Common Sense Media Review
By Carrie R. Wheadon
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Good practice with counting, vocab in concept-building app.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 2+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Toddler Counting
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Choose from two buttons on the main screen: Easier (10 or fewer objects) or Harder (fewer than 20). As kids tap on each animal, food, or everyday object (brooms, doors, etc.) a number appears and is said aloud. Count all the dinosaurs and one big dinosaur spins and roars to the center with the final number saying, "18 dinosaurs. Fantastic!" Shake the screen to get back to the main menu.
Is It Any Good?
You ask most toddlers to count and they will count the same thing two and three times and skip around. TODDLER COUNTING drives home the concept that each object gets its own number -- with lots of practice. They can keep counting page after page until the right number of cows come home or they shake the screen too vigorously for comfort to get back to the main menu (no buttons for kids to press accidentally is good, but this solution is a bit dangerous). The hundreds of objects will also help them build their vocab, though sometimes the voice repeating the object sounds a little muffled.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Make like Sesame Street's Count and count everything! (Don't forget to finish with a "bwaaahaahaa!")
Get out your change jar and have kids sort and count until there's enough to buy a fun treat.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Math : counting , numbers , Language & Reading : vocabulary
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : February 25, 2011
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : iTot Apps
- Version : 1.4
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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