Free learning app
Baby Numbers (123) is a free learning app developed by White Simplicity LLC. The app aims to teach numbers to small children. However, unlike Applaydu by Kinder, it’s designed for very young children and babies, which puts it on a similar level to ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes Videos Pro.
The idea behind this app is for your infant child to learn numbers from 1 to 10, which is challenging when dealing with babies and small children. It tries to overcome the difficulties of teaching at such young ages by offering basic graphics and interfaces. It has a couple of extra features, too.
A simple premise
What Baby Numbers (123) offers is nothing out of the ordinary. There’s a sequence of cards that contain written numbers, dice and fingers corresponding to the written number. So, you can see the number “3”, a die with three dots, and a hand with three coloured fingers.
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There’s also the option to record your voice and assign it to the numbers, so the child can hear you say “four” whenever the corresponding card is displayed.
MS Paint-like production
Don’t expect any interesting visual stimuli, cute animals or anything else that might make your child engage with the app. It’s as dry as it gets, and the images look like someone would’ve spent only a few hours with MS Paint to develop them.
That said, the idea of your voice being associated with the cards is intriguing, and while the developers claim your child will learn better and faster as a result, they offer no scientific basis for it.
A risk-free trial
Baby Numbers (123) claims it’ll help your small child learn the numbers. While the idea is interesting, one has to wonder how such a plain app would be appealing and engaging for small children. While most maths learning apps offer colourful animals, toys and other logical items for children, this app brings you dice.
Any scientific basis the developers might have for such decisions is cast into doubt when they claim that babies have “fragile minds”, confusing the term “mind” with “brain”. In fact, babies’ minds are quite formidable at learning. Still, you might want to try the app and check for yourself.
