The Magic Pond vs Lulu's Reef

JOKOTOKI Jokotoki is a Basque word which means : Joko – Game and Toki – Space or Place. What’s more it is a young company full of enthusiasm and made up of a team of designers, engineers, artists, marketers, teachers and educators, whose aim is to create quality digital games. New devices such as tablets and smartphones provide boys and girls with a wide range of possibilities to learn and play in a brand new interactive way. That is to learn by playing and having fun. The Magic Pond Any great journey starts out with a first step and Magic Pond is our first App – the first step of an exciting project. Not only have we created a nice and friendly magical space, but one that is educational and fun as well. This is a space where children can and must freely touch, play and discover while accompanied by their parents. We want them to look around and discover, laugh, sing, play and learn with us. Each girl and boy will discover things and progress at their own pace. All this done freely and by themselves, but always backed up by a grown-up. Magic Pond is divided up into four different areas and presented by a cute little green frog. The Magic Pond is found in the middle area. Everything moves and everything can be touched. The little frog sings “Row, row, row the boat…” Let´s see who is the first to catch sight of the polar bear! The flowers are not what they seem. They are actually butterflies. You try to wake up the lady bug and then give her a little push to see if she flies. We want to stimulate the child’s curiosity and imagination. There is not final aim or goal. Each child follows his own pace and should they grow tired or get bored, you just click on the little house and go on to something else. The Game with the Chameleons Here you find ten friendly chameleons hiding in the jungle with Caribbean music playing in the background. Sometimes the last chameleon hides so well that Mom or Dad has to help find it. (That is if they are able to.) And if no one can find it, there is no problem. You click on the little house and start over. The Game with the Frog and the Moon The little frog dreams about reaching the moon and he has fun blowing soap-bubbles during the night in the Magic Pond. Each bubble that bursts turns into a step of light that will eventually reach the moon. The Pond’s Band A rock band plays in the Magic Pond when night falls. In this game you have to place each musician in the right place so that everyone plays at the same time following the beat. What rhythm that drummer has! And does the pianist play well! We do not like children’s apps which come with advertising. Nor do we approve of the idea that the children do not have access to certain parts of the game unless the parents have previously bought them. ( in-app purchases). Therefore, you will never find these in our apps. We really hope you enjoy our Magic Pond app. If you would like to learn more about Jokotoki apps, please look for ‘jokotokiapp‘ on Facebook. Also at www.jokotoki.com Nothing would make us smile more than a kind review on the app store.

Dive into Lulu's Reef, where little learners count, spell, sort and paint with a friendly baby octopus! Lulu talks your child through every game, in English or Arabic, so no reading is needed. Every tap teaches something: numbers, letters, phonics, rhymes, shapes, colors, patterns, memory and feelings. Wrong answers get a gentle "let's try again", and a glowing hint appears before anyone gets stuck. After a right answer Lulu sometimes shares a little fact ("Red and yellow make orange, like a clownfish!"), and as your child moves up, each game brings something new to do. 30 LEARNING GAMES IN 5 REEF ZONES • Number Reef: count the fish, pop bubbles in order, feed Pip the right number of snacks (adding and taking away too), spot which group has more, learn the days of the week and the months of the year • Letter Lagoon: find letters, trace them in the sand, hear first sounds, build simple words, find the pictures that rhyme, swim friends home along zigzags and loops to get ready to write, and learn the 28 Arabic letters, their dots and their sounds • Shape Shoal: sort shapes into holes, solve reef jigsaw puzzles, spot the odd one out, match pictures to their shadows, find the way through coral mazes • Color Cove: paint fish, mix new colors in the color lab, fill in a coloring book, finish the fish parade pattern, join the dots, spot the differences • Memory Grotto: match shell pairs, sort sea creatures into groups, name how a sea friend feels, draw lines between things that go together, keep the beat with the reef band ENGLISH AND ARABIC Choose Lulu's language for each child, and the letters they learn: English, Arabic or both. Lulu can also name the pictures in both languages. READ-ALONG STORIES Twelve picture-book stories, read aloud by Lulu, with each word lighting up as it is read. Along the way Lulu asks little questions: where is the fish? Let's count the friends! SING-ALONG SONGS Five songs in English and five in Arabic to sing and dance with Lulu: count to ten, sing the alphabet, name the colors and shapes, then tidy up and wave goodbye. The words light up as they are sung, and sea friends dance along. TALK TO LULU (OPTIONAL) If a grown-up turns it on, Lulu listens too: she waves back when your child says hi, bubbles rise when they blow into the microphone, and in First Sounds and Rhyme Time she invites them to say the word. It stays off until you turn it on, sound never leaves the device, and nothing your child says is ever marked wrong. GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD (AGES 2 TO 6) Tell Lulu your child's age and every game starts at the right level for them. Difficulty adapts as they play, and the age moves up by itself each year. A REASON TO COME BACK Every game won earns pearls, and pearls welcome 45 sea friends into Lulu's aquarium. Decorate it with corals, shells and treasures and feed your fish. Every new word your child meets becomes a sticker, with 121 to collect. Lulu picks a game of the day, and the daily clam hides a bonus pearl. From December, snow falls on the reef, with winter decorations to earn. MADE FOR KIDS, TRUSTED BY PARENTS • No ads. Not now, not ever. • No tracking, no accounts, no data collection. Progress stays on your device. • Up to 4 children, each with their own reef, age, language and progress. • An optional daily play timer: when time is up, Lulu gets sleepy and says goodnight. • Purchases, links and settings are behind a grown-up gate. • Works offline, so it's great for car rides and flights. • A parent zone with a learning map shows progress by skill. TRY IT FREE Try every game before you buy: five games, one in every zone, are free to keep (six for children learning Arabic letters), and every other game has three free levels. Lulu's pick of the day is open all day, and four stories and three songs are free. One purchase unlocks the whole reef, including future updates, and Family Sharing is on. Made with love by Bayyara Games.