Happy App Friday!
Play puzzles, lots of puzzles, with Puzzle Kids, and then head down to the police station with Bobo Police Car. See an amazing image of a 50 million year old fossilized school of fish, and read up on the latest from Common Sense Media on parents, teens, devices, and sleep.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Puzzle Kids – Jigsaw Puzzles
by RV AppStudios LLC
Puzzle Kids covers the jigsaw puzzle genre well. It includes object identification, shape puzzles and more traditional jigsaw puzzles. Puzzles can be scaled from 4 to 32 pieces to accommodate different ability and age levels. Sounds, graphics and animation are all well done, although the verbal encouragement could be toned down a bit. The app contains many puzzles and more packs can be downloaded for free.
Bobo Police Car – Kids & Baby
by Appelsin Apps AB
Bobo Police Car is essentially a peek-a-boo app with a police car setting. Kids are presented with a city scene where they can open doors and windows to see the animated animals behind them. They can then take the police car to a bank scene where there are more opportunities to see what the animals are up to, and to catch bank robbers. For toddlers.
A 50-million-year-old fossil captures a swimming school of fish
This is an amazing image. Imagine a school of fish becoming fossilized at the same time.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/50-million-year-old-fossil-captures-swimming-school-fish
The New Normal: Parents, Teens, and Devices
“New research from Common Sense Media shows that those glowing screens are keeping many of us—and our kids—from getting a good night’s sleep. In this timely follow-up to our 2016 report on device distraction, parents and teens reveal how device use affects their routines, relationships, and sleep habits—from where they keep phones at night to how often digital notifications wake them up (and why).”
Reading the full article requires a sign-up.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/The-New-Normal-Parents-Teens-and-Devices-Around-the-World
Or, see this summary from the Washington Post.
