Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Excellent version of classic road-trip activity.
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License Plate Travel Game
What's It About?
At the start of the game -- which would likely be at the start of a road trip -- players enter a trip name, start date, and their own names (or team names). When a player spots a particular license plate, they choose the matching state plate from images on the app, and enter that they saw it to get points (two for a plate from a state not yet seen, and one for a plate from a state that someone has already seen at least one other plate from). The results are saved so games can continue over many trips.
Is It Any Good?
The multiplayer LICENSE PLATE TRAVEL GAME drives home the idea that road trips and technology can provide fun opportunities for families to interact. With images of many different license plates for each state, as well as score-keeping and the ability to save games from previous trips, this a top choice for road trip games.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Share a fun fact that you know with your kid about each state when they find one of its license plates.
Encourage kids to design their own license plate for your state. Ask, "What can you put on it to represent something unique about where we live?"
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Social Studies : cultural understanding , geography , Math : counting , grouping
- Skills : Self-Direction : effort
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : March 27, 2011
- Genre : Kids' Games
- Publisher : Brian Call
- Version : 1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.0 or later, Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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