Touch and Connect Free edition

This app was made based on three concepts to encourage child development.

1. Can be intuitively navigated by touch.

2. Encourages play,learning,ambition through a sense of accomplishment and understanding.

3. Interacting cooperatively with adults is good experience for children and helps to encourage development."

Contents:

The FREE version enables the user to try out two of the representative types of content.

How to Play "Frogs"

Touch the screen and have frogs jump!

You can make them jump one by one. If you sweep the screen surface horizontally or vertically you can make the characters jump in a wave. Try different kinds of jump and enjoy.

How to Play "Butterflies"

Touch different places on the screen to make butterflies appear.

If you touch a flower [one of clustered flowers] a swallowtail will appear,while you touch the background a cabbage white will appear. Butterflies that appeared on the screen will fly away towards the outside of the screen.

"Frogs"

Using the mouse,place the curser over a character and make it jump.

You can make them jump one by one. If you sweep the screen surface horizontally or vertically you can make the characters jump in a wave. Try different kinds of jump and enjoy.

Goals and tips

The child will notice,through playing with this apps,that his action will cause changes in the external world.

A type of changes occurs on the screen. Another type is in reactions of those who are playing with him.

He will discover not only the changes on the screen but the fun of playing with others.

Operations of this apps are simple. The child can never fail and get a sense of self-efficacy.

"This apps foster his motivation

Using these connectools is effective in enhancing gazing,pursuing,and hand-eye coordination development.

Tips to Parents

When the child is using Touch and Connect himself tell them things like "Oh,they are coming out.","Great! That's many.",or "Try some more." and so on.

Share the child's experiences,resonate with his feelings,and respond to his action with your gestures and words. That stimulates the child's motivation for communicating with you.

"Can you touch frogs one by one?"

"How about sliding the frog and touch it?"

etc, and help the child experience operations suitable to him."

Taking turns with the child to play with connectools will teach him a simple rule,too.

"Butterflies"

Touch different places on the screen to make butterflies appear.

If you touch a flower [one of clustered flowers] a swallowtail will appear,while you touch the background a cabbage white will appear.

Butterflies that appeared on the screen will fly away towards the outside of the screen.

Goals and tips

The child will notice,through playing with this apps,that his action will cause changes in the external world.

A type of changes occurs on the screen. Another type is in reactions of those who are playing with him.

He will discover not only the changes on the screen but the fun of playing with others.

Operations of this apps are simple. The child can never fail and get a sense of self-efficacy.

"This apps foster his motivation

Using these connectools is effective in enhancing gazing,pursuing,and hand-eye coordination development.

Tips to Parents

When the child is using Touch and Connect himself tell them things like "Oh,they are coming out.","Great! That's many.",or "Try some more." and so on.

Share the child's experiences,resonate with his feelings,and respond to his action with your gestures and words. That stimulates the child's motivation for communicating with you.

Guide the child by prompting "Can you make cabbage whites appear?","Can you touch a blooming flower next?" and help the child experience operations suitable to him.

Taking turns with the child to play with apps will teach him a simple rule,too.

Return to the main menu.

Please keep on pushing "the return button" more than three seconds.

This is designed not to shot down even if you touch the button during the operation by mistake.