GazziliWords

This educational app has been done with a lot of care. The series of apps have a set of characters that reappear in the GazziliWorld series of apps.

Each word has three steps. Firstly, the word is explained in an easy way so that your child can relate to it and understand the word. The second step is a finger-motor-skill activity whereby you are asked to move something by tapping or dragging an object in the screen that is directly related to the description of word. The final step involves a game that enhances the interactive experience with the illustrations and the concept of the word. 

For example, for the word “balance”, the first step involves the description, in the second step you are asked to drag some ice-cream scoops towards the ice-cream cone and to place the scoops in a stack so that they balance on-top of each other. The result is an ice-cream that is stacked high with ice-cream scoops. Soon, the ice-cream begins to wobble and you are instructed to keep tilting the tablet so that you maintain the stack in balance. Throughout the games you are given positive feedback and encouragement.  Even the adults testing the app were hooked on this game. It is very addictive!

This is a truly multi-sensory learning experience that teaches vocabulary, how to follow instructions and practice hand-eye coordination and the control of finger-movements. 

Overall, the apps are highly entertaining. The value of the app lies in its interactivity and in spending the time to read and play with the app alongside your child. Perhaps you can take inspiration from the app so that when your child is thinking of a word he/she can think of ways of explaining it and then creating games around the words! Use the app to springboard onto more words and to really inspire your children about how words are used to explain and bring alive the world around us. That is the true value of this app.