Parents' Guide to

GazziliShapes

By Carrie R. Wheadon, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 3+

Cute games best for kids who already know shapes.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Education
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What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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moderndayquilts
moderndayquilts Parent
May 29, 2013
age 3+

Educational and WAAAAY fun!

This is a wonderful app. It is interactive and requires my son to match shapes . He loves this app and I feel that it is very educational and fun. It is really solid and we love all the gazili apps. I wish they made more! This is great for older 2 y.o. too!

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What’s It About?

The first time kids play GAZZILISHAPES they must do each of six activities in a particular order, earning a shape each time that completes a picture. After that favorite activities can be redone in any order. When kids pause while playing directions are repeated and hints are given. In the pizza delivery activity kids tap the square window, a van pulls up, they tap the rectangles in the door to open it, they tap the pizza box open, then the shapes of the toppings, then tap the triangular pieces to watch the pizza disappear in bites. The number of each shape found during the activity is flashed across the screen before they're taken back to the main menu.

Is It Any Good?

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Kids say: Not yet rated

The characters in GAZZILISHAPES are cute, especially the weird purple dude who hammers on the spaceship and balances on a ball in the circus. All the activities are ones kids like -- who doesn't like to make cookies? Younger kids may get frustrated that they have to follow directions more than they get to just explore and move around where they want, but that makes it a bit more educational; most kids could use a little practice following directions.

Most younger kids won't notice or understand the key at the bottom that tells them how many of each shape they need to find or the congratulations box at the end of each activity that explains how many of each shape they found. Something more reinforcing would have been better like, "You found two ovals" while showing them the oval eggs they cracked right next to an oval shape. Parents will have to throw in those reminders here and there, which may just be a good thing: When the game is done, you can keep pointing out shapes all over the house and out in the world. Happy hunting.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Point out shapes in everyday objects wherever you go.

  • Chop up veggies and cheese in fun shapes as a snack.

  • Cut out lots of shapes with bright tissue paper, make a collage, then count all the shapes together.

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