Puzzle and Practice!

Title: Puzzle and Practice!
Subtitle: School Review & Prep - Ages 8-10, Grades 3-5
Release Date: 05/01/19
Type: Launchpad Pack
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Launchpad Description: These puzzles and games will keep children playing and learning as they explore everything from math to Mandarin. Ideal for keeping kids sharp through the summer months.

- Practice critical thinking
- Discover American Sign Language and Mandrin
- Improve multiplication skills
- Explore new challenges
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

A To Z Sign Language Alphabet Flash Cards (App)
A basic learning tool for the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet, reviewing each letter individually.

Astraware Word Search, Space Vol. 2 (App)
Astraware Wordsearch (also known as Word Sleuth or Word Finder) is a quick and easy word game with lots of free puzzles for you to play - find all the words hidden in the puzzle! Play against the clock or take your time and just enjoy finding them all! You get free unlimited access to play two new Daily Wordsearch puzzles each day, and you can see how your time compares on the global leaderboard!. There's also a free Weekender puzzle available each week for everyone to play! There are 60 built-in and unlocked puzzles with a range of categories, so you can play offline and have fun right away. With over 20 categories, and more than 100 different word lists, there's lots of variety as you play through the free puzzles each day - and perhaps learn something new too. Many of the puzzles have a different theme, so you might see cute paw-prints on the cat breeds wordsearch, a cascade of leaves on the nature puzzles, a sparkle of stars on the space theme, and much more!

Chess and Mate (TIV) (APP)
Chess and Mate is the chess program for the whole family. You can learn the basics of chess with this app as well as adopt the tricks and intricacies of this popular strategy and board game. The chess app for the whole family Prince Kaspar's castle has many rooms in which the individual chess pieces are introduced. Depending on how much prior knowledge you bring into the chess game, you can have every piece introduced to you at your own pace. Lots of exercises are at your fingertips in which you can directly apply what you've learned. Learn the chess rules with a didactic concept In addition, you'll find all possible finesses and secrets in the big chess book in Prince Kaspar's library such as the pawn fork, the Italian gambit, or the scholar's mate. Do you know castling or the "en passant" move yet? Naturally Prince Kaspar is ready to play a round of chess with you at any time. First you have to defeat him, then you're allowed to also play with Capt'n Black. Features

Hidden Objects - Summer Beach (App)
A challenging seek-and-find activity featuring summer-themed scenes. Search for pictures, words, or a collection.

Mandarin Minute (App)
Starting studying Mandarin? Learn dozens of useful Mandarin phrases with this simple and fun app! Each phrase comes with audio by a native speaker and pinyin for easy memorization. Topics include Basics, Courtesy, Meeting People, Shopping and Time.

Maths Times Tables (App)
Mini World Maths Times Tables features: - Coverage of 1 x table through to the 12 x tables. - Interactive learning mode with Game Tokens rewarded at the end of each lesson. - Interactive practice mode to test your child's knowledge. (The more accurate your child is, the more bonus game tokens that can be earned) - Use game tokens earned through the learning and practice module to unlock fun-filled games.

States & Capitals Word Slide Puzzle (App)
A word slide puzzle to help challenge and learn! Move the tiles to slide letters together spelling out a state or capital city before time runs out.

Verb Smash English Grammar (App)
SMASH the correct verbs into the sentences in this fun and exciting game for ESL/EFL learners to learn English grammar easily. Learn English tenses and verbs quickly. Studying tense charts is now a thing of the past! COURSE CONTENT: 1) 500,000+ question and answer sentence combinations 2) 120 of the most common verbs 3) Regular and irregular verbs 4) Present Simple Tense 5) Present Continuous Tense * 6) Past Simple Tense 7) Present Perfect Tense ** 8) Using contractions and negatives 9) Using auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) *For relevant verbs. Some English verbs are not used in the Present Continuous. **For experiences (“Have you ever…”). Verb Smash is an innovative course in English grammar that teaches questions and answers using auxiliary verbs, contractions, negatives, regular verbs and irregular verbs in four of the most common tenses of the English language. This revolutionary new interactive game includes over 500,000 unique question and answer sentence comb

Wolf Sheep Cabbage (App)
Sheep eat cabbage, wolves eat sheep. Feed the blocks to gain score, and avoid filling up the entire game field. Blocks can only eat other blocks that are on the same stage (white/yellow/red), and they will evolve to the next stage when they eat. Cabbages, which can't eat anything, will grow to the next stage spontaneously after each round. Wolves, which can't be eaten by anything, will leave the game field after having eaten at least one sheep on stage 3 (red). How high score can you get before you have locked the entire game field up with blocks that won't combine?

Yatzy (App)
Roll the dice and collect your scores. You can re-roll up to two times and hold any dice you want to keep. When done, choose your score box to enter your points or place a zero, if you don’t have a match. If the sum of the upper section is 63 or more, you receive 50 bonus points. Collect dice with all the same numbers to win Yatzy!