About a week ago, Boo discovered a free app for her Ipad called Blocksworld, and she's been loving it ever since. As a parent, I'm pretty fond of it, too. So I thought I'd share some of the aspects of the app that we find especially intriguing and fun!
First of all, Blocksworld is a 3D building app. You can choose from a huge variety of different shaped and sized blocks to create whatever you can imagine. There are typical square and rectangle blocks, wheels, people, odd shaped blocks, etc. The possibilities of building alone are endless.
Blocksworld doesn't end there, however. Once you build a creation, the app has action blocks which allow you to animate your creations with different movements and sounds. The interface for doing this is simple and intuitive, but it gets kids thinking like a programmer and teaches logic and sequencing skills.
The app also contains games that users can play in order to earn new blocks for their collections. In addition, app users can publish their own games to the app for others to play. Boo especially loves this feature. She's made a couple of games now and anxiously waits to see how many people play and like her creations. It's definitely a feature that makes the app stand out.
You can also buy or earn additional block packs such as the Halloween pack, the Legends of oz pack, or the Heroes of Aero pack; and the app is constantly being updated with new content and features to make it even more exciting.
Finally, one more cool feature in Blocksworld is that you can record and upload videos of your game play. Boo has done a quick video of herself building a house just to show everyone a bit of how the app works. Please watch it, and let us know what you think. Also, go and download Blocksworld for yourselves to discover all it has to offer. I can't recommend this one enough. You can also learn more by visiting the Blocksworld official website. Happy building!
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