Oops Hoops tests children's sorting skills. With Find Me, children search throughout the other areas of the software to find 12 objects that fall under a certain category. Your Own I Spy enables children to create puzzles of their own. The favorite activity among kid testers was Balloon Popper, which features a screen with three intertwined Rube Goldberg-type contraptions. Each contraption is missing crucial pieces.
Children start a device running to find where it's broken.
The program then provides children with a riddle that sends them back through other activities to find the object that completes the contraption. Kids find these puzzles engaging and fun. They also are a great way to expose children to vocabulary, spelling, reading, logic and creativity. The only weakness in both of these software titles is that eventually the puzzles repeat. However, since each title provides an area where children can create their own puzzles, there is always more to explore.