4.6
out of 5
13 Ratings
Make a Scene: Farmyard is a very engaging app with many educational opportunities for preschoolers to learn. In it you are the designer of a farm, dragging and dropping people, animals, vehicles and crops into 5 different farm scenes. Each item is named and if possible, makes a sound. Orientation of pieces can be changed with a simple drag to either the right or left. I use this app for teaching basic skills on the iPad and as a reinforcer...but teachers, parents, and SLP's will appreciate the rich language play at hand. There are endless scenes you can make, and you are able to take a snapshot and email to a friend or place it on social media. Links are not secured.
She's loved it so much I'm buying the Safari version now at her request. The animations are great, the different backgrounds, you can make the stickers face left or right (mirror them) by tapping 2x so lots of room for customization here. If your kid loves this also buy Art Maker which allows them to make their own 30 second movies with the sticker scenes they make (iPad). That one however is not animated and this is. And thanks to both of the makers because I've now been freed from buying real stickers that cost arm and a leg and that I end up peeling off of the furniture. Also great fun to play together. Very stable and fun app.
I like how the stickers scale so that they get smaller the further away in the scene you place them. Lots of fun pieces to work with. I use this app as part of my 2.5 year old son's speech therapy. I would like to see ways for the stickers to interact with each other- such as the horse eating that apple, etc. Maybe the animals could swim if you put them in the water? Would also be nice if the barn doors could open/close and you could interact with the backround animals- for instance the cat that peeks out if the barn or the ladybug on the fence. I look forward to trying some of your other apps.
As a mom of a toddler, I love love love all of the Make A Scene games (yes we bought them all!) because there is so much to play with and create. The sounds are great and keep my little guy happy! The ease of use is great and the games never lose their luster! I am also an auditory therapist for students with processing delays and I use these games for auditory memory/recall practice ("I would like 2 pigs, 3 cows and 1 tomato plant in the scene"). They love it! My students never tire of playing with all of the Make A Scene games! Very happy I stumbled upon these!
My daughter (2 years) LOVES this app. She has been playing it for 45 minutes straight. She loves to change the scenery, add more animals, and listen to their sounds. When you bring an animal in, it says the name and the animal makes its noise. Very helpful for the kids that are still learning what different animals are I would think.Thanks!!!
We love this app, especially because of the English (British) narrator! We live on a farm and my son is obsessed with the tractors in this game. My son is 20 months old, we do not allow him much "computer" time but this is an easy to use game that is very educational.
My daughter really loves this app. I love how she can have fun learning and playing at the same time. The graphics and animations are fantastic. There is endless possibilities in creating scences. I really like that this app is user friendly towards the child.
I love this app and I am glad that it was free. I just wish that some of the others were free or reduced in price so that I could add more for my family to enjoy (without feeling guilty about paying too much).
I use this in my therapy sessions for learning attributes, following directions, and auditory discrimination/identification (I hide animals behind the bushes and then tap the bush to hear there sounds). A lot of fun and the children are very engaged.
My son really loves this app but be careful when you go to buy more because it does not say that you are only buying on of the scenes you push one. I bought one thinking I was buying all and it ended up being a princess one.