Tiggly Cardtoons: Learn to Count with 25 Interactive Stories
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Tiggly Cardtoons: Learn to Count with 25 Interactive Stories is a counting app for toddlers and preschoolers that can be played with fingers like most apps or as a hybrid experience using Montessori-inspired counter toys. The Tiggly Counts toys are available at retailers for $29.99 and can be used with Tiggly Cardtoons: Learn to Count with 25 Interactive Stories, Tiggly Addventures: Number Line & Math Learning Game for Preschool, and Tiggly Chef: Preschool Math Cooking Game. When kids first open the game, they can choose to play by hand or with the toys. If they choose toys, they'll have to unlock that version of the game using the toys the first time they play. Kids can also switch in the middle of a game through the settings. During our review, the toys didn't work reliably, but if kids play with fingers, they won't lose any benefits of the game.The app can be played in ten different languages and covers numbers one through five.What kids can learn
Kids can tap and explore in each of the 25 scenes. The graphics are whimsical and kids will be enthralled wondering what will emerge from the cardboard pieces.
Hearing the counting sequence -- one through five -- repeatedly, and tapping objects will reinforce the numbers. Kids will also find some creative inspiration from the scenes.
No help is available, though the exploration is pretty intuitive. Kids can play in ten different languages.
What's it about?
To start play in TIGGLY CARDTOONS: LEARNING TO COUNT WITH 25 INTERACTIVE KIDS STORIES, kids choose if they are using the Tiggly Counts toys or their fingers. Using the counting toys, kids then choose one of the five counters and place it on the device. If playing with fingers, kids select from five colorful numbers, one through five. From there, the interactive story begins: Kids count each dot for the chosen number, drag them into place, and watch as that number of pieces of cardboard transform into an adorable creation -- a bird, a scarecrow, a dog and a fire hydrant. Each story has different interactive elements for kids to play with, too.
Is it any good?
Tiggly Cardtoons: Learn to Count with 25 Interactive Stories is an adorable way for kids to explore numbers and appreciate the whimsy of creativity. Kids will get repeated exposure to counting to five through the short stories, and they'll be encouraged to play again since each number has five different stories. The option to play with the counting toys or without adds to the fun, especially because the toys don't always work well with devices. Also, the option to play in ten different languages extends the learning options. The heart of the fun, though, is delighting in what can come out of a few scraps of cardboard.
Families can talk about...
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Families can talk about numbers, counting items in normal conversation and introducing kids to number sense by showing that each item is one more than the last.
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Expose kids to other languages by choosing one of the ten languages available in settings.
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Give kids a few scraps of cardboard or construction paper and let them recreate some of the creatures from the app.
App details
| Devices: | iPad, Android, Fire phone, Kindle Fire |
| Price: | Free |
| Pricing structure: | Free |
| Release date: | April 4, 2015 |
| Category: | Education |
| Topics: | Numbers and letters |
| Size: | 165.00 MB |
| Publisher: | Tiggly |
| Version: | 1.5 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 7.0 or later; Android 2.3 and up |
