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Play School Art Maker

Play School Art Maker
Features

Price

FREE

Age Range

Early Childhood

App Type

Leisure App

Version Reviewed

1.1.3

Android Available?

Is Android Available

Lite Version Available?

Is a Lite Version Available

Help Provided?

Is Help Provided
Bloom's Thinking Process
CreatingBlooms Creating
EvaluatingBlooms Evaluating
AnalysingBlooms Analysing
ApplyingBlooms Applying
UnderstandingBlooms Understanding
RememberingBlooms Remembering
Adaptability
Add own pictures
Add own voice
Includes images
Make a video
Review Comments
Play School Art Maker is a wonderful way for young children to learn simple vocabulary items during play. The Art Maker was designed as a leisure app, but I am reviewing it as a learning app because of it's effectiveness to teach vocabulary.
 
This free app comes with six  background scenes such as the farm, a room and outside. The scenes are simple and uncluttered so students can use their imagination to craft their own story. You can also add your own scenes. The child sees a range or Playschool characters and other vocabulary items at the top of the screen. They drag the images down into the empty scene to create their own story.
 
This is an app which allows children to direct their own movie. They can move the images around and record their voice. Then they can make a slideshow of up to eight scenes. This again uses a drag and drop approach. The child drags their scenes into a film strip.
 
This is a great way for children to understand the meaning of these words. Terrific for story telling, language comprehension, oral narrative, sentence construction and so much more. I particularly like this app for young children and non-readers as text is not involved here. This app particularly suits students on the spectrum. The are no ticks or crosses or timers. There are no sudden loud noises or negative beeps.  
 
Movies can be exported to your photo album.
 
 
Use Rank (*)
Narrative & Story Telling Ranked 10th of 13
Story Makers with Characters Ranked 10th of 14
First words Ranked 12th of 26
Top Apps for Late Talkers Ranked 2nd of 14

(*) This app has been ranked according to its' effectiveness to achieve the learning goals and strategies listed. Some apps may rank highly for achieving a specific use and lower for other uses. Some students will learn and engage with one app more than others, because of the individual nature of us all.

Leisure App
Leisure apps are games designed for fun but can still offer a wonderful opportunity to support the student's learning.
Bloom's Thinking Process
Bloom's Taxonomy is classification system used to explain the behaviours important in learning. Apps range from simple memory tasks such as flashcards apps through to creative apps which ask students to create an original story or video.
Bloom's Creating
The student creates new ideas, products or ways of viewing things. Activities include making, animating, designing, constructing, planning, producing and inventing.
Bloom's Evaluating
The student justifies a decision or course of action. Activities include counting to check, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting and judging.
Bloom's Analysing
The student breaks the information into parts to explore understandings and relationships. Activities include explaining, ordering, inferring, comparing and organising.
Bloom's Applying
The student uses the information in a new situation. Activities include implementing, carrying out, using, illustrating, classifying and categorising.
Bloom's Understanding
The student comprehends the new information. Activities include describing, predicting showing understanding use a multiple choice.
Bloom's Remembering
The student recalls information they know. Activities include matching, 'fill in the blank', making a choice, answering using a multiple choice, naming a group.
Learning Connection
How well does the app teach the targeted skill or concept? This is the area where we refer to current research and pedagogy to evaluate the efficacy of the app.
Authenticity
Authenticity looks at the manner in which skills are learnt. Authentic apps use real life or genuine activities. Students learn in context rather than in a contrived or rote fashion (such as flashcards).
Feedback
Feedback needs to be specific and result in improved performance. Feedback should be supportive and encouraging rather than negative. Data should be available to support decision making.
Differentiation
Differentiation is the ability to customise the app to suit the student. The ability to record you voice, customise text, add pictures and alter settings enables individualisation of the app.
User Friendliness
User friendliness is a measure of how well a student can use the app independently. Some apps are simply intuitive to use. Others include audio or visual prompts which support the student.
Motivation
All apps are engaging the first time they are played. However, students with diverse learning needs may need to return to the app many times. Motivating apps offer rewards,games or incentives.
Narrative & Story Telling
Story Makers with Characters
These apps come with characters and scenes to bring stories to life. Many allow you to make an animated story or cartoon with voice. These are great for story telling, oral narrative and interviews. I also enjoy using the to practise social and conversational skills. Try recording your social script or social stories too. Also see Story and Book Maker apps.
First words
These are apps which help the child learn simple everyday vocabulary. These apps usually don't have text. First word apps should include words which the child uses or experiences each day.
Top Apps for Late Talkers
This is a list of the Top Apps for Late Talkers

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Developer

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

App Store Rating

(from 161 reviews)

Current Version Rating

(from 161 reviews)

Current Version

1.1.5
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Developer's Description
The Play School Art Maker app is a fun way for kids to freely create pictures, animated movies and story slideshows using their favourite Play School toys and craft items. They can even add their own audio narration, upload their own photos as backgrounds, and save photos of their art.


Play School Art Maker encourages imagination and creativity through open play - children are free to make and design whatever they like! There are no rules or timers.


The app is quintessentially Play School, with a hand-made aesthetic and a strong focus on storytelling. The playful sound design also features the much loved Play School piano and familiar voices of presenters Alex Papps and Karen Pang.



Play School Art Maker is aimed at kids aged 2-6 years and offers a wonderful creative experience for parents and carers to share with children.



FEATURES:


* create pictures with Big Ted, Little Ted, Humpty, Jemima and their friends
* decorate scenes with a large range of art and craft items
* animate pictures to create movies with your own songs or narration
* choose from 6 Play School craft backgrounds (Beach, Bedroom, Farm, Kitchen, Moon, Underwater) or choose from 1 of 16 plain coloured paper backgrounds
* use a photo from your own album as a background to bring Play School into your world
* save pictures and animations to share with friends and family – you can even come back and edit them later
* make a story slideshow using up to 8 of your pictures and animations
* you don’t need to be connected to the internet to make pictures, animated movies or slideshows
* watch episodes of Play School (this feature requires a web connection and can be disabled)

Disclaimer: The evaluations and rankings information provided here are based solely on the opinion of the author and are for informational purposes only. Families should seek professional advice before making decisions regarding interventions for their child.