What Am I? Farm Review

Posted by Sharon Cohen on May 2nd, 2011
iPad App - Designed for iPad

It’s always a pleasure to see a children’s app where there are several different games or activities for the player. Otherwise, both parent and child are quickly disappointed. The What Am I? Farm app, another in the series of What Am I? Pets, includes four different activities for your son or daughter. These activities build language skills and dexterity at the same time. The animal sounds provide another learning tool. Plus, it’s fun to play. A leader board is included, so your children can continue to best their scores.

Remember playing those games where you mixed up the different parts of a body and were able to put a head of a mustached man on top of a body of a woman in a bathing suit on top of legs of a cowboy? Well, you get the point. It was always good for a laugh. The “Mixed-Up” activity is the same, except that the child is matching farm animal parts that must answer a question, for example, “What animal is yellow?” Your child needs to match all the body parts that will be the right answer. A right answer brings children’s cheers. This activity gets a high grade for cognitive learning.

In the “Matching” activity, you child will drag the right animal across the screen to the right one of three animal choices. A minute countdown keeps track of how many matches can be made in the time allotted. Then, it’s possible to try again and beat the record. “Sheep Shear” is even a good activity for parents when they want to let off some frustration from a busy day! Using your finger, how fast can you or your child sheer the sheep and let the wool fall to the ground? As soon as one sheered and embarrassed sheep is done, another one appears. You have a minute to see how many you can shave clean. This game would also be fun for some older toddlers. The animal is sheered differently depending on the device used. On the iPod, the shearing occurs with the touch of your finger. On the iPad, the sheep can be sheered by tilting left to right.

The last game, “Peeka,” also combines a number of different cognitive and dexterity skills. Your child will be asked to find an animal and then needs to swipe from page to page to see where it is hiding on the farm. After hearing the question “Where is the ….?” your child will need to have a mental image of the right animal and then go hunting for it. The animal sound and name of the animal appears when finding the right one. For all the games, I suggest an easier-to-read typeface for those children who can read. Also, it would be helpful for those who cannot read to hear the clue again. Perhaps zoo animals will come next?

iPad Screenshots

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