Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Rich exploration of color covers the basics and beyond.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 4+?
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Where to Download
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Intro to Colors, by Montessorium
What's It About?
From the main screen, tap on Primary, Secondary, Gradients, Paint, or Search (five language options). Tap Primary and watch as red, blue, and yellow tablets appear. Shake the device to scatter and drag to match the colors, along with other reinforcement games. Verbal and visual cues teach color names and tell kids what to do next. There are activities for secondary colors and shades, too, all with clear instructions. The canvas page allows kids to free paint. The color search game is easy seek-and-tap.
Is It Any Good?
INTRO TO COLORS is yet another winner in developer Montessorium's line of Montessori-inspired apps. With just a little help from a grown-up, these basic introductions and exercises to primary colors, secondary colors, and shades are suitable for very young kids. The seek-and-find colors game includes modern, zany grayscale illustrations splashed only by the colors kids are asked to find. It's also fun for kids to free paint and mix primary colors to make new ones on the blank canvas. Spinning the rainbow color wheel and dragging to reorder seven shades of one color from dark to light helps kids focus on each color. There's no option for sounds to be turned off, which may be distracting to some users. Still, a marvelous way to introduce kids to color.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Help your kid learn how primary colors blend to make other colors in the real world. Provide them with red, blue, and yellow paint to finger paint on paper.
Talk with your kid about the shades of colors you see in your surrounding environment.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Language & Reading : following directions , naming , vocabulary , Arts : painting
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : analyzing evidence , applying information , part-whole relationships , Tech Skills : digital creation , Creativity : making new creations
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : June 18, 2013
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : Montessorium, LLC
- Version : 1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 5.0 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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