App Detail » Santa's English Maze: First Words (US English)

App Description

Answer the questions! Avoid the scary snowmen! Escape from the snowy maze! Improve your child’s English this Christmas!

Santa's stuck in a snowy maze. He's trying to escape so he can deliver his gifts to all the good boys and girls.
Use your English spelling, reading and listening skills to help him get through the maze and safely to his sleigh. Watch out for the scary snowmen though!

One of the most fun, festive English literacy teaching & learning iPad apps available, Santa’s English Maze: First Words, helps children to learn and practice their reading, spelling and listening all while playing this high-energy, ‘Tilt & Play’ Christmas maze game. With 8 testing themed levels (Letters, Numbers, Colors, Body, Animals, Transport, Food and Shapes) this app can teach, test and entertain your young learner for hours, over the holiday season and beyond.

* Ideal for non-native English speakers learning their first English words too!*

**It’s childproofed! No ads! No web/social/external links! A safe/fun learning experience.**

Simple to play, hard to stop playing!
- There are 6 questions above each maze that you need to answer in the correct order. The answers to these questions are in the presents inside the maze. Watch and listen as the question pops up for each question too!

- Tilt your iPhone to move Santa around the maze and hit the correct answers, BUT, watch out for the scary snowmen! If they catch Santa three times, it’s game over.

- Each correct answer you get will boost Santa’s gift level. He needs to get all six in the maze to be able to get into his sleigh.

- Each maze has a time limit. If you run out of time, it’s game over. Your best time to escape each maze is saved. Challenge your friends and family to beat you!

- There are 5 possible maze variations per level. The questions and answers change each time you play.

- Help is only a tap away! There’s picture, word and audio support for the level you are playing anytime.

So, let our Santa’s English Maze: First Words app give your child a head-start on their reading, writing and listening. Play with them or play against them, however you play you’ll combine learning with fun. When it comes to taking the first fun steps towards literacy success, we (and our testers) think it’s a hard app to beat.

At CEO, we know there are many different strategies to learning and teaching English/improving literacy, and this engaging app can form one fun part of your approach. It is designed to be used over time; as your child’s/class’s English abilities develop.

Developed by award-winning online & mobile education specialists, Cambridge English Online Ltd, with 10 years’ experience creating fun, online and mobile resources, Santa’s English Maze: First Words has been tested and reviewed by teaching professionals, parents and children, and aims to support National/Core Curriculum guidelines on teaching and learning English.

Features:
- 8 fast-paced, themed levels to challenge your child
- 5 different mazes for each level
- Addictive ‘Tilt & Play’ accelerometer-controlled maze game
- All questions with audio and illustrations
- Each game has its own help page to practice the words you are being tested on. Support is only a tap away!
- Saves your best times for each level
- Great for developing hand-eye coordination
- Beautifully illustrated ‘Snowy Maze’ theme to help engage & entertain. Engaging sounds too!
- Children improve their English while playing/gaming
- Ideal for children starting to learn English, and those already learning
- Boosts quick thinking and motor skills
- Great for in-classroom teaching/competitions
- Ideal for reluctant learners

To keep up-to-date on our new app releases, and see our other apps, visit your local App Store and search for ‘Cambridge English Online’ We’ve got many popular educational apps to use and enjoy!

***Please email [email protected] with any comments, questions or suggestions.

App Changes

• June 16, 2014 Initial release