Cute Math
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $2.99 | Joyee Jonee | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
* video: http://tinyurl.com/d72y7u
Your little one can count baby penguins, pick the right amount of apples to put in a basket, move some happy birds around to solve addition problems, and drop apples off a tree to solve subtraction problems.
The best feature of this game is the modeling involved - all of the cute animals and objects become manipulatives that you can move around to help solve the problem. For instance, for the problem 3 + 4 = ___, there are 3 happy birds on one wire, and 4 happy birds on another. One tap of the screen sends all of the birds to one wire, and your child can easily count the birds altogether. Good stuff. Did I mention that it’s also cute?
from http://mediamacaroni.com/?p=671
* Cute Math comes with cool animations and cute voices that keep your child engaged and interested in learning. The application is not for everyone. In general, it would work with kids less than 6 years old. Cute Math is designed to help small children get started early with math and build a good basic foundation for the future.
Cute Math is very cute and fun for young kids. It’s never too early to get started with math, and this is a great app for that very purpose.
-- from iPhone App Finder
* Cute Math is featured in "New and Noteworthy" in iTunes, TWICE! (Jan 29 - Feb 23, Jun 1 - Now 2009)
* Cute Math is ranked 2nd in "Top Paid Apps" in Education category in iTunes (Jan 29, 2009)
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Cute Math is an interesting, comfortable application which helps your children learn basics of math from counting and sequence to the concept of addition and subtraction. Thanks to its vivid animations and cute voices, children can study easily while having fun. This application is suitable for children of age under 5 years.
Mini Games Instructions:
APPLE HARVEST: Helps to learn counting numbers from 1 to 10. A bird says how many apples it needs, and the player should drag apples of according number from the tree to the basket.
BABY PENGUINS: Helps to learn sequence of numbers from 1 to 10. Penguin mother calls little penguins from 1 to 10, player needs to drag the right penguin into the queue.
HAPPY BIRDS: Helps to learn the concept of addition. Two groups of birds are singing standing on the wires. Touch the center of the screen, one group of birds will fly to join the other group, visualizing the concept of addition. Player needs to drag the right answer from 4 optional numbers below the screen to complete the equation above.
FRUIT FALL: Helps to learn the concept of subtraction. Touch the center of screen, some of the fruits will fall from the tree, visualizing the concept of subtraction. Player needs to drag the correct answer from 4 options at the bottom of the screen to complete the equation above.
BALLOON BOUNCE: Random practice of addition and subtraction. 4 balloons with numbers on them float in the air. Player need to touch the one with the answer to the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that.
PARACHUTE JUMP: Random practice of addition and subtraction with time limit. 4 parachutes with numbers hang on them fall slowly in the night sky. Player needs to touch one of them to answer the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that. When the parachutes fall down behind the clouds, the time is up.
Reviews
Cute - teaches basic math skills to kids in a easy to use way
thezippy
This is a cute little app... it teaches everything from basic counting ("slide x number of apples from a tree into a basket") to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. Though it might be too cutesy for kids old enough to be doing multiplication. I'd say the sweet-spot age group for this is kindergarten through maybe 3rd or 4th grade. My kid loves it thought!
Ahh
Rez19
I'm a 30 year old man. And I love this game. Got it for my 5 year old and now I can't stop playing. Fantastic graphics!
Nicely done.
Texas Express
I think preschoolers starting around 2 and up will enjoy sitting with a parent and learning.
math teacher approved!
priphoto
My wife is a highschool math teacher and uses this app to teach our four year old.
fun but not for me
jesbmw
yeah it has good graphics and its well done but it is ment for kids not 16 year old boys.
Fun app for kid!
RandomUser629
A truly wonderful app for my 4yo! The first time I showed it to him, he played for 20 minutes and really had fun, even if he was learning something :).
Great game for kids
Start-the-fire
This is a great game for anyone with young kids. My 4 year old daughter loves to play games on my iPod and this has become a favorite. It has several games with cute graphics and sound,and is educational too. I would recomend it for anyone else with children that like to play on their iphones too.
Good but needs refinement
T.A.B.
This is a very good start at what could be a great learning tool for 2 to 6 year olds. A couple of things: The "Done" and "next game" buttons are too small and too hard for my little guy (and Dad) to easily see and press, and these buttons are too bunched in with other text and graphics to make it easily accessable to a young child with toddler motor coordination. A slight re-design is advised. Secondly, my two year-old needs a better reward splash screen and reward sound (ideally something animated and joyous) to know that he has done a good job. The existing scenario is very anti-climactic and non-inspired. Otherwise, this is a fun and educational application. Worth the dough.
Great kids game!
3 year old's mom
My son loves this game. He's in preschool and is really getting re concepts of addition before they teach it to him. I recommend it to anyone with a young child. Better than keeping him busy with mindless movies.
Target Age for Cute Math is 3-4 years old - App needs some options
Skadar
This a well produced, but extremely basic application for 3 to 4 year old children. I really want to rate it highly, but it must be noted that some of the included games are extremely limited. Baby Penguins for instance... once a child orders the penguins a single time, what else is there to do? It would be great if the penguins could be ordered in multiple ways, perhaps odds/even, or by 5s or even backwards. The most useful game for us has been Falling Apples because of the way it beautifully illustrates subtraction. I just wish the app had more flexibility. It is focused only on a very specific 6 month slice of child development.
