Good app – My Little Reading Academy Game Review

This looks like a good app for typical preschool age children. Educationally it works on many early concepts. The different games have large, bright graphics and it gives a non-intrusive sound effect for correct & incorrect responses. Children drag objects to the desired locations. The objects automatically return to their original position if the child's response is incorrect. For the free version, you have access to three games: Build-a-toy (you attach airplane parts to a toy plane) Silhouette matching (you match an item of clothing to its silhouette) Color sorting (you put colored fruit in colored trucks). SPECIAL EDUCATION CONCERNS: There is no way to adjust anything about the games, such as the difficulty level, how the objects are moved in the game, or turning on/off sound effect for incorrect responses. For example: **With the color sorting game, it would be nice if parents could decide how many different colors needed to be sorted (2 - 5) and whether all the color trucks were displayed at once or not (having all trucks at once would make the game more challenging). **With all the games, it would be nice to have the option to move the object by clicking to select an object and then clicking where you want to place the object. This is useful for kids who don't have the coordination to drag items across the screen. **Turning on/off sound effects for incorrect responses is important because sometimes kids LOVE the incorrect sound effect and so they deliberately choose the wrong answer over and over and over again just to trigger the sound. ALSO, in the color sort game, I noticed that although the colors you sort are randomly selected, the location of the fruits to go in the first, second & third truck are not randomized. This is not a big deal for typical kids and most people probably wouldn't notice it. Kids with autism might recognize the pattern and end up playing by memorizing locations rather than recognizing the colors. Disclaimer: I have not tried this app with any children yet. I am a speech therapist and work with children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Review by Wagginpitbull on My Little Reading Academy Game.