With the release of Skylanders Giants there are two additional games for the iPhone and iPad. There was already Skylanders Cloud Patrol, which recently got an upgrade to include a few more characters from Skylanders Giants plus all new daily showdowns, so even more to keep that game interesting. There is also an upcoming game called Skylanders Battlegrounds which is going to be around $40 but comes with 3 Skylanders (including Royal Double Trouble) and a bluetooth portal of power plus a Platinum Treasure Chest. Not sure if we’ll be getting that kit but it sounds like it might be a fun game. So at this count there are 3 iOs games, an online game, 2 games for Wii, 3DS, XBox and Playstation respectively. Wow! There are now collectible cards from Topps as well. But the game I’m talking about today is Skylanders Lost Islands. Continue reading Even More Skylanders for your iOS Device – Lost Islands→
We received a copy of the Dinosaur Train Mesozoic Math Adventures to try out and review. I think that this was a strong showing from PBS kids for math skills for pre-schoolers. The app is rated 4+ and was perfect for Eva who is five. She took to the app naturally. First she tried out the game, Don’s Collection. This game has three levels and shows kids a bar graph where Don asks kids questions about his collection. Kids can compare the columns filled with items in Don’s collection to pick the correct answer. Kids learn to differentiate between greater and less than. In level one there are only two columns and the comparison is fairly easy. At level two another column is added and the difficulty increases a bit. At level three there are four columns and kids make observations and start working on simple ratios. As your child completes each level they unlock the next one. Continue reading App Review: Dinosaur Train Mesozoic Math Adventures→
