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By Jinny Gudmundsen
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Shape Builder - The Preschool Learning Puzzle Game
What's It About?
Kids are presented with puzzles one after the other. They must drag and drop pieces into the whole, which snap in relatively well. When the puzzle is complete, the pieces disappear and the shape becomes whole or takes on an image. A seeming figure eight becomes two kiwi fruits. The very encouraging narrator speaks the name of the object and the corresponding word appears.
Is It Any Good?
SHAPE BUILDER - THE PRESCHOOL LEARNING PUZZLE GAME provides excellent puzzle fun for little fingers. Because each piece is a different color, it is easy to distinguish an individual piece from the others that are lumped together on the side of the puzzle. The pieces are big enough that little fingers won't have any trouble moving them by simply placing a finger on top of one piece and sliding it along. Plus, when a youngster moves the piece close to where it belongs, it clicks into place. When the puzzle is complete, the pieces meld together and the puzzle appears to come alive as the object appears. Language skills are reinforced with spoken and written words explaining what the object is, and for letters of the alphabet, the sound the letter makes is also spoken. If you want to try it before you spend $.99, then download the free Shape Builder Lite which has 15 puzzles.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Count images together with number puzzles to develop number concepts.
Find and play music corresponding to instrument puzzles (violin concertos, for example).
Complete real-life puzzles together.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Social Studies : cultural understanding , Language & Reading : letter or word recognition , naming , phonics , vocabulary
- Skills : Self-Direction : academic development , achieving goals , Communication : listening , Thinking & Reasoning : part-whole relationships
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- Release date : September 9, 2009
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : Darren Murtha Design
- Version : 1.3
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 2.2 or later; Android 2.2 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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