Reasoning Skills---Associations

There are many apps that one can adapt for use when targeting reasoning skills. So far, I've found 6 apps that work directly on associations.

Drag and Match offers a 12 different games in this app. Among them are 4 games that can be used to teach associations. The games are: match an animal to its home, match a food to the animal that eats it, match an object that goes with another such as arrow with bow, and match a tool to an object such as a needle with thread and match the dots on dice with the written number. In each of the games the child drags the object on the left to its match on the right. The pictures are simple and clear.

Ages: 3-5
Rating: +++
Developer: Cambui Labs
Cost: $.99

Matching Jobs is an app that has the child match a worker with a vehicle. The child has to drag the worker to one of three vehicles at the bottom of the screen. The app names the worker and the word for the worker is written at the top of the screen. Once the child has made the correct worker-vehicle association one hears clapping and a new screen appears. The new screen shows the worker next to the correct vehicle. A narrator again names the worker and and tells the child, "The_________ drives a _______." (Again, the written word for the worker appears on this page along with the the words, "Drives a ______." ) One then hears the sound that vehicle makes such as a siren, honk, etc. The pictures are attractive and offer other language opportunities such as talking about what the worker does and where he may be going in the vehicle.

Ages: 3-6
Rating: ++++
Developer: HippoPoPoPo
Cost: Free for 5 workers. The cost to unlock an addition 11 workers is $.99


Vehicle Matching also developed by Hippo PoPoPo works along the same line as Matching Jobs. With this app the child matches the vehicle to a location such a a fire truck to a fire station. Unfortunately, the narration for this app is monotone and boring. A slight accent was also noticeable.

Ages: 3-6
Rating: ++++
Developer: HippoPoPoPo
Cost: Free for 5 vehicles. The cost to unlock an addition 15 vehicles is $.99

Together offers two levels of association. The first level has the child match an object to one of two at the bottom of the screen. The second level increases the level of difficulty by offering three objects instead of two at the bottom of the screen. The objects are presented in photograph form. Scoring in percent is visible in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Ages: 2-4
Rating: +++
Developer: Different Roads to Learning
Cost: Free

In one of my earlier blogs I briefly reviewed the Match It Up apps. All Match It Up apps show a central box with an object. Surrounding the box are seven pictures. Of the three, I placed the Match It Up 3  into my associations file. In this app, the center box has an item in it. Surrounding the box are seven pictures. The child has to find the picture that one associates with the item in the box. The first two games are free. One has the child match the animal to its food. The other has the child find the part that goes best with the item in the box. For instance, in the center is a flower pot. The child has to drag the flower into the box. I can also see using this game when working on part-whole concepts.

Ages: 3-5
Rating: +++
Developer: My First Apps
Cost: Free for the first two games. Additional seven games are $.99.