PrestoBingo Shapes

This is a fantastic app that has left me super impressed! There is simplicity to the design, but an element of difficulty with the search of the shapes. This app has great positive reinforcement from counting as the shapes are selected to encouragement in the search for the user if there is a bulk of time where no shapes are selected. The shapes are explained for those that need it! A fantastic app for the price!

The num of pictures is too small, soon my kid played all of them. If you add more shapes and pictures, I would like pay more.

While the graphics are wonderful and the verbal counting the app does is beneficial, the app still could use some improvements before being used in the classroom. While students enjoy playing the game, it might be beneficial if more puzzles were added and different profiles could be created for a teacher to track individual student progress. Adding a hint button might be beneficial as well for students who really struggle to find remaining shapes. Even though the app could benefit from a few adjustments, it does a very good job of showing that shapes can be in different sizes and orientations, something which students often struggle with when they are young. While it is not a perfect app for the classroom, it would be enjoyable for students to play at home and much more beneficial to play than a traditional video game.

The object of this educational game is to find all items on the screen with similar shape as the one announced. Each screen is beautifully illustrated and there are visual and explanation of each shape at the bottom of the screen to provide guidance. The game counts out loud from 1 to up to 20 as each shape is found but it doesn't tell you how many you are supposed to find. Replay value could be an issue if no new illustrations get added on a regular basis - once you have the included illustrations memorized, there isn't much fun or challenge to revisit them. I found the control to be very responsive on both my iPad2 and iPhone4 (which has an added zoom feature). While gameplay and spoken instructions may not be suited for younger toddlers, SHAPES is a clean and polished app for kids to learn to count and identify shapes.

Overall, this is a fun app that would be best suited for kids around age four and under. Kids above that age may get bored quickly as there are very few levels. This could be remedied through more levels, varied difficulty options and more shape choices.