Description
Demolish an old building with a wrecking ball, clear the lot with a bulldozer - then design, build, paint, decorate, and landscape a brand new house! Along the way you'll learn about safety equipment and power tools, empty your dump truck, dig and pour a foundation, mix cement, drive construction equipment, enjoy lunch with Grandpa, and measure and build a wall with wood! Be creative as you design from blueprints, paint the house with rollers, and choose your own windows, doors, shutters, landscaping, and fun extras! Ages 5-9.
Editor's Choice - Children's Technology Review
Parents and teachers love Build With Grandpa because it teaches about renewal and re-building while taking players through the complete process of creating a new home from the ground up.
Kids love Build With Grandpa because they get to do everything from dirt to decorate in this original app!
EDUCATIONAL GAMES:
1. Design a house using blueprints.
2. Choose equipment. “Which one is the generator?”
3. Foundation words. “Find the words in the puzzle to make the foundation!”
4. Finish the wall. “Which two boards add up to 8?”
5. Paint the house. “Be creative!”
6. Decorate the house. “Add windows and doors!”
FUN INTERACTIVE EXTRAS:
1. Demolish the old house!
2. Clear the lot with a bulldozer!
3. Enjoy lunch with Grandpa!
4. Dump gravel out of a dump truck!
5. Give Grandpa a high five!
6. Add ingredients and mix the cement!
7. Watch 10 fascinating videos about building, narrated by Grandpa!
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT:
+ Math: measurement, addition through 9
+ Literacy: read and identify over 40 construction words
+ Life skills: suburban renewal, identify construction equipment, construction processes
+ Creativity: design, paint, decorate, and landscape a home
+ Problem solving, spatial skills, cause and effect
Made For Ages 6–8