Where can you find a Pteranodon, a Woolly Mammoth, and a Kentrosaurus all in one place?
If you’re not in a museum, or you don’t own a time machine, Connect the Dots Dinosaur from IPV Solutions is a good place to start. The free version of this app comes with 5 puzzles your children’s fingers can complete, and 22 more come with an in-app purchase of $1.99.
Game play is simple. From the main menu your tiny tot simply selects “Play” and touches the puzzle they want to complete. (I suggest the beginning, which usually is a good place to start.) The puzzles increase in difficulty as you progress ; the farther along your tiny paleontologist gets, the more dots you get to connect! If they happen to get stuck, or aren’t sure where to connect next, the next dot will flash as a reminder. You can change that, so don’t worry.
In the settings part of the menu, you can control sound, the timer feature, the hint level, the size of the dots, or reset the game and start over. My favorite part of the menu was controlling what the dots present as. You can set it up to be the standard 1-2-3 form we all know and love, easy peasy. Not counting yet, or is your kiddo moving on to bigger and better things like letters? This app has you covered! Simply change the setting to lowercase or capital letters. Mission accomplished. There are some links to the outside internet that are accessible by holding the link buttons for 3 seconds. I have yet to see an app do this, and it is a little more difficult to access since you have to press continually, but do notice they are there.
No in-depth reading or instructions are needed for this app- it is simply open, press, and play! There's also a cool voice over that pronounces each dinosaur name and the unique sound for each dinosaur.
Why not make it a family (or classroom, if that’s your spin) competition to see how many dinos you can build ?
If you'd like to download Connect the Dots Dinosaur HD, (FREE with IAP) here's the link to do so.
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