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Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival Review


Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival is an educational and fun Mac game for kids ages 2-5 years of age. It is full of cute characters and a variety of things to do at different levels to assure your child succeeds in having fun.

Bob and his friends see the carnival train go by their town without stopping, and instead of being sad, they decide to build a carnival of their own. Your child can play the game in the Story mode where he/she will follow Bob and his friends build a carnival for their small town. The Free Play mode you play the games without the cute story and the Sticker mode you can click on the sticker at the bottom of the screen and place it on different backgrounds for unique scenes your child creates.

In order to make the game playable for your child, you can choose the difficulty level from Easy, Medium to Hard. Of course, hard is for the 5 year olds and the Easy for the youngest of the group.

The first game is the planning stage of creating a carnival. The blueprints must be drawn for the rides. Bob will guide your tot on how to play this game. There are several different plans in different stages of development. The first plan you need to click on is the blank blueprint, next the base and then a piece on top of the base. It may be hard for some the kids to decipher but with a little help and encouragement from Bob, they will be able to accomplish this task. The next game is building. There are many different length logs and steel beams scattered on the ground. The child must pick out the matching color and the longest piece first, click on it, drag it to the table and click again to place. Then the next size and color bar must be placed on top until the smallest log is on top. Another game is to secure screws and bolts with the same color and proper tool. Another is to clean up the tool room by placing the same color tool to its correct box.

Addition games involve numbers and other skills your little tot can work on like finding the cat under which pile of objects and counting objects. In most of the games, two characteristics are in play like numbers plus colors. For example it will ask which pile has 6 yellow logs or 9 green plants.

Throughout the game Bob is very upbeat with his comments even when you make a mistake he’ll say things like “try a different tool”, “keep going”, “nice work” or “Oops, try again”.

The Sticker mode is a completely different and fun game where your child’s creativity will come out. He/she can go wild making their own scenes with all the fun characters like Scoop, Roley and Muck.

Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival like the other Bob games are both educational and entertaining at the same time for young children. They can practice their numbers, colors and more with this fun puzzle game. Have your kids try the demo out and see the smiles on their faces.

Features of Bob the Builder: Can Do Carnival:
-3 Difficulty Levels
-Fun and Familiar Characters
-Entertaining Learning Experience

Rating: ★★★½☆

8Jan/111

Bob the Builder Can-Do Zoo Review

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Bob the Builder is at it again. This time he is building a zoo. Bob the Builder Can-Do Zoo is a series of educational and entertaining children’s basic sim type of game. Bob is a boxy, friendly and encouraging cartoon character who will help Bob The Builder6your toddler learn new shapes, colors, patterns, tools and planning. It sounds overwhelming for a 2 year old, but with its simple oral instructions, your curious youngster will have more than a learning experience, but also fun at the same time.

Choose a profile from Scoop the front loader, Roley the rolling truck, and Muck the mixed front loader and truck vehicle. I know one kid who would love to have a garbage truck to choose from the list. This game would be ideal for him. There are 3 modes of play: Free play, Sticker Book and Story. In Free play you decide the game by moving the cursor over the boxes, and it will tell you what the play is all about. You click on one of the many boxes and then click on the difficulty level. One game is to put the tool back in the appropriate toolbox. You match the color and the type of tool. Another play is to return your zoo animal back to their homes. Once again it will match the color of the animal with a Bob the Builder2shape and color of the same kind of item. A little more difficult play is to put the blueprints in sequence. This may take some work with the youngest of toddlers, but older 3-4 year olds will be able to master it. A fun play is the find the same tools under the pile of leaves. The leaves will part and separate revealing various tools to choose from. You click on the same tool shown at the top of the screen. Be sure to match the right colors.

A different game is to paint a fence at the zoo in different patterns. Also a similar play is when the truck drives up with piles of supplies and you are to click on the pile that will fit the pattern already on the truck. Bob the Builder is very helpful and always there for you to support moves, and if you should make a mistake he simply says try again. Other great things he’ll say are yes, got it, and nice job. Always simple and to the point.

The Sticker mode is just that. There are stickers at the bottom of the screen that you have won from playing the games. With these stickers you can create a fun and playful scene of your very own. The third mode is Story. It is all the games put together to produce a smooth story about creating a zoo. You will play the same games as the Free Play mode in an orderly fashion beginning with the plans and blueprints.

Bob the Builder Can-Do Zoo is a well thought out great learning and playing experience for young children from 2 to possibly 5 year olds. It all depends on the child and how far along they have developed. All kids are different and they develop at different stages so as a parent you will have to gage the pre-schoolers ability to play this wonderful Mac Bob the Builder3game. Once hooked on this colorful, well drawn, and very communicative play, your child will find a new world of learning and fun.

Features of Bob the Builder Can-do Zoo:
-Teaches Creative Problem Solving
-Collect Stickers
-Fun for Children

Rating: ★★★★☆