GardenLab

What is it and what do you do with it: an educational garden-building game.

Plant seeds to grow new flowers, water flowers, obtain new seeds with a help of bees etc. Use reward points to buy new seeds and garden equipment.

What we liked: the concept (play a game while learning about nature's cycles, phenomena like rain and wind, primary and secondary colors etc). Many features enhancing the gameplay. Nice 3D-like graphics and animations. Sounds and sound backgrounds. Multiple player accounts.

What we didn't like: no spoken instructions (for non-reading kids parental assistance is required). The educational (nature/gardening) content is rather limited (especially considering older kids). May not offer enough motivation to complete all stages (the tasks get more and more complex and time consuming as you play).

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