Pair Up - Android version

What it is: a set of activities for developing language, quantitative and reasoning skills.

What you do with it: choose the category (Visual Perception,Quantitative Reasoning,Associative Thinking) and the level (easy or advanced) and the type of the activity then try to pick the correct answer (out of 4 presented). There are about 24 types of activities, about 12 tasks each, they include matching objects with the same shape and color, finding missing objects, finding the shortest route, assessing quantities, matching objects and letters and more. Please note that the activities in the advanced mode can be very challenging and are aimed at more competent children.

What we liked: great variety of activities, excellent educational value.

What we didn't like: the tasks are always presented in the same order. We didn't like the narrator's voice (sounds like a robot). The visuals may not be too enticing for children. Graphic presentation of some of the tasks could be better (e.g. the routes in the Shortest Route task are small and difficult to see). Some of the tasks are so difficult that they may be just too difficult... for parents. The hint pages are very short and don't offer enough help.

Bottom line: a very good tool for parents or educators.

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