One good thing about this game is that it has 15 colouring pages and about 10 games such as word searches, puzzles and memory cards. So there are a lot of activities to enjoy. Another good thing about this game is that there are no ads ever, not even once have I seen one. One thing I didn't like is that it's very confusing at first -- there are too many buttons and links, so if you're in the game and you need help, you have to go all the way to the main menu. |
Nature's Friends is an activity app about some nautre cartoon characters, that I think is good for kids 5 to 7 because when I played it I thought it was kind of simplistic but that is just my opinion (I am 9 years old). Well any way I'm going to tell you some good things about the app and things I think could use improvement. The games and activities in this app are good at teaching numbers (for example the connect-the-dots game) and making young kids thing about the environment. If you are looking for an app to teach your kids the basics and to entertain them while you are doing something else, then this is the app for you!
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(This blog post is a collaborative effort by Simon and Alex, with Mommy's support -- we are just beginning to explore the genre of "app reviews", and we co-constructed criteria before writing this one together... Stay tuned for mor app reviews in the future!) Time Timer is a timer app that helps you organize your time. You can set different timers for different amounts of time. You can have different timers playing at the same time, so you don't have to keep resetting them over again. (For example, if you had an hour and a half, and wanted to do three different things, you could set three timers: The first for a half hour, another timer for an hour, and a third timer for an hour and a half. That way, every half hour, a timer would beep, and show you how much time was left for the other activities.) The timers can be set up in four different colours. One thing we like about this app is that you can set the timer to make different beeps at the end, depending on what kind of sounds you like. There are ten different choices, such as "truck horn", "dog barking" and "applause". We had fun playing with the timer sounds, and making them go off over and over again. (Our mom didn't like that!) You can also make a custom timer for up to a full day (12 hours). One thing we would change about this app is to add more colour options to the timer. In general, we like this app, and we think it's useful for keeping track of time. If you are a teacher or anyone who needs a virtual timer, this is the app for you! Today we read a book called a days work and mom wants us to answer a question about it.
At one part in the book the main character and his grandpa are supposed to pick out the weeds and leave the flowers but when they do the opposite the person who gives them job gets mad at them but after they talk to him his feelings change. Why is this? I think the person who gave them the job's feelings changed because when the main character and his grandpa spoke to him they said that they could come tomorrow, replant the plants and pull out the weeds. By doing this they show the man that they are honest and care about their work. Last night we went to an organization where they have Halloween for expats in B.A. I'm going to tell you what we did in a recount. When we got there , there was no one there because my mom wanted us to get there early so we could set up. First, she told us to draw some Halloween related pictures on the white board. Then, a few people started coming in, then, more, then, more until the entire room was filled with loads of people. We saw a baby with a Dino costume on and a tail that was as big as he was. Next, we went trick or treating. At every table there was candy of course ( which we enjoyed very much ) but some tables had cool activities and some just had cool candy. The first table we went to had a jar of "eye balls" and if you stuck your hand in it, you could find a plastic gem. The next table had only lolly pops for candy. The final table had gummy packets. Finally, it came time for the scavenger hunt that Tats made for us. It was fun because we had to solve puzzles and games. We even won a dime, a smelly marker & a small chocolate! I had fun at the party and I wish we could go again. Today we went to a school to do a report about Canadian thanksgiving because remember they don't have thanksgiving here.
The school we presented at was a lot like John English except much bigger. When we presented my mom showed a video & did a game with the kids while Alex & I did our speech. The kids were very pleased & the teacher even asked if we could do it for her other class. It was fun at the school & I can't wait to go to another one. Hi Everybody! I'm going to answer some questions from Mr. S's Class. Please leave a comment if you want to. Scott - yes I am looking forward to coming back to Toronto. Sequoia - okay. Nathan B - My favourite part about Argentina is the ice cream. In Spanish we say "helados". I also really like the zoo here because there are different animals. Alison - What the heck is that? Tell me more! Macy - In Toronto people speak English but here they speak Spanish. Some people speak Chinese here. One thing that is the same is they have a big China town. We went there for dinner one time! Another thing that is different is there is no snow here in Buenos Aires, even in winter. (Btw, winter here is June, July and August!) Edward - Which winter do you mean? Canadian winter (Dec - March) or Argentina winter (June - Aug)? Tristina - Pigeons. We see lots of pigeons. In the rain forest of Iguazu (north of Buenos Aires), we saw toucans and koatis. When we come back after christmas, we will go to Patagonia (south of Buenos Aires) to see the penguins. Tyler (5) - yes! I am putting some maps here so you can see where things are.
I just got this book a month ago & I read it & it's pretty good! In the book Killer Croc tries to steal money that secondary crooks robed until he has only Kite Man on his list but Kite Man is not going to let himself get beat up. Kite Man teams up with Batman (very rarely) to defeat Killer Croc but will they win!
Today we went to a big Argentinean market in San Telmo. At the market there were lots of things to buy but that's not the important part! After that, we went to this big park where some random dude was selling BIIIIIIIG balls so Alex and I bought one! Take a look at the photos. When we had all our fun we sold the ball for the same amount of money so basically we got a free ball "rental" for the afternoon.
Today was are first month anniversary in Argentina! I'm going tell you about some things that happened to us. On the second day we got here we went exploring & some how we managed to get stuck in the garage so tats tried to climb out. Luckily, someone came & let us out. Later, we went to the zoo & saw lots of animals like parrots, toucans, ant eaters, snakes, lizards, lions, tigers, hippos, zebras, & much more. After, we found this really good ice cream shop called Nicolas. It was good because it was cheap (only 18 pasos = about $1.80) & the ice cream tasted good. I did so much more & there's so much more to come. Hopefully I can tell it all.
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