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What better way to learn about healthy foods than by feeding Rex the scientist while playing fun games? This is one high quality, high value app parents won’t want to miss out on, especially if they have a little one that doesn’t like healthy food.

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Help Rex the scientist fix the healthy food producing Foodbot as he has gone a bit haywire. Instead of making yummy, healthy food, Foodbot is now producing all types of junk food and he needs six special codes to reprogram him. Through 7 entertaining and challenging activities children will help Rex gain access to the special codes to help fix Foodbot all while recognizing and learning the benefits of healthy foods.

      Features include:

      • 7 challenging activities and games
      • Vibrant and creative illustrations
      • Fun animated characters
      • Healthy food information

RexNFoodbot is an entertaining and challenging app with fun characters and scenery. The illustrations are simple yet set the scene for each game very well with vibrant colors and creative music. The animation for each game is just enough to make for a lively app, but not enough to distract young children from the object of each game.

Before each game the instructions are written and accompanied by a picture to show players how to play the game, but without audio instructions as well, it can be difficult for new or pre-readers to understand what to do without a little assistance.

During each activity as Rex eats the good healthy food, his eyes light up with big hearts and he lets out a little positive grunt. If he happens to eat something not so healthy (or something other than what he should be eating for that particular game) he lets out negative grunt. This can be a concern for parents with younger children who are encouraged to use their words as opposed to grunting or whining to communicate.

Though there is room for improvement in the instructions and positive/negative responses by Rex, RexnFoodbot is a good quality app that children will enjoy.

 

The educational component to this app is primarily learning the importance of healthy foods. As children play each game they learn to recognize the healthy fruits and vegetables that Rex the scientist enjoys eating and when he eats something that is not good for him like candy, Rex lets out a negative grunt. In addition to learning to recognize healthy and not so healthy foods, children also learn tidbits of information about different vitamins and minerals and what they can do for the body. These information cards are shown after each game and relate to the particular food that was being used in the preceding game. For example, the Vitamin C card is shown after Rex eats ten oranges.

 

Who says an educational app can’t be fun? RexNFoodbot provides entertainment for parents and children alike. Each of the 7 games is a little more challenging than the last with two levels that must be passed within each game in order to obtain the code needed to reprogram Foodbot. The funny characters and music included also create a lively application to be shared by all.

Overall the games and activities included in this app are so entertaining that children won’t even realize they are learning and parents are bound to get in on the fun as well!

If Rex the scientist can encourage children to eat more healthy foods then I think parents will agree this app is a great value. With the creative design, fun characters, and entertaining activities along with the added educational benefits I am sure parents will be astounded by the low price of $0.99 for this app and find that they are getting a lot of entertainment for their money.

The beginning of the app provides the story of how Foodbot came to be and explains the objective behind the activities (to gain access to the special codes to reprogram Foodbot), however it is not user-friendly for pre-readers. It would be really great to include an audio option that would allow pre-readers to gain access to the instructions as well as the information tidbits throughout the application.

Each activity is easy to use, though they can be a bit challenging for younger children (ages 2-4). The speed and control needed for some of the games makes this app best for ages 4 and up.

As each level is unlocked children will find it easy to move on to the next level and will never find themselves stuck on one screen as the controls within each game are pretty intuitive. If they can’t move on to the next level, they always have the option of going back and replaying an earlier level. With no in app purchase options or social media links this app is great for children ages 4 and up.

 

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