Sago Mini Monsters
By Amanda Bindel,
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Safe and silly fun for little monster-makers.
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What’s It About?
From a green pit of bubbly slime, kids drag a monster shape. They choose from five colors to decorate their monster and tap the check mark to bring it to life. Horns pop into place; eyes and teeth appear. If they don't like what they see, though, kids can pull off the parts and new ones will grow into place. Then they feed and care for their monster, brushing its teeth and adding accessories. Kids can shake the device to knock everything off and start over at any time. When they're happy with their creation, they can take its picture.
Is It Any Good?
SAGO MINI MONSTERS is pure creative fun. With just five colors and a blank slate, kids aren't overwhelmed with choices or limits. They can just create. If they don't like what they've drawn, they can shake the device to get a clean monster slate, but a last-step undo button would be a nice addition. Once the monster comes to life and gets eyes, teeth, and horns, it becomes delightfully animated, responding to the food its presented. Kids will get a kick out of teasing the monster with the food to see its response. Kids can add unlimited accessories to their monster, which can get a bit busy-looking, but they don't have to add every accessory presented. They can fling some off the screen to skip them. Accessories aren't scalable, so kids can't make the hat bigger or a button smaller, which would be nice uncomplicated additions, as well. There's not too much content to occupy kids for long periods, but it's great for a few minutes of creative fun.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
For safety reasons, there are no sharing options. Kids' creations are saved to the camera roll when they tap the camera button. If you'd like to share their monsters, you can email, text, or share them from the camera roll.
Ask kids about their monster. What's its name? What's its favorite food? What does it do for fun? Encourage early literacy skills by creating stories about the monster.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Subjects: Arts: painting
- Skills: Creativity: imagination, making new creations
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: April 2, 2014
- Category: Education
- Topics: Arts and Dance, Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
- Publisher: Sago Sago
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 5.0 or later
- Last updated: January 23, 2019
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