Osmo (www.playosmo.com)
Coming Soon: Marbotic has announced the production of a new co-branded product with Educo (www.educo.com) called Magic Phonics. It consists of interactive wooden letters that in- teract with tablets. A dedicated app will introduce letter/sound correspondences to help reading skills. More information as it becomes available.
Osmo is an award-winning game system that has created new ways for children to play, learn and interact with the iPad. DISKoveries has included reviews of Osmo since it first came out in 2014. These games have included Tangram, Words, Master- piece, Newton, Numbers, the Coding Family (Codie Awbie Game, Coding Jam Game, Coding Duo), Pizza Co. Game and Mind Racers. (See DISKoveries in CTG Solutions 2015-August, 2016-April and 2018-June). The Osmo system comes with a tablet stand and a reflective mirror. The mirror is a red attachable piece that lets the tablet see the environment below and in front of it and translates movements to the device. Osmo is now available for the iPad version 2 or higher, for Amazon Fire Tablets, and for the iPhone. (Games are sold separately.) New from Osmo:
Marbotic Deluxe Learning Kit: (www.marbotic.com)
Osmo Detective Agency: (www.playosmo.com)
Osmo Detective Agency (www.playosmo.com)
Marbotic’s Deluxe Learning Kit: YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/3PG8gdeD2ME
This is another fun and creative learning game from the de- velopers of Osmo. Those of you who are familiar with the old Carmen Diego software series will immediately be familiar with this game. Players, ages five and up, run their own detective agency and play as detectives whose job is to solve a crime by traveling from place to place, following clues and tracking down the criminal. Included in the box is a magnifying glass, a map holder box and four double sided folded cardboard maps. Each of the maps has a small tab with a visual symbol, signifying the maps location (i.e. Cairo, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Paris, New York,
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