Captain McFinn’s Swim and Play App {Review}
If your kids or grandkids are all over their electronics (and yours) then wouldn’t it be nice to have an app that’s meant just for them? Instead of wondering what exactly they are reading and listening how, how about an app they can use for music, games and more…like the Captain McFinn’s Swim and Play App.
In Captain McFinn’s Swim & Play, your preschooler can explore an interactive, underwater world, play fun games, and engage in exciting learning activities all facilitated by a live instructor. Swim & Play’s learning activities cover various prosocial, preschool topics for 3-5 year olds. The prosocial topics include:
Sharing and politeness
Playing as a group
Asking for help
Being thankful
Respecting others
I installed this on my tablet that I let my grandchildren use when they come over to my house. My grandson, Ryan, and I took it for a test drive. The first thing we did was watch a few videos and learned about the characters and a few of their lessons they were teaching. Like about the “cool kids” and fitting in, and how it can cause hurt feelings by leaving people out or making fun of them. That being different isn’t a bad thing.
Of course, he wanted to check out the game section, so I let him “drive” while I watched and started exploring the play area. He loved the building game where he could take all kinds of colorful shapes and build things out of them, even if they didn’t make sense in a traditional sense. Then there was a drawing game where he could change between colors, stamps and more.
Then there was an explorer in a submarine that came on to the screen and she said her name was Piper.
Ryan wasn’t too sure what to make of this; but she started using his name and responding when he did specific functions and he was delighted! Piper guided the kids through various games and activities, relying on the kid’s responses in the system to either encourage or congratulate them on their performance.
Don’t worry, they can’t see you or the kids! All they can “see” is how your child is interacting with the system, whether they are following along, etc. They don’t have any personal details and they can’t contact your child outside of the very limited communication tool (which you can turn off too). I love that while he may be working alone on the tablet or smartphone, he can be “guided” through games and lessons by someone besides Mom or Dad.
The app is built for kids between 3 and 5 years old, but I don’t think a younger or a little bit older child wouldn’t benefit either. There are a bunch of colors, animations and “hot spots” that the kids can interact with on the screen! A lot of the other characters and sea life respond to a touch or tap, and there are 3 different worlds to explore too. Not to mention the games and video sections as well.
As they use Captain McFinn’s Swim and Play App, they can earn badges for various actions and completed activities. And you can even visit their website for coloring pages, more videos and other information to help you and your child use the app.
Captain McFinn’s Swim & Play app is also featured in the nabi Elev-8, Fuhu’s most advanced and powerful kid-focused tablet to date, which launched in October. Fuhu, Inc., is the creator of the award-winning nabi® tablet and the foremost innovator in high technology solutions for families. Captain McFinn joins a select group of other premier children’s entertainment brands in nabi Elev-8’s content lineup.
The app is available on both the Apple and the Android platforms and costs $2.99 to download. Don’t worry about additional purchases though; we haven’t come across anything that costed money. Once it’s set up, the kids are good to go play.
Be sure to check out the website for the Captain McFinn’s Swim and Play App, as well as the latest news and information on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram. This would make a great educational app for those tablets this coming holiday season, as well as something parents can approve of to help teach & entertain their children during travel and poor weather days.
Does your child have a tablet of their own or do they use yours?
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