SpongeBob Challenge, The (for Amazon Alexa)

© 2017 Nickelodeon
Kindle, Echo
Teaches: logic, language, audio processing, memory, speech
CTR Rating: 92%
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“Alexa, start SpongeBob Challenge” is the key phrase you need to say if you want to play a memory game in Bikini Bottom. Ideal for the Amazon Dot ($50) and other Alexa-enabled devices, this "app" is actually one of the many "skills" that you can add to your Amazon Echo using the Amazon Echo controller app. We've noticed an increasing amount of verbal driven content in the Amazon Echo menu. As a result we decided to take a closer look -- or in this case, listen. What we found is a simple direction following memory quiz that starts easy and gets progressively harder.  This includes remember the details of an increasingly complicated food order, and giving the information to Mr. Krabs. This game would work well with a group. The dialog is well constructed, and musical chimes help you know when it's time to answer.