape and eventually advance to 3D shapes. In Create mode, kids can draw their own creations in 3D and share those drawings. They also can browse other players' creations and recreate or alter them. Kids start with a square and triangle but quickly advance to advanced 3D objects such as a dodecahedron and rhombicuboctahedron.
Is It Any Good?
Think of this as a two-for-one tool: It acts as an educational geometry experience and a creation tool, but it might not keep kids creating for long. The content is rich, taking kids into advanced geometric designs, if it's a bit dry. Kids help connect dots to create the shape and then read the name and attributes of the shape. The creation tool is challenging but easy to navigate, allowing kids to create original 3D designs and save and share them or to copy and customize other designs. In the design tool, there's no wrong way to play, and kids get multiple chances in learning mode and can work at their own pace. For kids longing to learn how to draw in 3D or learn about complex shapes, Draw 3D Junior :Learn Geometry & Create 3D Models is a great place to start, but it may have limited appeal for others.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the different shapes they learn to draw in Draw 3D Junior :Learn Geometry & Create 3D Models and identify those shapes in their environment -- from the octagon on a stop sign to the polyhedron of a wedge of cheese.
Talk about the different shapes that make up the pictures kids can create -- from birds to planes and more.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Math : geometry , shapes , Arts : drawing
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : part-whole relationships , thinking critically , Creativity : making new creations , Tech Skills : digital creation
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : December 2, 2016
- Genre : Education
- Topics : Arts
- Publisher : Arjun Gupte
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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