Dr. Panda's Firemen
Dr. Panda Limited
Extremely easy-to-use, responsive and playful, this Dr. Panda app lets children play with a high interest topic: fire fighters. There are four areas to explore. You start in the fire station where you can wash the fire truck or just explore. If you ring the alarm, you must equip the firefighters using 1-to-1 correspondence (three hats, three firefighters). Next you drive to the fire using a driver's eye view of the road. Finally, you fight the fire by spraying the hose in the right direction, and passing out tools to the team. There's also a lot of opportunities for spatial learning. As you make your way to the fire, you can choose what direction you want to go, steer the wheel and watch the animals react to how you drive. Use the right tools to clear the way and extinguish the fire. Weaknesses are minor. The oversized illustrations are busy (but easy to control), and the fire hose can be hard to aim. In addition, the fires are hard to put out. The app presents some bigger ideas about the teamwork involved in fighting a fire. There are no time-limits, language requirements, ads or game objectives. making this a good starter app.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle
Teaches: logic, one to one correspondence, driving, spatial relations
CTR Rating: 94%