Common Sense Media Review
By Christy Matte
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Simple image quiz game with a lot of potential uses.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 3+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Where's Mommy?
What's It About?
Preschoolers tap "Play Game," and the fun begins! The recorded voice asks kids to touch or find the snail or the blue circle, for example. The image is covered with a green check for correct matches and a temporary red one for incorrect. Parents will have to help the littlest ones to choose and add images. When they tap a particular image in this mode, the Record, Play, Keep, and Remove buttons encourage kids to create their own recordings.
Is It Any Good?
WHERE'S MOMMY? is easy to use, flexible, engaging, and free. It isn't plastered with ads, and it looks pretty good. What makes the app powerful is that you can add your own pictures and voice prompts. Use this to teach a new language, basic reading (take pictures of actual words), flags from around the world, or whatever else you can take a picture of (including you!). The only thing missing from this app is the ability to create a group of cards around a particular topic. This simple app is a winner in terms of usefulness and value.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
If you think your child is ready, cover the basics of framing a picture and holding a camera still.
Suggest 12 thematic photos of familiar items (count up to one screen's worth), then let them test their memory. Take pictures of unfamiliar items and really test their memory!
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Language & Reading : following directions , naming , speaking , vocabulary , Math : shapes
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , decision-making , hypothesis-testing , memorization , Creativity : combining knowledge , imagination , producing new content , Communication : presenting
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : April 12, 2011
- Genre : Educational Games
- Publisher : Pitashi! Mobile Imagination.
- Version : 1.1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.1 or later; Android 1.6 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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