Stops along the way allow your child to pick up cargo and take on passengers. In Toca Train, a shiny blue locomotive chugs its way from village to village in a lovely green countryside. I only post about apps my kids genuinely enjoy and I feel are worthy of their limited portion of screen time.) Toca Boca games have a gentleness about them, a peaceful interactivity that engages a child’s imagination without bombarding him with bling and frenzy. (It’s worth noting that I receive many, many offers of apps to review, and I write about very few of them. Mom appeal, too: what I love about Toca Boca’s apps are that they aren’t full of flashing lights and raucous noises they aren’t full of that frenetic, choppy, quick-cut action that dominates so much contemporary children’s media. Add that special Toca Boca charm, and you’ve got a game full of kid appeal. If you saw my recent review of Lola’s Math Train, you know any train-centric app is off to an advantaged start with my kids.
The newest member of the Toca Boca app family is Toca Train. ( I see those same apps were big hits with GeekMom Jenny too.) And all three kids adore serving me a big hunk of dragon cake in Toca Birthday Party. My special-needs eight-year-old enjoys a good game of Toca Store, especially the part where he gets to choose which items to sell in his shop. My six-year-old daughter is especially fond of styling the shaggy manes of Toca Hair Salon‘s quirky characters - and it scores points with me for its focus on whimsy and color rather than glamour. My three-year-old son favors Toca Robot, a cheery game in which you assemble a robot from an assortment of parts and then navigate it through a maze of balls and walls, collecting stars on your way. Toca Boca’s iPad and iPhone apps for children are consistent favorites with my youngest children. Whoo-whoo! There goes the train! Image source: screen shot from game.
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