

But then you look at the app store and think: 'How is it addressing these types of play?' Everything in the app store is in the last category – games and books. "Most children like all five types of play. Toca Boca divides children's activities into five categories: active play (sport), make-believe, manipulative play (building stuff), creative play (drawing) and learning play (books and games). Jeffery explains that it is just supposed to be fun. Is there something I'm not getting? The company headquarters in Sweden should have the answer. In a world where everyone is worried about shoot 'em up games and stranger danger, these cartoon cakes, robot nurses and smiley butterflies seem innocuous. My two youngest children, Vera and Jack, three, are captivated by the games. To help kids get started, parents and caregivers can check out the “For Parents” tab in the corner of the start screen, which features a short introduction and comprehensive tutorial on the game.Toca Tailor Fairy Tales: a dress up game. With several different plant types available to discover, kids will get a kick out of finding new types and exploring the nuances of plant life. Fiddling with the various stations is key to finding new plans and adds to the fun of experimentation. Every time a new plant is discovered, it’s recorded in a special journal with its real scientific name and normal name so that kids can research the plant on their own and learn more about it.

Though there are no specific instruction on how to get new plants, players are free to experiment with as many different scientific processes as they want to see what their plants like until they find one. Toca Lab: Plants is an excellent way to introduce kids to the world of botany. Lastly, the crossbreeding apparatus lets players fuse any two plants together to create their own new species. The cloning machine allows players to make five little seedlings of one of their fully grown plants which can grow into their own full-sized plants. Users can see which type of food they like and which ones they don’t. The nutrition station features three different types of plant food. Plants can be placed in the watering tank where players can see how they react to being submerged in water. The grow light can brighten up a plant’s day with three different brightness settings to expose them to. But the real fun comes from taking it to one of five different stations to help it grow and even produce new seeds for newer plants. Kids will start with one digital plant, which they can interact with by touching the surface around it, and watch it frolic around the terrain. New from Toca Boca’s line of popular educational apps, Toca Lab: Plants is a fun way to help kids learn more about the science of nurturing and growing plant life. Make any smartphone or tablet into a greenhouse with Toca Lab: Plants from Toca Boca.
