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By Jonathan H. Liu
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Preschool Connect the Dots
Is It Any Good?
PRESCHOOL CONNECT THE DOTS is a simple, well-designed app: children touch the dots in numerical or alphabetical order, and are rewarded with a picture, a sound, and the name of the object. The app is created so that children cannot access the settings page, which is a great idea especially for younger kids who might tap anything that looks like a button. The main flaw is that the quality of the artwork is inconsistent -- it looks like simplistic clip art. Also, most of the puzzles are pretty simple outlines and could almost be done without knowing numerical/alphabetical order, simply by finding the start and going around the outside. It would be nice to see a similar app with more complex shapes that challenges children to look for the next number or letter.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : February 6, 2010
- Genre : Educational Games
- Publisher : Darren Murtha Design
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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