How much your child likes this really depends on where they are in development, my estimate would be for kids 2 to 5 years old. If you want a game that shows simple math, adding and subtracting as well as some basic counting skills for kids that are not up to math yet, this is one of the best aps around, esp for the $2 price. I have tried 4 other kids math aps and most of them are too advanced for young kids (or just not visually appealing for preschoolers). This has the most fun and cute graphics for littler ones to look at. Here is a brief summary of the games included:
1 & 2. Melon Harvest, Apple Harvest: these first 2 are little counting games. The child drags a requested number of items into a basket and then click "Done" when they think they have the correct number of items.
3: Baby Penguins: teaches counting up to ten. one reviewer said that they could have done more with this and I agree, but then, the same could be said for the first two
4 & 5. Happy Birds & Fruit Fall: Birds is an adding game, with animation that helps the child by moving the two groups together so the child can see how many total there are. Fruit Fall is a simple subtraction game, also with animation that shows what happens when the items are subtracted away.
6. Balloon Bounce: is a step up, mixing adding and subtracting, up to 10. Child needs to select the correct answer from 4 floating balloon choices. no time limit.
7. Parachute Drop: is the same as balloon drop, only it adds a time limit. so child needs to select the correct answer from 4 choices, floating down on parachutes before they all disappear into the clouds at the bottom.
Several reviewers complained about the audio. Could be better/more clear but really isn't that bad. My 3.5 yr old son understands what they are saying, that's what counts right? :) I do think it would be nice if they could eventually add a stepped up reward system, so kids can see how many they have gotten right. Either a "prize" or sticker for every 10 right answers, or maybe a "high score" list. Otherwise, this is very worth the price, esp for anyone that has a toddler that is interested in math & numbers. Finally an ap that teaches math, but is geared to toddlers/preschoolers!
Cute Math
(454 ratings)
Seller: Bokan TechnologiesCategory: Education
Released on: June 14, 2009
Size: 6.2 MB
Price: $1.99
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Description:
-- updated info
* video: http://tinyurl.com/d72y7u
* The best game I’ve found so far is Cute Math. Yes, you heard me right. Math that’s cute, for one tiny price!
Your little one can count baby penguins, pick the right amount of apples to put in a basket, move some happy birds around to solve addition problems, and drop apples off a tree to solve subtraction problems.
The best feature of this game is the modeling involved - all of the cute animals and objects become manipulatives that you can move around to help solve the problem. For instance, for the problem 3 + 4 = ___, there are 3 happy birds on one wire, and 4 happy birds on another. One tap of the screen sends all of the birds to one wire, and your child can easily count the birds altogether. Good stuff. Did I mention that it’s also cute?
from http://mediamacaroni.com/?p=671
* Cute Math comes with cool animations and cute voices that keep your child engaged and interested in learning. The application is not for everyone. In general, it would work with kids less than 6 years old. Cute Math is designed to help small children get started early with math and build a good basic foundation for the future.
Cute Math is very cute and fun for young kids. It’s never too early to get started with math, and this is a great app for that very purpose.
-- from iPhone App Finder
* Cute Math is featured in "New and Noteworthy" in iTunes, TWICE! (Jan 29 - Feb 23, Jun 1 - Now 2009)
* Cute Math is ranked 2nd in "Top Paid Apps" in Education category in iTunes (Jan 29, 2009)
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Cute Math is an interesting, comfortable application which helps your children learn basics of math from counting and sequence to the concept of addition and subtraction. Thanks to its vivid animations and cute voices, children can study easily while having fun. This application is suitable for children of age under 5 years.
Mini Games Instructions:
APPLE HARVEST: Helps to learn counting numbers from 1 to 10. A bird says how many apples it needs, and the player should drag apples of according number from the tree to the basket.
BABY PENGUINS: Helps to learn sequence of numbers from 1 to 10. Penguin mother calls little penguins from 1 to 10, player needs to drag the right penguin into the queue.
HAPPY BIRDS: Helps to learn the concept of addition. Two groups of birds are singing standing on the wires. Touch the center of the screen, one group of birds will fly to join the other group, visualizing the concept of addition. Player needs to drag the right answer from 4 optional numbers below the screen to complete the equation above.
FRUIT FALL: Helps to learn the concept of subtraction. Touch the center of screen, some of the fruits will fall from the tree, visualizing the concept of subtraction. Player needs to drag the correct answer from 4 options at the bottom of the screen to complete the equation above.
BALLOON BOUNCE: Random practice of addition and subtraction. 4 balloons with numbers on them float in the air. Player need to touch the one with the answer to the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that.
PARACHUTE JUMP: Random practice of addition and subtraction with time limit. 4 parachutes with numbers hang on them fall slowly in the night sky. Player needs to touch one of them to answer the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that. When the parachutes fall down behind the clouds, the time is up.
* About iBokan
This fun game is brought to you by Bokan Technologies, a leading iPhone App developer in Beijing, China, and the creator of popular games like "Cute Math", "Eye Test" and "Galaxy Impact", among others. Please visit us at iBokan.com.
* video: http://tinyurl.com/d72y7u
* The best game I’ve found so far is Cute Math. Yes, you heard me right. Math that’s cute, for one tiny price!
Your little one can count baby penguins, pick the right amount of apples to put in a basket, move some happy birds around to solve addition problems, and drop apples off a tree to solve subtraction problems.
The best feature of this game is the modeling involved - all of the cute animals and objects become manipulatives that you can move around to help solve the problem. For instance, for the problem 3 + 4 = ___, there are 3 happy birds on one wire, and 4 happy birds on another. One tap of the screen sends all of the birds to one wire, and your child can easily count the birds altogether. Good stuff. Did I mention that it’s also cute?
from http://mediamacaroni.com/?p=671
* Cute Math comes with cool animations and cute voices that keep your child engaged and interested in learning. The application is not for everyone. In general, it would work with kids less than 6 years old. Cute Math is designed to help small children get started early with math and build a good basic foundation for the future.
Cute Math is very cute and fun for young kids. It’s never too early to get started with math, and this is a great app for that very purpose.
-- from iPhone App Finder
* Cute Math is featured in "New and Noteworthy" in iTunes, TWICE! (Jan 29 - Feb 23, Jun 1 - Now 2009)
* Cute Math is ranked 2nd in "Top Paid Apps" in Education category in iTunes (Jan 29, 2009)
-- end update
Cute Math is an interesting, comfortable application which helps your children learn basics of math from counting and sequence to the concept of addition and subtraction. Thanks to its vivid animations and cute voices, children can study easily while having fun. This application is suitable for children of age under 5 years.
Mini Games Instructions:
APPLE HARVEST: Helps to learn counting numbers from 1 to 10. A bird says how many apples it needs, and the player should drag apples of according number from the tree to the basket.
BABY PENGUINS: Helps to learn sequence of numbers from 1 to 10. Penguin mother calls little penguins from 1 to 10, player needs to drag the right penguin into the queue.
HAPPY BIRDS: Helps to learn the concept of addition. Two groups of birds are singing standing on the wires. Touch the center of the screen, one group of birds will fly to join the other group, visualizing the concept of addition. Player needs to drag the right answer from 4 optional numbers below the screen to complete the equation above.
FRUIT FALL: Helps to learn the concept of subtraction. Touch the center of screen, some of the fruits will fall from the tree, visualizing the concept of subtraction. Player needs to drag the correct answer from 4 options at the bottom of the screen to complete the equation above.
BALLOON BOUNCE: Random practice of addition and subtraction. 4 balloons with numbers on them float in the air. Player need to touch the one with the answer to the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that.
PARACHUTE JUMP: Random practice of addition and subtraction with time limit. 4 parachutes with numbers hang on them fall slowly in the night sky. Player needs to touch one of them to answer the question above. The correct answer will be shown after that. When the parachutes fall down behind the clouds, the time is up.
* About iBokan
This fun game is brought to you by Bokan Technologies, a leading iPhone App developer in Beijing, China, and the creator of popular games like "Cute Math", "Eye Test" and "Galaxy Impact", among others. Please visit us at iBokan.com.
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Recent AppStore Reviews:
One of the most preschool-friendly math aps for ipod
Need option to change difficulty level
This is for 5 yes old only. Need option to change difficulty level.
Great app for preschoolers
My two-year-old loved this game. It was the first game he could really play on my iPod. Now, at three years, he's starting to understand addition and subtraction from the cute animations this app uses for those drills. I recommend for anyone looking for something they can let their two and three year olds play.
I'm only giving it four stars because the sound clips are really very low quality.
???
It's for like 2 year olds...?
Cute Math
Love it!!! Useful and worth your money.
Cute Math
Grandsons (ages 5 and 3) love it. Challenging but fun for them. So many games to choose.
Great app lacks more audio
I bought this for my two and three year old nephews can learn some math. However, the only audio that can be heard is during number counting, which you really can't hear the elephant say the number.. There should be an option to have audio on all sections that way the younger kids are able to hear "what is 9-4?" or "5+2". That would be awesome!
Fun & educational
My 2yo & 4-1/2yo both use it. I like the verticle progression from easier to harder skills. Author responded quickly to user feedback about location function thx!
Great app!
This is a great application for a young one who's learning number recognition, counting and early addition and subtraction skills! My daughter (almost 4YR) enjoys it very much. It's a great way to to pass time while reinforcing these skills!
Great idea, poor audio
Audio sample are poor quality, often difficult to understand what is being said. Spoken language is sometimes like a whisper while the action sounds are loud (also poor quality and a little too flashy for a kid). Again, great idea but they need to really redo all of their audio samples and be sure it is also in clear English without heavy accent.
Nice!!
My two year old loves it and actually is already learning to add!! She adores mama penquin
Fantastic - my 4 year old loves it!
My 4 year old loves learning on Dad's iPhone - and this is a profoundly simple yet effective tool for learning the basics of addition and subtraction.
whats the obsession with knowing where we are at?
enought all ready!! any simple reason of why ?
deserves better stars after this features is taking off.
deserves better stars after this features is taking off.
S1234
4yo really enjoys this game!
Why do you need to know the location of my child?
Version 1.2 is now asking for access to Core Location. There is no option to permanently disable this call, and there is no explanation of why it is required.
I am sure you are using the location data for a metrics package, something like Pinch Media. But it is inappropriate to be collecting location data from children.
I will not re-install your app until the Core Location call has been removed, or there is an option to permanently disable it.
I am sure you are using the location data for a metrics package, something like Pinch Media. But it is inappropriate to be collecting location data from children.
I will not re-install your app until the Core Location call has been removed, or there is an option to permanently disable it.
Adorable and Clever
This app is simply adorable. The illustrations are very cute and looks slightly like Japanese children's workbooks. I like the clever way they visually represent addition in the Happy Birds and subtraction in Fruit Fall. Also the voice is very cute and makes my daughter giggle when she says "oh, no" or "whaaa". Very well done app. I even like to play it.
It's okay
The voice audio is ok...not clearly spoken and the sound effects are good but compressed in quality. My son likes this game but on Baby Penguins and Apple Harvest, when the level is completed, he touches the menu button in the top left and it doesn't work because there is a second menu button in the center of the screen.
Fun Math Learning game for a 4 year old
One suggestion... On the Happy Birds Game. My daughter needs to count the birds on the wire in order to determine how many present in total on the top wire. When she touches the screen to count them, they fly back down to the bottom wire and she loses count and has to start from 1. My suggestion is that once the birds have flown from bottom wire to top wire... they should stay there if the screen is touched again.
my kids love it
so cute and easy to use. love the cute animals and very practical.
Great App!
My 4 yr old loves this app... he always asks if he can play his "learning game" when we are running errands, waiting for his brother's lesson, etc. Job well done... this is a "Mommy Helper" I feel good about!
Great App!!!!
My kids love the animations and the fun games and the animals!!!! Yaaahhh!!!!
Wonderful!
This is a great way to spend time with my almost 3 year old niece. She loves playing with this game and is learning not just to count (cause she can already do that), but to give a more specific answer when asked not just shown and of course a great start for a more interactive math. Now if I can just install this on her itouch she'll have this at home. Yep, not quite 3 yrs yet and she knows how to use one. :)
Mom
My 3 1/2 yr old loves this. He cried when I said we have to stop playing it.
It is kind of hard to hear the numbers being said, but well worth getting!
Awesome App
Wow! Bokan Tech is really accomplished!!! It is a great app for children that are just getting to learn their basic math facts. And it's cute too!!!! Great app Bokan Tech!!!
What I've been waiting for!
Perfect for my 2 year old who is advanced and bored with other 1-10 counting games. Thank you! Thank you ! Thank you! Great animation and cute graphics! Can't get better than this.
Perfect for a 5 year old!
My daughter absolutely loves it.
Stupid
Don't care
Needs improvement
Problematic areas:
1. The voice that says the numbers is hard to understand and is sometimes muffled by the sound effects.
2. The font used for the numbers is too curly. It confuses my daughter who is trying to learn what the numbers are by sight.
Fix these problems and I'd give it 5 stars!
Great app for kids
Great concept and excecutions, Sound could be improved
Great for my 4 year old
She loves it an she's learning. Please keep updating. Thanks!
Great for kids!!
This game is great for kids! I use it all the time with my little 4 yr old nephew. He loves it! Whenever we go on trips as a family, he always asks to sit next to me on the plane just so he could play it. It really gets them ready for kindergarten!!! GREAT APP!!!!! You should get it!
Great app for little kids!!
Great for my 4yo. He loves it and has a lot of fun with it. Nice he's learning concepts as he's playing.
Love it!
I play this with my 2 year old and she is totally learning addition & subtraction I am amazed with how quickly she is learning, this is the app she wants to play all the time.
Thank you
Mom
Great!! My 4 yr old loves this game. Adorable voice & cute graphics. Well worth it!
Target Age for Cute Math is 3-4 years old - App needs some options
This a well produced, but extremely basic application for 3 to 4 year old children. I really want to rate it highly, but it must be noted that some of the included games are extremely limited. Baby Penguins for instance... once a child orders the penguins a single time, what else is there to do? It would be great if the penguins could be ordered in multiple ways, perhaps odds/even, or by 5s or even backwards. The most useful game for us has been Falling Apples because of the way it beautifully illustrates subtraction. I just wish the app had more flexibility. It is focused only on a very specific 6 month slice of child development.
Great kids game!
My son loves this game. He's in preschool and is really getting re concepts of addition before they teach it to him. I recommend it to anyone with a young child. Better than keeping him busy with mindless movies.
Good but needs refinement
This is a very good start at what could be a great learning tool for 2 to 6 year olds.
A couple of things:
The "Done" and "next game" buttons are too small and too hard for my little guy (and Dad) to easily see and press, and these buttons are too bunched in with other text and graphics to make it easily accessable to a young child with toddler motor coordination. A slight re-design is advised.
Secondly, my two year-old needs a better reward splash screen and reward sound (ideally something animated and joyous) to know that he has done a good job. The existing scenario is very anti-climactic and non-inspired.
Otherwise, this is a fun and educational application. Worth the dough.
Fun app for kid!
A truly wonderful app for my 4yo! The first time I showed it to him, he played for 20 minutes and really had fun, even if he was learning something :).
fun but not for me
yeah it has good graphics and its well done but it is ment for kids not 16 year old boys.
math teacher approved!
My wife is a highschool math teacher and uses this app to teach our four year old.
Nicely done.
I think preschoolers starting around 2 and up will enjoy sitting with a parent and learning.
Ahh
I'm a 30 year old man. And I love this game. Got it for my 5 year old and now I can't stop playing. Fantastic graphics!
Cute - teaches basic math skills to kids in a easy to use way
This is a cute little app... it teaches everything from basic counting ("slide x number of apples from a tree into a basket") to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. Though it might be too cutesy for kids old enough to be doing multiplication. I'd say the sweet-spot age group for this is kindergarten through maybe 3rd or 4th grade. My kid loves it thought!
Great game for kids
This is a great game for anyone with young kids. My 4 year old daughter loves to play games on my iPod and this has become a favorite. It has several games with cute graphics and sound,and is educational too. I would recomend it for anyone else with children that like to play on their iphones too.