Thinkin' Things Collection 1
© 1993 Riverdeep, Inc.
Note: an iPad version was released in the Fall of 2012. Note: This collection was renamed "Thinkin' Things: Toony the Loon's Lagoon" in the Spring of 1999. Six unique activities let kids experiment with size, shape, color and musical patterns. In Oranga Banga, children experiment with percussion sounds or play a copy-cat-style memory game by repeating rhythms. Similar is Toony Loon with a large xylophone, keys made out of water glasses, rubberbands, or singing chickens. Fripple Shop shows 12 Fripples in a store. Children fill customers' phone or fax orders for particular Fripples, which range in complexity from "big spots with stripes" to "straight hair or stripes but not both." In Feathered Friends, children experiment with four categories of attributes (color, shoes, hats, and body patterns) as they create patterns out of baby birds. In Flying Shapes, children drag a block onto the screen from a set of 28 blocks. They can then adjust its size and orientation or set it into continuous motion (like in outer space), bouncing from one side to the other. With each "bounce," a sound is heard. These sounds can be customized, making it possible to create planned sequences of motion and sounds. In Flying Spheres, eight colored balls can be set against 3D backgrounds and set to music. Design features "remember" progress with each use and provide control over challenge and setup features. The program is full of strengths— outstanding graphics and sounds, easy to use design, high in child control, and most importantly, our testers loved it.
$29.95, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM, Mac, Win, DOS (dual platform CD)
Teaches: creativity, critical thinking, memory, problem solving, patterns