Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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Toddlers learn to slide, spin, and push on the iPad.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 2+?
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Where to Download
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Slide & Spin
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Kids simply slide, spin, or push on levers and buttons to see cute images of ducks, kittens, flowers, and other toddler-friendly objects. There's essentially one screen with which kids interact on SLIDE & SPIN (unless they get sidetracked by the "i" tab and move onto a promotional screen for other toddler apps). Parents can help kids use the voice-recording feature to create personalized sounds for playback such as "Meow" for when kids swipe the blue lever and see a kitty.
Is It Any Good?
This app bills itself as a toddler's first encounter with the touch pad, and that it could well be. Slide & Spin is simple enough not to frustrate little ones while being interesting enough to hold their toddler-size attention spans. The voice-recording feature that links a parent's voice (or a grandparent's, sibling's, or even the toddler's own voice) to the reward object kids see after sliding, spinning, or pushing the levers is especially nifty. Slide & Spin provides adorable, simple fun for the youngest app users.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Help your toddlers record their own sound effects for some of the reward objects, or record your own.
Name the reward objects as they appear, so your toddler can practice vocabulary and naming, too.
App Details
- Device : iPad
- Skills : Health & Fitness : fine motor skills , movement , Communication : listening , speaking , Tech Skills : using and applying technology , Thinking & Reasoning : making conclusions
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- Release date : November 18, 2012
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : MyFirstApp.com
- Version : 2.3
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.3 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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