Tonka Chuck and Friends Educational iPad App Review

It didn’t take long from some great toy companies like Hasbro to get involved in the iPad app market. With the addition of online worlds, there is a big push these days to bring multi-user experiences for kids. The same car you push across your living room floor, might make an appearance with his friends on your favorite kids television station, as well as be readily available in a featured app on a mobile device or through different games and clips provided on a dedicated website.

Branding is amazing, and your family, like mine, may recognize the familiar red Tonka truck, named Chuck, from the aisles of your local toy store. We have a Chuck the Truck toy at home and even though this app is for preschool and early elementary aged children (kids ages 3-6), Gavin will insist on loading this app every time he see’s the icon on the page.

The Tonka Chuck & Friends: Friends for the Long Haul app , was brought to market by Ruckus Media Group, a company that has developed other educational iPad and iPhone apps which double as interactive, digital books. A child or a parent can read the book out loud the traditional way. The app will also read the book to the child, with the words highlighted along the way to help those early readers. A read and record feature is also available for parents or family members to record the sound of their own voice. This book is very long and with 75 different scenes in total, this is definitely more appropriate for preschoolers rather than toddlers. After about 13 pages, the first of 2 different types of games appeared.

In the first game experience, kids use their index finger, repeatedly swiping it across the screen to reveal a picture underneath. After a few seconds a letter will appear to spell out a specific character. The app will verbally say the letter out loud and the child must touch the letter with their finger before it will move to the bottom of the screen, which is great reinforcement for letter recognition. The word is then spelled, letter by letter, in a left-to-right fashion. The child keeps reading and then after a few pages, another interactive experience occurs in the form of a matching, memory game. Out of a small field of 8, the child has to match the differentbuilding materials to answer a question which will provide the next clue in the story. When they find a match, a letter appears. Once they touch the letter, it is said out loud again to the child which begins to spell out another word, again from left to right.

All the words that are uncovered in the story get stored in a bank, and the very last activity is that kids can drag and drop the words, which are also paired with a picture icon, into their own story. When they are finished the story is read aloud.

I have worked with many little boys over the course of my work as an occupational therapist, and heard many a story from both parents and teachers that finding ways to motivate these active, busy little guys to learn about their letters can be a challenge. Chuck the Truck provides a familiar face, in a fun storybook, using concepts that many boys will find entertaining. There are some video pages mixed in, which is great for mixing up the content.

If you have a child who can’t yet sit for the entire 75 pages, pick a reasonable and attainable goal so neither you, nor your child get frustrated. In my opinion the games could serve as a great stopping point. I really like the last activity where kids can use their creativity to make up their own story. Kids love to be silly, so I can only imagine the giggles when they develop a story that makes absolutely no sense, but isn’t that half the fun?

Ruckus Media Group provided this full version app free to facilitate the review. The opinions are my own.

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5 Responses to "Tonka Chuck and Friends Educational iPad App Review"

courtney says:

August 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm

thanks for sharing that. DS is totally into Chuck and the DVD from BlogHer only made it worse! going to download this app tonight!
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