Description
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* video: http://tinyurl.com/d72y7u
* The best game I’ve found so far is Cute Math. Yes, you heard me right. Math that’s cute, for one tiny price!
Your little one can count baby penguins, pick the right amount of apples to put in a basket, move some happy birds around to solve addition problems, and drop apples off a tree to solve subtraction problems.
The best feature of this game is the modeling involved - all of the cute animals and objects become manipulatives that you can move around to help solve the problem. For instance, for the problem 3 + 4 = ___, there are 3 happy birds on one wire, and 4 happy birds on another. One tap of the screen sends all of the birds to one wire, and your child can easily count the birds altogether. Good stuff. Did I mention that it’s also cute?
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* Cute Math comes with cool animations and cute voices that keep your child engaged and interested in learning. The application is not for everyone. In general, it would work with kids less than 6 years old. Cute Math is designed to help small children get started early with math and build a good basic foundation for the future.
Cute Math is very cute and fun for young kids. It’s never too early to get started with math, and this is a great app for that very purpose.
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* Cute Math is featured in "New and Noteworthy" in iTunes, TWICE! (Jan 29 - Feb 23, Jun 1 - Now 2009)
* Cute Math is ranked 2nd in "Top Paid Apps" in Education category in iTunes (Jan 29, 2009)
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Cute Math is an interesting, comfortable application which helps your children learn basics of math from counting and sequence to the concept of addition and subtraction. Thanks to its vivid animations and cute voices, children can study easily while having fun. This application is suitable for children of age under 5 years.
Mini Games Instructions:
APPLE HARVEST: Helps to learn counting numbers from 1 to 10. A bird says how many apples it needs, and the player should drag apples of according number from the tree to the basket.
BABY PENGUINS: Helps to learn sequence of numbers from 1 to 10. Penguin mother calls little penguins from 1 to 10, player needs to drag the right penguin into the queue.
HAPPY BIRDS: Helps to learn the concept of addition. Two groups of birds are singing standing on the wires. Touch the center of the screen, one group of birds will fly to join the other group, visualizing the concept of addition. Player needs to drag the right answer from 4 optional numbers below the screen to complete the equation above.
FRUIT FALL: Helps to learn the concept of subtraction. Touch the center of screen, some of the fruits will fall from the tree, visualizing the concept of subtraction. Player needs to drag the correct answer from 4 options at the bottom of the screen to complete the equation above.
BALLOON BOUNCE: Random practice of addition and subtraction. 4 balloons with numbers on them float in the air. Player need to touch the one with the answer to the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that.
PARACHUTE JUMP: Random practice of addition and subtraction with time limit. 4 parachutes with numbers hang on them fall slowly in the night sky. Player needs to touch one of them to answer the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that. When the parachutes fall down behind the clouds, the time is up.
* About iBokan
This fun game is brought to you by Bokan Technologies, a leading iPhone App developer in Beijing, China, and the creator of popular games like "Cute Math", "Eye Test" and "Galaxy Impact", among others. Please visit us at iBokan.com.
What's New in Version 1.2.1
No more asking for your locations.
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Customer Reviews
Great app lacks more audio
I bought this for my two and three year old nephews can learn some math. However, the only audio that can be heard is during number counting, which you really can't hear the elephant say the number.. There should be an option to have audio on all sections that way the younger kids are able to hear "what is 9-4?" or "5+2". That would be awesome!
No Sound!
The sound does NOT work on 16GB phones! Yes, the graphics are cute and it teaches basic math skills, but my 4-year-old would get more out of it if she could hear the audio for some instruction.
One of the most preschool-friendly math aps for ipod
How much your child likes this really depends on where they are in development, my estimate would be for kids 2 to 5 years old. If you want a game that shows simple math, adding and subtracting as well as some basic counting skills for kids that are not up to math yet, this is one of the best aps around, esp for the $2 price. I have tried 4 other kids math aps and most of them are too advanced for young kids (or just not visually appealing for preschoolers). This has the most fun and cute graphics for littler ones to look at. Here is a brief summary of the games included: 1 & 2. Melon Harvest, Apple Harvest: these first 2 are little counting games. The child drags a requested number of items into a basket and then click "Done" when they think they have the correct number of items. 3: Baby Penguins: teaches counting up to ten. one reviewer said that they could have done more with this and I agree, but then, the same could be said for the first two 4 & 5. Happy Birds & Fruit Fall: Birds is an adding game, with animation that helps the child by moving the two groups together so the child can see how many total there are. Fruit Fall is a simple subtraction game, also with animation that shows what happens when the items are subtracted away. 6. Balloon Bounce: is a step up, mixing adding and subtracting, up to 10. Child needs to select the correct answer from 4 floating balloon choices. no time limit. 7. Parachute Drop: is the same as balloon drop, only it adds a time limit. so child needs to select the correct answer from 4 choices, floating down on parachutes before they all disappear into the clouds at the bottom. Several reviewers complained about the audio. Could be better/more clear but really isn't that bad. My 3.5 yr old son understands what they are saying, that's what counts right? :) I do think it would be nice if they could eventually add a stepped up reward system, so kids can see how many they have gotten right. Either a "prize" or sticker for every 10 right answers, or maybe a "high score" list. Otherwise, this is very worth the price, esp for anyone that has a toddler that is interested in math & numbers. Finally an ap that teaches math, but is geared to toddlers/preschoolers!
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- $1.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Jun 14, 2009
- Version: 1.2.1
- Size: 6.2 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Hui Chen
- © 2009 Bokan Technologies
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 2.1 or later
