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Fimbles
- Fimbling Fun!
Fimbling
Fun rather bravely aims at 2 years and upwards and is
developed in line with the National Curriculum Foundation Stage. As
well as the five basic modules it includes lots of songs, stories and
video clips from the popular TV program. A nice extra is the Print and
Play extras which include pictures, invitations (great for kids
parties) and greetings cards.
The
five modules include a maze game where you have to control a Fimble
looking for their favourite objects. The task is made harder by a
sneaky pair of blue feet that wander about moving the items. Suitcase
is an excellent game where you have to select 3 objects with a common
theme from a selection shown on screen. An example is music where you
have to select different instruments but ignore unrelated items.
We
also liked
the music game where you choose a song for the Fimbles to play and sing
along to. You can then click on them to make them play different
instruments or even choose your own instruments to play along with in
time to the music.
Another
strength is Roly’s Stories where he reads a story sentence by
sentence along with accompanying animations. Certain key words are
highlighted such as Dad or Card. You can then enter game mode where you
have to match the word to a picture. A great way to make children aware
of words and to start to match them to real world objects.
The
only real
let down was the Feather game which involves tickling the Fimbles and
watching them laugh. Unless we missed something, that was about it
apart from things like rainbows appearing.
Throughout
the
program liberal use is made of video clips from the TV series. The
animation and sound quality are all top notch. The interface uses nice
chunky buttons so even unsteady hands can start to use it effectively
and Bessie is on hand at all times to provide instructions, help and
encouragement. All in all a first rate title.
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