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App Review: 'Mickey's Magical Math World by Disney Imagicademy' (iPhone/iPad)

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App Name: Mickey’s Magical Math World by Disney Imagicademy (iPhone/iPad0

Cost: Free

What does it promise? Mickey’s Magical Math World by Disney Imagicademy promises a fun, engaging and bright way for young children to learn the basic mathematical skills.

Features according to iTunes:

Explore 5 different fun-filled worlds of shapes, counting, sorting, number challenges, and even early addition and subtraction concepts.
Mickey's Super Rocket Shapes
Minnie's Robot Count-Along
Donald's Number Launcher
Daisy's Bedtime Countdown
Goofy's Silly Sorting

Does it deliver? Yes. This app is very fun and very extremely pleasing to the eye. It will especially be pleasing to the eyes of children 5-years-old and under which are the recommended ages for this app. Through using this app children should be able to learn counting, adding, subtracting, shapes, numbers and even sorting. It is a good way to build the early development of mathematical skills, which the U.S. is currently trying to get up to speed with against the rest of the world. The lessons come in the form of games which children will love and the one downfall would be the in app purchases and advertisements which can get frustrating in all apps that have them.

Can I use it in the classroom? No. This app is geared towards home and individual use. While it has plenty of educational value for young users, it doesn’t quite fit the classroom. Parents are most likely the targeted buyers for this app, not teachers. That being said, the app is very appealing and can be seen as a good source of mathematical education for young children. It's possible that a teacher could encourage parents of a young child to use this app to gain extra math practice, if needed.

 

App review by Navindra Persaud, Education World Contributor

August 14, 2015