I Spy Fun House
© 2008 Scholastic, Inc.
Easy to play and full of problem solving opportunities, this collection of 33 beautifully illustrated I SPY riddles continues the I SPY tradition, in a lush carnival setting. The design is very similar to past I SPY computer games. In order to win carnival tickets to the fun house, you must find hidden objects. Clues are given in the form of a rhyme. Finding the hidden balloon or the three elephants requires a lot of careful hunting; a great exercise in both visual discrimination and persistence. The added bonus of the riddles makes this a nice language experience. Content includes 33 I SPY riddles, 11 I SPY picture screens, four games, and a carnival scavenger hunt. A sign-in system saves your progress. The timed games provide a slightly different twist to the visual discrimination. For example, in Hot Hoops, children drag and drop items onto a Venn diagram, paying careful attention to attributes like shape, size and color. All in all, this is another outstanding learning opportunity for children or adults. Designed by Artech Studios for Scholastic.
$20, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: problem solving, logic, classifying & sorting, reading, vocabulary and memory
CTR Rating: 94%