My Car – Mechanics for Kids 4+
urbn; pockets
Designed for iPad
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- £2.99
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Description
Build your individual model of a car! Curious boys and girls learn lots about cars through hands-on gameplay.
In each area there’s something to do. It can be refueled, the oil can be topped up, you can change a tyre and much, much, more. And your own car can be decorated by you and fine-tuned for the ride - including engine noises! Developed with a team of engineers, parents and children for curious boys and girls aged 4 and above to understand how a car works.
This app relies on the the initial STEM foundation and provides standards-based structured inquiry-based and real world problem-based learning, connecting parts from all four of the STEM subjects. There is also an emphasis placed on bridging in-school and out-of-school STEM learning opportunities.
Content:
- Select and decorate your own car
- Many different exercises (refueling the car, washing the car, changing the tyres, crash testing)
- Large illustrated technology area
- How does the engine work?
- Why does a car need water and oil?
- How do the brakes work?
- What happens during a crash test?
- Collect images of cars for My Album
Features:
- Original artwork
- More than 100 illustrations
- No reading required
- Voice over read by children
- Additional texts available for "little smarty-pants"
- Intuitive, safe, and kid-friendly interface
- Fun for all ages, from toddlers to adults
- No rules or levels, curiosity is rewarded
- Contains no in-app purchases or advertisements from third party companies
This is my Car - Mechanics for Kids follows a playful and educational method that entertains children while learning.
What’s New
Version 2.2.0
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Ratings and Reviews
'This is my car'
This app looks fun first of all but when you actually play the game it becomes confusing,boring and hard to use. Leaving me to wish I didn't pay for this game because i can honestly say this games been the most confusing game yet. Nobody who has played this game had understood what do to this is including myself. If there were some instructions it would be helpful but overall a waste of money and a bad game. Children don't understand how to use it.
Not terrible but not good either
I bought this as it was an editors choice. It shouldn't have been - clearly the App Store editor doesn't know much about kids.
The game is narrated by an American (nothing against Americans, but my kids are English) and uses words like trunk, gasoline etc, so makes it rather confusing for anyone outside US.
It has some fairly advanced concepts like hydro-planing, which is fine, but it isn't really very well explained at all.
The game purports to be for ages 6-8 although the graphic style is more likely to be attractive to younger children. I think it is likely to be suitable at the upper age end for most, but the game is just not interesting enough for this age group.
Navigation is glitchy throughout and often takes several attempts - not helpful for children.
Extremely disappointed
My son played this in the Apple store and really enjoyed it. We purchased it when we got home but the app immediately crashes upon opening. We have tried deleting it and reinstalling and switching on/off the iPad Mini 2 but nothing. Just one very disappointed 8 year old and my purse is now £2.50 lighter... 😦
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Information
- Provider
- urbn; pockets
- Size
- 118.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+, Made for Ages 6 to 8
- Copyright
- © urbn pockets
- Price
- £2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.