Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Dress-up app gives girls a flash card alternative.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 6+?
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Fashion Math
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
First, kids choose addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, and customize the math problems by setting the highest number that can be used (5-99). Kids can practice with or without a timer and earn points they can use to dress up a doll. To answer the questions, simply tap on one of the multiple choice-style answer choices. FASHION MATH provides immediate feedback on incorrect or correct answers. Players can see their point totals so they know how many points they have to buy clothes, which are also listed with points.
Is It Any Good?
Fashion Math -- a decidedly sparkly, pink, and ruffly app -- may be just the thing to encourage many girls to love studying math skills. Especially for girls who hate flash cards, this game makes learning basics such as times tables much more fun. The simple game isn't much different from flash cards with automated applause, but the reward of playing dress-up with the app's doll mixes creative play in with rote math drills. On the downside, there are ads in the free version; a dress-up doll with a more realistically sized body would also be an improvement. But overall, it's a good way to make math practice fun.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Make sure the settings are adapted to your kids' current math levels to avoid frustration. Once they've mastered those facts, move onto larger numbers.
If your kids want to show off their fashion creations, be enthusiastic! The fashion is the motivator for math practice here.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Math : addition , division , multiplication , subtraction , Hobbies : fashion
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : memorization
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : July 15, 2011
- Genre : Educational Games
- Publisher : Jon Hoffman
- Version : 1.3
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.2 or later, Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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