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By Amanda Bindel
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Maze of words makes creating illogical sentences fun.
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Sleep Furiously
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Connect words horizontally, diagonally, or vertically to create sentences in SLEEP FURIOUSLY. There are no rules for how much sense the sentence makes; it just has to be grammatically correct. Longer words earn more points. Play in Moves mode, where you get as many points as possible in five sentence moves. Play in Timed mode to get as many points as possible in 90 seconds, or play in Endless mode, just for the challenge of creating the most complex sentences possible. Words can be shuffled in Endless mode but not in the others. As you connect words, a sleeping face snores on and smiles when you've completed an acceptable sentence. The face wakes up when the challenge is over.
Is It Any Good?
Word lovers will get a thrill out of creating complex sentences with the limitations of available words. Sentences can be short and profound -- "wisdom teaches," which earns three points -- or longer and illogical -- "The sick athletes clumsily kiss cowardly metaphors," for 28 points. It's not clear how the scoring works, beyond longer sentences earning more points, and there's no way to review all the sentences created in a round. Players can see how a score compares with their highest scores and see their top-scoring sentence. The grammar grader isn't perfect, though, occasionally not recognizing homonyms that can be used as different parts of speech. A parent gate for social media sharing, sentence review, and varied word-connection options would take this inventive game even further.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the possibilities of language: Play cooperatively to see the funny -- or poetic -- sentences you can make together.
Review with kids the parts of a sentence and note how you can't "submit" a set of words without making a complete thought with a subject and verb.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Language & Reading : writing , writing clearly
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : logic , strategy , thinking critically , Creativity : combining knowledge , producing new content
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : June 25, 2015
- Genre : Word Games
- Publisher : Playmation Studios
- Version : 1.2
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 5.1.1 or later; Android 2.3 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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