Sago Mini Farm
By Mieke VanderBorght,
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Digital farm provides space for imaginative free play.
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What’s It About?
When starting SAGO MINI FARM, kids find themselves in the middle of a farm. Then they choose how to interact: Tap around to see what can be moved, turned on or off, or otherwise influenced. Explore the whole farm by swiping left or right. If kids want to interact with animals, there are cows in a barn, hens in a hen house, horses in the corral, and ducks in a pond. Tap the rain cloud to grow crops in the garden. Put food in the juicer or on the grill to see what happens. Visit the farm store, jump in the mud, swing on the tire swing, or stack animals and other things on the seesaw.
Is It Any Good?
This farm's open-ended play space is a well-designed attempt at encouraging kids to explore freely and use their imagination. There are certainly many fun things to do at the Sago Mini Farm, like feeding the animals and balancing on a seesaw. And, even though the crop growing isn't always realistic -- kids can "grow" cameras and diamonds along with mushrooms, pineapples, strawberries, and pumpkins -- it's definitely good for a giggle. The farm isn't huge, and there are not a ton of things to do there. That means how interesting the farm is and how long it will stay interesting is entirely up to kids. Those who enjoy making up imaginary stories and moving around characters may get a lot out of Sago Mini Farm. However, those who are looking for an app that "does something" will get bored quickly. And while open-ended free play is certainly the gold standard for quality playtime, the jury is still out on whether such play on a screen is really as enriching as offscreen pretend play. It may be more rewarding to give kids some animal figurines and let them construct their own farm on the living room floor.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what there is to do on the Sago Mini Farm. Have kids narrate as they explore and invent stories. Ask them what they'd like to name the animals or who does what jobs on the farm. Experiment with the seesaw to see who weighs more, and talk about real life habits like using the outhouse.
Visit a farm in real life to see some animals up close. If there are no farms in your area, look for horse stables, petting zoos, or even a park with squirrels or a pond with ducks. Or, visit your local library to find books with photographs of farms and farm animals.
Encourage open-ended creative play. Use stuffed animals, puppets, figurines, drawings, or anything you can get your hands on to create props for pretend play.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Subjects: Hobbies: gardening
- Skills: Creativity: imagination
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: October 27, 2017
- Category: Education
- Topics: Horses and Farm Animals
- Publisher: Sago Sago
- Version: 1.1
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 7.0 or later; Android 4.0.3 and up
- Last updated: January 23, 2019
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