![]() He has a second job as principal of the Hodgepodge homeschool and also writes for Habits for a Happy Home and Passionate Purposeful Parenting. ~Steve keeps busy with five children and a job in information security. I never thought I’d hear myself say, “Put away your geography work and go to bed.” Stack the States is a well thought out game that our children have trouble putting down. 99 and the app is available in the following platforms: You can purchase Stack the States app in the iTunes store for. Match as many states with their capitals as you can. The game ends when a state falls off the bottom of the screen. When you see a match, simply tap the capital box and the state shape in any order and they fly away. The states and their capitals move along a conveyer toward a drop off. In this game you match the states with their capitals. ![]() Capital Drop is the third and last bonus game.Puzzler teaches the locations of the states relative to each other. You move the state shapes around and put them together like a jigsaw puzzle. A selection of state shapes is displayed. Puzzler is the second bonus game in Stack the States and is unlocked after earning 25 states.To remove a state, tap the state shape whose name is displayed at the bottom of the screen. In Pile Up you try to remove all of the states before they pile up to the top of the screen. Pile Up becomes unlocked and playable after earning 10 states.As you earn states, you can unlock the three included bonus games: Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop. While trying to collect all 50 states, you can check your progress on a personalized map of the US. Successfully completing a stack level earns you a random state. They might even bounce off the platform completely!īecause all the states are scaled to size, students begin to recognize the various shapes and sizes of each state as they build configurations by moving, rotating, and placing each state in a stack. Or, perhaps you will get a slew of smaller states that don’t stack easily and fall down, collapsing the tower. You could get three large states that are easily stackable and reach the checkered line right off the bat. The laws of gravity and physics apply to the stack of states. Your goal is to carefully create a stack of states that reaches the checkered line. If you choose the correct state, you get to actually pick it up, move it, rotate it and place it wherever you want. You are asked various questions about the 50 states including: The object of the game is to create a stack of states. Your brainpower is tested in your ability to stack your states successfully. While learning about the 50 states by answering questions about them, this app requires critical thinking skills as well. Stack the States is both fun and educational a game that uses some of the best mobile features – interaction and manipulation. and available for download on the iOS App Store and Android Play Store. In the geography category, we have Stack the Statesby Dan Russell-Pinson. Stack the States is an education and family application developed by Freecloud Design, Inc. Educational apps abound, with an amazing variety of subjects available. I plan on checking it out with my son more and getting him interested in geography.The iPad has become a teaching tool. I really enjoyed the Stack the States 2 app. ![]() Of course, the app also contains the same features that we loved from the original version, including 50 flash cards (one for each state), hundreds of unique questions and up to six player profiles – great for large families. There are 10 different 3D scenes that depict various locations in the US, as well as 3D models of over 90 US landmarks. The app also features a new interactive map that features major cities and a 3D elevation view of each state, very cool. ![]() I love how this game really caters to younger children, in that it features a new voice mode that helps non-readers play independently – now kids can begin learning geography at an even younger age. Kids can also unlock the free bonus games as they complete more levels – there are a few bonus games: Map It, Connect 2 and Capital Tap. All the earned states will appear on your child’s personalized map of the United States. Kids will actually move and drop animated states on the screen, stacking the states to reach a checkered line to win each level. Basically, it is a play-through game and kids will earn a new state for every successfully completed level. This app not only teaches children where states are on a map, it also focuses on state capitals, cities, shapes, landmarks, flags and more.
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