What we love…
the music, the amount and variety of games, graphics, the ability to explore and play while learning.
What we’d love to see…
more instructions within the app and the ability to either “test out” or skip certain skills for older kids
Summary
This app appeals to a wide variety of ages from toddler through elementary school and skill levels with skills such as early literacy, early math, fine motor and more. For the price, this app is a great value for all of the content it provides. The graphics and music are top notch and the app is extremely well executed. Great job Little Bit. I can’t wait to see what you bring us next!
Our Rating
Bugs and Bubbles, an iOS Universal app by Little Bit Studio is part of a collection of award winning collection of apps. This app provides beautiful music, advanced interactivity, 18 games and activities all set in Uncle Bob’s Bubble Factory, stickers to earn, graduated stages within the app, multiple user profiles, “adaptive play”, multi-touch interaction, visual instructions and more. Skills addressed in the app include: shapes, colors, patterns, balance, counting, pinching, sorting, tracking, balance and more!
This app is gorgeous from a viewers perspective and the graphics provide a significant amount of depth. The music is soothing and does not take away from game play. There are always new things to open touch and explore each time we use the app. I love that my son is able to practice a variety of tasks within the app such as colors, counting, letters and sorting while having fun and not even realizing that he is learning. I also really like that the modules are divided into multiple stages which get more difficult as this helps the app appeal to a wider age bracket and can help parents/teachers/therapist tailor the app to the child’s needs. Our favorite games were the patterns where you had to slide the bubbles into an ABAB pattern which teaches early math skills, “which” which requires following directions to select balloons based on specifications like color, size and quantity and color Ninja where we practiced the names of colors as we popped the bubbles. More advanced games include: matching bubbles which requires you to make pairs by popping letter-filled bubbles, shape stack where you can “stack” bubbles to make a tower and pinch garden where flowers grow and sprout bubbles which are pinched and collected. The games in stage three were too difficult for my son, but I think math scales where you sequence numbered boxes on a scale to come up with the same total was interesting to him since we have done a similar exercise in the children’s museum The follow me tracing game uses a foggy window for a writing surface which we practiced with our stylus which was very responsive within the app.
I would like to see instructions integrated within the app. Although the app is incredibly intuitive, there are times that having an instruction or two especially when you are playing the first time would be helpful. It would also be nice to have a place where kids can “test out” of certain skills rather than having to practice them in stages 1 and 2 if they are older and already understand the concepts.
This app appeals to a wide variety of ages from toddler through elementary school and skill levels with skills such as early literacy, early math, fine motor and more. For the price, this app is a great value for all of the content it provides. The graphics and music are top notch and the app is extremely well executed. Great job Little Bit. I can’t wait to see what you bring us next!
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Bugs and Bubblesby Little Bit Studio, LLC.Category: Education, Games, Educational, Kids Requirements: Compatible with all Size: 100.53 MB |
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This one looks like a lot of fun!
I like bugs!!! ;)
U.S., books
I live in the US and my favorite gift as a child was a camera. This app looks great!
USA. A doll cradle!
I live in the US. My favorite gift as a child was a yellow small suitecase from my godparents. I was about 10 years old. Great for sleepovers with my cousins :-)
I live in Ireland . Favourite toy was a soft plush ALF
I am sure it is as great as bugs and buttons!!
I live in US. Fave gift as a child was a Walkman!
I live in the USA. One of my favorite gifts was a Barbie house my dad built for me.
I live in Australia. My favourite gift was my Cricket magazine subscription and the other things that came with it every Christmas. I had a poster, t-shirt, bag and towel with the cricket characters on them. Loved the magazine and can’t wait to share them with my children.
Australia. My favourite gift as a child would haev to be my trampoline
I live in the US. My favorite gift as a child was a sewing machine.
I love to go to the mountains by a stream and sit with my feet in the cold water.
Go for a walk somewhere peaceful and just listen.
I like to snorkel!
I love to walk and listen to natures music
I love to spend time in the woods and sit on a rock and soak my feet in the river.
I like to play in the mud after it rains!
One of my favorite things to do in nature is hike with my family.
One of my favorite things to do is hike with my family
I like to watch the clouds:)
Hiking in the redwoods or along the coast
One of my favorite things to do in nature is work/play in the garden!
Gardening, Watching BF fish in the park…
go hiking
Love taking pictures of nature.
We like to look at the stars
I love nature, going for walks with my 3 year old, looking at all the flowers & trees & leaves :)
Downloaded this app for $nzd 1.29. Have to say this is an awesome app. My four year old has been intrigued with it and even the site has me hooked. There Are Ll levels, the only downside is that you cannot skip levels. This is one of the best educational apps we have downloaded. Thanks for your website otherwise we would not have heard about it.