Kids Maps – U.S. Map Puzzle

Kids Maps - Make geography fun for kids with this critically acclaimed & educational U.S. map puzzle game for Android Tablets. Ages 2 and up! Please leave a rating & review.

• Selected as a Top 4 Featured App for Tablets by Google in August!
• Selected as a Staff Favorite for Tablets by the Google team!
• Android Central says "Kids Maps is really nicely done, blurring the line between puzzle and teaching tool."
• Newsday.com features Kids Maps for Back-To-School and calls it a "fun, interactive puzzle game"!
• TheIPhoneMom.com says "Kids Maps is a wonderful educational app"!
• FunEducationalApps.com says "Overall, Kids Maps is a brilliant interactive puzzle game app"
• SmartAppsForKids.com says "Bottom Line: Kids Maps is a terrific modern translation of an old-school U.S. map puzzle. Highly recommended." 4 1/2 stars
• TheIKidsBlog.com says "Kids Maps Delivers Kid-Friendly Fun"

The Kids Maps puzzle series are all about making educational learning fun with easy-to-use, colorful, geographic map puzzles for kids.

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The goal of Kids Maps is to help young children (ages 2 ) learn geography through a fun, interactive, map puzzle game which uses colorful artwork, voice, sound & animation to teach.

This 1st U.S. edition version of Kids Maps includes:
- Complete map of the United States of America
- U.S. Map presented as a fun puzzle game for kids
- Learn fun facts about each state
- Helps kids develop motor skills and hand/eye coordination by placing puzzle pieces on the map
- Helps kids develop shape & color recognition skills through colorful puzzle pieces
- Easy-to-use Drag & Drop functionality
- Colorful state puzzle pieces which teach state abbreviations
- A guided tutorial to help children learn the interface
- Auto-Snap setting to adjust the difficulty level of map puzzle piece placement. (Auto-Snap is intended for younger players to provide an easier chance of success)
- Settings for alphabetical order (teaches children the letter a state starts with)
- Settings for random order (includes fun sounding animations)
- The ability to "skip" and grab a new map puzzle piece (in random mode only)
- "Hints" system which helps point children in the right direction
- Encouraging messages to build confidence.
- Voice on/off settings
- Tips on/off settings
- Fun "reset" feature which breaks the map puzzle into pieces again

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Dear Parent or Teacher,

This project is a labor of love for me. I originally developed this map puzzle game for my 3 year old daughter after I read a study in a parenting magazine about the poor geography skills typical of today's children.

My daughter has been my lil’ tester while my team & I continue to refine the app to be fun, easy-to-use and educational. After the initial versions turned out so well, I decided to release this puzzle game as a product for all kids to enjoy. I plan to release an entire series of map puzzle games (Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, etc) in the future, so keep your eyes open.

I sincerely hope your children enjoy all the fun and education built into my Kids Maps Puzzle Game as much as my daughter does – I hope to soon release more kid-friendly games, too.

If you have feedback or any technical issues, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I look forward to your input!

Thanks again for contributing to my daughter’s college fund!

Paul Ward
Owner of Media Mechanic

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Upcoming Releases:

In the future we plan to release additional map puzzle games for Europe, Africa, South America, Asia & more!

Thanks for your support!

Tags: Kids, Educational, Child, Children, Games, Preschool, School, Kindergarten, Preschool-aged, Shapes, Puzzle, Cognitive Skills, Visual Spatial Skills, Shape Recognition, Fine Motor Skills, Tablet, Honeycomb, Xoom, Galaxy Tab