The games are cleverly designed in terms of visuals, and varied interactivity was enjoyed by every age we field-tested this app with.
NUMBERLYS AD SERIES
Suddenly the Numberlys get all Letterly and we engage in a series of interactive games that help the characters to build and shape every letter of the alphabet from A to Z.
Seeking something more than numbers, they go about inventing the alphabet. The games are focused on a collection of five delightfully crafted characters who set about attempting to make their world more interesting. One student wrote, "The main thing is that different things are better than the SAME! You don't want to wake up each and every day eating, talking, and working the same way." There are different levels of humor that can be appreciated by all ages, including adults! When we asked 3rd to 5th graders to play this app and then write reflections, we were amazed by the depth of their reactions. Middle school students found it fascinating and stuck with this app, time and time again. High School English AP or Social Studies classes could use this, and delve deeper into the 1930s era, with a number of different projects. College professors could surely share this app and use it in many subject areas. We tried this app out with a variety of age groups and have decided that it has something for everyone. And everything added up… so life was sort of… Numberly. The opening words are: Nobody had a name. Cogs are turning, hammers hammering, conveyor belts moving, all with creating number after number. Written text appears while cityscapes of abysmal factories, stark black and white scenes of a dated industrial city, and workers marching in step, marching in step, and marching in step, as they work the factories production line. It's an adventure! A Mystery! A game! And a story! The story begins with a Germanic narrator. Morris Lessmore, reviewed by TWA a few months back, this app is a masterpiece. Just like The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Well not yet anyway, keep at it and you will see the alphabet unfold before your eyes in the most amazing cinematographic way imaginable. The movies: Metropolis, King Kong, and some Flash Gordon, are combined in a 1930's kind of scenario and played out as an incredible children’s story, where everything is communicated through numbers because there is no alphabet. Numberlys, by Moonbot Studios, is one app that we just can't ignore.