Michal Marek Preschool bag - My first report card is the third game in a series of educational applications for preschool children. Behind the project is the capable developer Jan Friml, who has been developing entertainment-educational applications for preschool children for a long time and cooperates with people from the ranks of special pedagogues, speech therapists and specialists in graphomotor skills. We decided to bring you at least a short look at this unique project in the article. We think that the application is definitely worth the attention of all modern parents.
Preschool bag 3 brings a total of three levels of difficulty, which are distinguished by stars. The easiest difficulty is intended for the really little ones, and children from 3 years old can strengthen their skills on it. The intermediate level is designed for children between four and five years old, and the hardest level is created for preschool children (5-6 years old). There are 600 different tasks in the game and children can try a total of 10 types of educational tasks to improve math skills, auditory and visual memory, graphomotor skills and so on.
The child chooses tasks by spinning the colored spinning wheel. It spins really randomly, so the child cannot purposefully avoid certain types of tasks. For the completion of individual tasks, the preschooler receives marks in the form of smileys, which indicate whether the task was mastered the first time, the second time, or not at all. After collecting enough smileys, which depends on the difficulty level, a report card is displayed. The report card also has a window for the child's photo, which is taken with the iPad's front camera. When completed, the report card is saved to the picture library, so the child can show off his results to parents, grandparents or friends at any time.
Now let's take a closer look at the individual types of tasks that are prepared for children. Of course, the difficulty of the task always depends on the chosen difficulty, but the type of the given task remains the same at all three levels. Among the tasks we find the following:
- classic puzzle,
- sound recognition – a sound is played and the child must match a picture showing its originator (animals, means of transport, musical instruments, etc.), with higher difficulty there is a whole series of sounds and the preschooler must also sort the originator of the sounds according to the order in which the sounds were heard,
- visual memory exercise – a geometric shape or shapes appear on the grid and then disappear, the child then has to match the corresponding shapes to the empty fields,
- exclusion from a logical series – the child must choose from a series of objects the one that differs from the others,
- "maze" - for this task, it is necessary to create a path between the mouse and the cheese from individual pieces,
- connecting points according to the template - the child must connect the relevant points according to the template and thus create a sample figure,
- addition - there is a certain amount of objects in the picture and the child must determine their number,
- writing – the preschooler has the task of tracing the prescribed letter with his finger,
- completing the logical series - the child must logically match the geometric shape to the model series,
- determining silhouettes according to the pattern – the preschooler sees a certain shape in the picture and assigns the given silhouette to it from the menu.
A very successful function is the so-called Parent Page. On it, the parent can operate the game settings (sounds, etc.), but above all view the statistics on the success of individual tasks. In addition, when viewing the results of their child, the parent can eliminate the tasks that the child is good at and leave only the problematic ones in the game so that the child can practice them more. Of course, you can also eliminate those tasks that the child does not like very well, thus preventing unnecessary frustration. The statistics are nicely organized and content filtering is very simple.
Preschool bag - My first report card is a really great application and will help with teaching and improving the abilities of the smallest children in a fun way. The game has beautiful graphics, the tasks are varied and the atmosphere of the game is enhanced by nice "children's" music. I also consider the low price of the app, which is no longer accompanied by any secondary in-app purchases, to be a big plus.
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I bought the preschool bag game. The author then took it down and released a new version. In other words, the money is gone and the game is nowhere to be found.
I back up everything I buy, including gradual updates. Otherwise, in the App Store under the purchased tab, just write the name of the app you ever bought and download it again, it will also download the older version of the app, if the current system no longer supports the newer app.
At the same time, there was recently an instruction to return money. So you don't have to leave for nothing, but try to claim it :)
Great article and great app. Please the author of the article, something similar only in the Slovak language? Or can Slovak be set in the application?
Hello Joseph,
thanks for the praise, I'm glad you like the app, we really tried :)…
The application is not in Slovak, but since you are not the first to ask about it, it looks like you are probably "talking" to me and I will translate the entire "Brasnicek" series into Slovak ;)...
Will it be enough for you on the Slovak App Store during February/February? :)
Health,
JF
So it will be a real blast. Certainly yes, it will be enough, the main thing is that it will be at all :)
Please, put the information on the applecart again like now. I am convinced that we are quite a large community that will be happy with this product. Thank you very much for everyone.
Jozef
The first Brašnička in Slovak has just been published :)…
- https://itunes.apple.com/sk/app/predskolska-brasnicka-zaciname/id823488510?mt=8
Fantasia thank you. One question. Can you also put it on the apple tree? I personally think it will be a great success.
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You're welcome :). Information about the Slovak version of the first Brasnicka will be published in the overview of the Tyden application, which Jablickar regularly publishes.
So I agree that I would immediately buy the Slovak version...
Hello, I am the author of Brasnicka and I would like to put this to rest. I didn't "download" anything, neither the game nor the money.
What happened last October was that Apple disabled our developer account without giving any reason or explanation, did not respond to subsequent emails, and even several long phone calls to Apple HQ in Cupertino did not change anything.
That's why we were forced to create a new developer account and gradually re-upload the application to it. Unfortunately, for this reason, the previous installation does not work, or I can't download from the cloud. Please believe me, as the author, I am SO sorry for this, but there was no other way to get the apps back to the parents and children.
If you bought the original Brasnicka, please email me at jan@friml.net and send you a promo code for a free download as an apology.
Thanks,
JF
I can't help but react.. the application looks very nice - unfortunately my daughter is still too small.. anyway, I'm laughing at the approach of the developer - this is exactly the thing that I miss so much in our parts.. Hats off, Mr. Friml.. Keep it up, good luck.. :)
It looks good. I am very satisfied with the game for our preschool children Can you remember by the Czech programmer Josef Urban. It is available for download at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/can-you-remember-it/id765011935?ls=1&mt=8
It has very nice graphics and music and only 2 dollars! :)
Hello, I would like to ask if it is still possible to buy the games somewhere? I can't find it on the apple store. Thank you Pavel