My 3 year old is pretty particular about her learning games. She won’t play iPad for iPads sake — the content has to be high quality or she’ll get bored quick. She also gets frustrated with buggy or difficult apps quickly, and usually wants to play learning games while I sit beside her to solve issues quickly.
We’ve been playing Osmo Reading Adventure app for about 3 weeks, and it’s our new favorite game. After playing it with me for a week or so, she now will play it completely on her own, because it so rarely gives her trouble (e.g., crashing, confusing instructions). It’s so awesome to hear her from the kitchen reading stories by herself, and sounding out words she doesn’t know. This game has really accelerated her interest in reading independently!
We’ve already played through the storyline to where it ends now (though it’s clearly not the end of the story), and she still will ask to “catch some dreams” after dinner. I hope we get to see more of Oliver and Nebula’s adventures soon!