The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet for iPad app review

The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet

Price: Free

The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet by PBS KIDS is designed for kids to challenge them physically and mentally through games on the iPad.

The app revolves around Marcus and Jessica who are stranded on Prankster Planet and they desperately need your help. You can help them through a number of brainstorms, physical challenges, math questions, and more. This is a multiplayer game.

All the challenges you're faced with are equally fun and hilarious and really gets everyone involved. It's based around the kid’s series on PBS - The Electric Company.

Some of the features in this digital board game include collaborative play, hours worth of games and challenges, and the ability to play as the character you want.

Some of the things kids will be learning while playing include subtraction and addition, learning to tell time, geometry, data analysis and graphing, learning about coins/money and their value, and many other lessons.

This app is designed for kids ages five to nine and does a great job at getting and keeping their interest. Kids will be learning without even realizing it. There are literally hours worth of games they can play through, so this is a great app when you’ve got to keep the kids occupied or they just want something to do.

The Electric Company Party Game was released on Jan. 31, 2013 and has 35 customer ratings with an average rating of four out of five stars.

It’s not always easy to find a game for this age group of kids that is not only fun to play but easy to understand and use. This one manages to do both successfully with the bonus of actually offering a learning element.

For: iPad with iOS 4.3 or later