Parents' Guide to

GazziliWords

By Jenny Bristol, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Early general education app promotes reading and play.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Free Educational Games
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 3+

Based on 1 parent review

moderndayquilts
moderndayquilts Parent
May 29, 2013
age 3+

Wonderful!

This is such a great app. It combines words and vocabulary with physical dexterity (moving things around on the screen) as well as learning categories of different things. This is a great app and is highly entertaining as well as educational!

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What’s It About?

GazziliWords presents kids with 24 topics. With each topic, kids hear brief questions kids might ask, and then a short explanation. The explanations occasionally include words and concepts that parents may need to explain further. Each topic also includes a cute, interactive activity that illustrates the topic. For example, for patience, the activity is fishing, where kids have to wait for the fish and pull the hook as they swim by. Some activities are better than others, but overall, they are great conversation starters.

Is It Any Good?

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GAZZILIWORDS acts as a virtual playground for kids to explore concepts such as strength, the food pyramid, and creating art. The music is cheerful, and the reading voice gentle. Although most of the activities take some amount of dexterity, overall they are easy to play. Kids interact with the device in a variety of ways to accomplish the goals of each playful activity. GazziliWords combines instruction, play, and experimentation to give kids the opportunity to use what they learn while having fun.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Continue the conversation that GazziliWords starts, showing kids how the topics are relevant in their real world.

  • Reinforce how the activity relates back to the topic.

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