App Shopper: Kids Mandarin 3 (Education)

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Apr 09 '12	Version 1.1
Mar 27 '12	New App: Free, v1.0

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Kids Mandarin 3

iOS Universal

Kids Mandarin 1, 2 & 3 are designed for kids from 3 to 9 years old. This series of application helps kids learn Mandarin (Chinese) via interactive flashcards and matching games in fun topics. The children will find it easy to accept a new linguistic code because they are still learning their own. If they have a good experience of learning a language at this age, they will remember it with fondness, so will find it easier to learn languages later in life.

In Version 1 of Kids Mandarin, they will learn basic daily vocabulary in categories such as animals, body parts, colors, food, fruits, insects, vegetables, wild animals and weather. In Version 2 of Kids Mandarin, they will learn 9 new categories such as cloths, furniture, holidays, music instruments, numbers, shapes, stationery, toys and transport. In Version 3 of Kids Mandarin, they begin to learn how to write chinese characters with the animated stroke order (笔顺). Stroke order refers to the correct order in which the strokes of a Chinese character are written. The basic rule when writing Chinese characters, is to always write from top to bottom and from left to right. Kids Mandarin will lay the foundations for continuous linguistic education in Mandarin Chinese, allowing the formation of a type of education that is not exclusively centered on one's own mother tongue and that leads to an easier study of foreign languages at higher school levels. Below are the key features:

✔ Chinese characters are presented in flashcard presentation format in 9 categories. The chinese are presented with the picture along with the animated stroke order for easy learning.

✔ There is a writing pad for each character, allowing the kids to follow the animated stroke order by hand. Making it very easy for them to learn the proper writing of their first chinese characters. Note: Double tapping on the pad to pause/resume the animation of the stroke order. Use the eraser at the bottom of the drawing pad to erase the writing.

✔ In each category, there is a Test game with complete scoring record system to track how well your kids perform in the learning process.

✔ There are two types of Matching games available - Easy & Hard Modes. In Easy mode, the kids is required to match just the pictures. In Hard mode, the kids is required to match the pictures with the chinese characters.

I hope you find this app useful. Enjoy!!

What's new

- Significantly improved the performance of the writing pad.
- Remove the single tap pause function and add a play/pause button instead for playing the character strokes.
- Some minor bug fixes