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Talking Faces by Bubl
By Vicki Windman,
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What’s It About?
TALKING FACES BY BUBL opens to three faces. A kid chooses one and then can tap, swipe, and pinch-and-zoom to change almost every element of the face: Facial features, dimensions, and colors can change with swipes, touching-and-holding, dragging, and pinching. The clothes represent different professions, which can be changed, and each profession comes with a set of tools in the bottom corner of the screen. A kid can tap and drag the tools to hear their sounds, stick them to the face, or drop them. The microphone records voices, and the face repeats whatever is said. There also are buttons to change the emotion of the face, and the music reflects whatever emotion the kid selects.
Is It Any Good?
Talking Faces by Bubl is a fun discover-and-play app that definitely will engage kids right away. Some kids may want to explore every feature for each face and will have endless fun recording and hearing the character repeat things back. Others might lose interest after they've swiped and tapped through all the features. Parents may be enticed by the claim that kids will learn about professions, but that element of the game is superficial: Though each profession comes with its own set of tools, kids won't learn a lot about each job on their own. The pairing of different emotions with music is more interesting, as it might resonate with kids on more than one level.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about professions in the community -- firefighter, police officer, nurse -- and the tools they use. Why does a police officer need a siren? What tools does an artist use?
Ask your kid to change the character's emotion. What changes about the face? How does the music change?
Have your kid record the same sentence using different emotions. For example, change the emotion of the character and record "I want to see my friend" in a voice to match the emotion.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Skills: Creativity : imagination, making new creations, Emotional Development : identifying emotions, labeling feelings, Communication : speaking
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: January 21, 2015
- Category: Education
- Publisher: Bubl
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 7.0 or later
- Last updated: October 21, 2019
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