Highlights™ Shapes 1.5.1

Accompanied by a friendly fox - and other animal buddies along the way - young children can engage in a range of activities that promote learning and cognitive development. Through imaginative play in various themed worlds, children can learn and practice matching, sorting, mixing, and categorizing shapes and colors.

Children can explore an ancient jungle, the magical deep sea, mysterious outer space, and even a wild savanna safari! The puzzle games are woven into engaging stories, and the difficulty level increases as children progress.

This app offers several benefits for kids:

• Development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Encouragement of curiosity as they explore new worlds of shapes, colors, and color mixing
• Opportunity to make predictions and understand outcomes by discovering how primary colors mix together to form secondary colors
• Builds confidence as they make decisions and advance to new levels
• Teaches key preschool and math skills like matching, sorting, and classifying shapes and colors
• Identification and naming of 11 shapes from circles to octagons, 11 primary and secondary colors, and color mixing
• Development of fine motor skills
• Provides a secure ad-free environment

Notable features of the app include:

• 6 progressive levels of challenge: Ancient Jungle Puzzle Pack, Magical Underwater Puzzle Pack, Mysterious Space Puzzle Pack, Jurassic Journey Puzzle Pack (featuring color mixing), Savanna Safari Puzzle Pack (expanding on color mixing), Sweet Arctic Puzzle Pack
• Hilarious surprises and delights to engage preschool children
• Ability to track progress, skip, and replay
• 3 language options: US English, UK English, Spanish
• Certified ad-free experience (CARU COPPA Safe Harbor Certified)

This app, developed by early childhood experts at Highlights in collaboration with Italian creative studio Colto, brings a fun and developmentally appropriate experience to young children. Highlights Shapes is an ideal first app for kids aged 3 and above, and it is easy for them to play independently. It is available in English (US + UK) and Spanish.

The app also prepares children for school by developing their creative thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for formal education.

Highlights Shapes promotes fun and meaningful learning by combining geometric, sorting, and matching skills with engaging gameplay. Through the game, children can learn valuable math and vocabulary skills while having a blast exploring new worlds.

The game also promotes confidence, creativity, and curiosity in children as they make decisions, build colorful geometric scenes, learn about color mixing, and explore exciting environments.

Furthermore, playing this game helps children develop their fine motor skills as they touch and drag colorful shapes.

Additionally, the app helps increase children's vocabulary as they correctly match and sort objects while hearing the corresponding shape and color names aloud.

About Highlights for Children:

Founded in 1946 by educators Dr. Garry and Caroline Myers, Highlights believes that "Children Are the World’s Most Important People." With a focus on "Fun with a Purpose," every product is designed to help children become their best selves: creative, curious, caring, and confident.

About Colto:

Colto is a creative studio specializing in imaginative and educational mobile play experiences for kids worldwide. Comprising a team of parents, teachers, game designers, developers, and marketers, Colto strives to develop high-quality educational apps that kids love and parents trust. Their games are ethical, safe, and designed to be non-addictive.

Required iOS 8.1 onwards