Sizzle & Stew
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If you live in the same home as a young child and an iPad, give this app a download and cook up some silly, random cooking fun using the innovative split screen mode. Specifically designed for two players (but playable also by one) the app is designed to let you "reach across" into the other player's space, using a playful stretchy arm. Described as a "physics driven, open-ended, sandbox experience" the app is great for generating food fights. Content includes a kitchen stocked with food items and gadgets that aren't always from the kitchen (the hair dryer is interesting). We love apps like this because they can create a unique play dynamic while offering an upside down point of view for the other player, and an interesting spatial challenge. Our tester, age seven, liked exploring the kitchen but was frustrated because some of the items didn't behave the way he wanted. The main drawback is that there is a lot of random items and events, which reduces feeling of control, hence engagement. This is not a deal breaker, however.
$3.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: collaboration play, interpersonal development, food, eating, cooking, spatial relations
CTR Rating: 84%