At the beginning they knew that 97% of households are equipped with a TV set, 83% have a tablet and 77% have a smartphone. Later they found out that 20% of infants have their own tablet and 28% of two-year-olds can independently navigate a mobile device without adult's help. So that the question appeared: how to make an everyday time spend with mobile devices both educational and fun?
Splendid Stories - Polish app developer after two years of work made it happen. They introduced Detective Jolly Head Street of Secrets app to the market of free games.
App allows children to unfold the fascinating world of mystery and investigations. Detective Jolly Head Street of Secrets represents “hidden object” genre - so that it requires kids to find indicated items and solve puzzles. It also allows to collect evidences, analyse them at a laboratory and interrogate suspects—all that in a familiar and friendly setting: home, school and park.
Sounds not so educational? Well, according to scientists led by Michael D. Patterson of Nanyang Technological University, hidden object game activities can affect the ability to visually search for objects and spatial memory.
What is more, as the Detective Jolly Head Street of Secrets app is intended for children aged 6 and over, Splendid Stories paid much attention to correctness and clarity of messages appearing throughout the game.
But wait, there's more! An additional asset of the application is the “Family Friendly” functionality, promoting responsible use of mobile devices. After 30 minutes of playing, a message suggesting a break appears on the screen. During that kids can use ideas for developmental activities which can be done with their parents or friends in the “real world”. The activity suggestions are related to the particular stage of the game that the child is playing at the time.
App is available both in AppStore: https://goo.gl/WsAOv3 and Google Play: https://goo.gl/pqLYJ2.
Have fun!
More info: goo.gl
One of the app locations; source: Splendid Stories
