Shiny Party - Shapes & Colors app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Shiny Things
First release : 30 Apr 2013
App size: 281.71 Mb
Charlie and Alice are throwing a surprise birthday party for their friend, Ralph! Can you help them throw a party to remember?
Shiny Party is a learning tool for 2-5 year olds, providing a fun and engaging way for children to explore vital early mathematics concepts. As children play Shiny Party they will be practicing essential basic geometry skills, but they’ll never know that they’re learning!
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
Shiny Party introduces kids to basic geometry and promotes the development of spatial sense. Kids will learn to:
• Recognise and name basic shapes and colors.
• Learn the properties of basic shapes.
• Find shapes within pictures.
• Match shapes of differing sizes, colors and orientations.
• Complete picture puzzles by fitting shapes of different orientations together.
• Recognise that shapes are the same regardless of orientation .
• Join basic shapes to form other shapes.
• Recognise parts of an object and put them together to form a whole.
Shiny Party also assists the development of:
• Literacy skills and whole-word recognition, with text highlighting as the story is read aloud, key sight-words and press-and-recognise text.
• Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as children catch, grab, drag and swipe on-screen items.
Privacy is important to us. Outside of the child-proof parental section, our apps:
- Do not have in-app purchases or ads.
- Do not collect personal information.
- Do not integrate with social networks.
- Do not use analytics or other data collection tools.
Latest reviews of Shiny Party - Shapes & Colors app for iPhone and iPad
My 3 yr old grandson is a puzzle and shape enthusiast !This is a perfect learning tool/ game for him.I am sure your child will love it too!
A great way to learn and practice basic shape recognition.
I wish I was technologically savvy enough to video my 26 month old laughing soooo hard and clapping as she plays this app... It is her new favorite and we have way too many apps to begin with. I am too sleep deprived to remember all the details, but when she isnt laughing too hard by the animations and sounds when she (intentionally) gets the wrong answers, I feel shes really learning a lot. I thought the animation wasnt the best at first, but its really grown on me - especially when I see how much my preschooler loves it and interacts so well with the characters. I just bought the other app by this line and am excited to try it out. I was really happy with this one! Thank you!
Shiny Party’s cutsie animals and interactive sound effects/actions capture the attention of any young child and especially engaging for the child with special needs. The story is about a Surprise Birthday Party which is a favorite topic among little ones. The graphics are eye catching and the narrator speaks slowly (and words are highlighted) as she reads the story and as she gives directions to play the easy to learn games. The games are sooo cute and simple to play. I especially like the cupcake pattern matching and coloring the shapes. This app mainly provides opportunities for learning shapes and patterns, but the child will also learn colors , sequencing and basic concepts. There are buttons on the screen which make it easy to click to the next page or go back.
I bought this app to use with Special Needs Kindergarten students and they enjoy using it very much. The integration of games within the story is excellent, or individual games can be chosen from the opening screen. Some of the games need a little more work. In the matching game the shapes come together when only one is touched. The Find a Shape game is nice but there are only 3 shapes and a limited number of different puzzles. The settings button does not always work correctly. These are minor issues. Overall, it is an original, entertaining and educational app.