Fans of Words with Friends and Scrabble the app or the board game may be drawn to Wordscapes, which allows kids to learn new words and practice logic skills. You get unlimited tries to solve crossword-style puzzles using only a handful of letters with few free hints. The app challenges you on some levels by prohibiting three-letter words and offering daily puzzles that challenge you to guess all the words in a certain order.
Wordscapes has a built-in dictionary that makes it easy for kids to add to their vocabularies. You can play on Android and iOS. What your kids will learn: Logic, spatial orientation skills, design and problem solving. This spunky little game follows the adventures of Sackboy and his friends.
The first two games are mostly platform-jumping and avoiding obstacles to make it to the next level. Players can also create their own levels, customize characters or build complex contraptions in a level. Finally, players have the option to share their creations in the PlayStation Network.
The first game, Little Big Planet, was released in and the creators have released several other entries since then. Little Big Planet 3 is the newest installment , which introduced three new characters: Toggle, Swoop and Oddsock. Run app on Android and iOS. What your kids will learn: Logic, problem-solving, physics, math, science and spatial skills.
Even though this mind-bending puzzle game has been out since , it still feels fresh and inventive. Portal is along the lines of Little Big Planet, but it's a bit more mature. The first Portal got a Teen rating for the inclusion of some bloodstains, but Portal 2 is rated E. The games might be a bit scary or difficult for players under 9 , Common Sense Media suggests. Portal places players in a secret research facility who is led through a series of dangerous tests by a humorously narcissistic AI called GLaDOS.
The puzzles are solved by creating an entry portal in a wall, creating an exit portal somewhere else and walking through. Players advance by learning how to manipulate physics and spatial constraints. Just try not to fall forever. What your kids will learn : Physics, the solar system, mathematics and basic aerospace engineering. Your kids don't have to play in a cardboard box in the yard if they want to be an astronaut. This rocket simulation game focuses on a space program for an alien race called the Kerbals.
When you start a game, you'll be tasked with building a rocket that either works or doesn't work, based on " realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics. The game got a lot of attention from NASA and the B Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to planetary science and planetary defense.
The game has three modes -- Science, Career and Sandbox. Science mode lets players unlock new tech and advance the Kerbals; Career mode has players oversee every aspect of the Kerbal's space program; and Sandbox mode is more freeform play.
What your kids will learn: Trigonometry in its basest form, angles and critical thinking. This app is another example of teaching your kids without them knowing they're being taught. Eloh is a visually beautiful musical puzzle game that teases your brain without stressing you out.
Each level features island spirits that you can move. Once you get them into the right spot, tap the red speaker and music will start. Mummy Ball. Cartoon Hot Racer 3D. Beetle Bug 3. Panda Chunky. Turtle Odyssey 2. Flappy Bird New. Bird's Town. Big Air War. Rating 3. Ostrich Runners. Retro Car Driver.
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Ghost Sweeper. Milky Bear: Lunch Frenzy. Milky Bear: Rescue Rocket. Beetle Bug. If there was any educational value to this game, I would be shocked. Instead, Marble Blast was one of the more competitive games in computer lab. I used to compete with my classmates for the best times on the hardest courses. Being told computer lab was ending before finding what you were looking for was simply devastating at age 8.
Despite every decision a player makes having life or death consequences, I can assure you this is a game for children.
There were major bragging rights to be had for anyone who successfully made the wagon journey across the Oregon Trail. Learning geography from a textbook is way less cool than hunting for an international fugitive. Players would get to virtually travel the world, talking to bystanders and collecting clues on the search for Carmen Sandiego.
Math is boring, but math in space is super cool.
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