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By Mieke VanderBorght
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Themed story creator fun for fans but shallow.
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Frozen Story Theater
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What's It About?
In FROZEN STORY THEATER kids narrate their own Frozen-inspired stories. In Story Play, kids learn about key story elements through guided storytelling in which parts of the story are preset. Kids choose the character, place, surprise, and prop, and the story setup changes according to kids' choices. Finally, kids record their own versions of the story's ending. In Free Play kids have all scenes, characters, props, and backgrounds at their disposal and are free to tell whatever story they like. While narrating, kids can move characters and props around and adjust their size.
Is It Any Good?
Frozen fans will go crazy for this opportunity to intimately interact with their favorite characters and create magical stories, which makes this a cool addition to a collection of Frozen merchandise. As a story-telling app, however, Frozen Story Theater has some great aspects as well as some weak areas. Kids will love recording their own voices and watching their stories again and again, and there's a great parent's guide to help make storytelling a truly meaningful learning experience. However, the app's capabilities are limited. Story Play only partially covers important story elements: Character and setting are crucial, but surprise and prop are not exactly central elements of telling a story. Also, once kids choose a scene, characters, and so on and start recording, the only manipulations available are moving things around the screen and making them bigger and smaller. They can't, for example, change scenes or make characters or props enter or exit, which limits possibilities. Ultimately, Frozen Story Theater is a nice start to simple storytelling, especially for Frozen fans.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the stories kids create. What's happening in this scene, and why? How do the characters feel? What might happen next?
Read lots of stories together and point out key elements in what you're reading. Who are the characters? What's the setting? What are the different parts of the plot or the story? What's the problem, or conflict, in the story?
Read the app's parent guide and do the offline storytelling activities.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Language & Reading : presenting to others , speaking , storytelling
- Skills : Creativity : imagination , making new creations , producing new content , Communication : speaking , Tech Skills : digital creation
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : February 28, 2015
- Genre : Entertainment
- Topics : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Adventures , Family Stories ( Siblings )
- Publisher : Disney
- Version : 1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 7.0 or later
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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