Toca Life: Hospital
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2/17/2021 see also Toca Life World Build Stories. Who wouldn't want to play with a CT scanner? This is a sandbox style experience that gives children a toolbox for exploring the items they might encounter in a real hospital. It is the seventh Toca Life app we've reviewed, and one of the best. The five story hospital has themed floors, each with hundreds of items that can be dragged and dropped onto a cast of 25 characters. The designers did a good job replicating a hospital with authentic-sounding machines. You can explore the operating room, stop by the waiting room, or eat a snack at the café. You can put patients onto a gurneys where you can try on bandages, crutches, hospital beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals are an important part of life, and they often involve strong feelings. This app can be an excellent tool for helping children (and adults) explore these ideas, in a way that is high in child control. See also My Playhome Hospital.
$2.99, iPad, Android, Kindle
Teaches: social studies, language, creativity, hospitals, verbal skills
CTR Rating: 100%