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Toca Kitchen Monsters

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Free Education
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Liz Panarelli By Liz Panarelli , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 3+

Silly spin-off is more fun for Toca veterans than newbies.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 3+?

Any Positive Content?

  • Toca Kitchen Monsters App: Screenshot #1
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age 2+

Based on 1 parent review

Cupcake Mom
Cupcake Mom Parent of baby and 2-year-old
August 15, 2016
age 2+

Kitchen Monsters

As with all the other Toca Boca games, you must have the motor skills that most 3 year olds have to play this. My little girl is 2. So she watches me play this game where you can do ANYTHING as long as you have imagintation. Amazing!
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What’s It About?

Kids first select one of two silly monsters, then open the fridge to select one of eight food items. Vegetarian-conscious parents can adjust the settings to remove any meat. Kids can then try to feed the character the food raw, or prepare it with a knife, food processor, pot of water, frying pan, or microwave. As can be seen in this trailer, the food changes in response to the preparation; for example, being sliced, ground up, or browned. Characters either munch on the food and smile, stick out their tongues in disgust, or reject the food altogether. Occasionally a thought bubble appears to suggest how to prepare the food to a character's liking.

Is It Any Good?

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Toca Kitchen Monsters is clearly just a fun and silly spin-off of Toca Kitchen, and its monsters are surprisingly endearing. As a bonus to Toca Kitchen, Monsters is fairly satisfying, since the messy kitchen and new vegetable will stand out to kids as different. Kids new to the series may be left wanting more, though -- as in, they'll want you to buy the regular app. Still, it's a good (free!) way to see how your kid responds to a digital toy with few instructions, versus a game with clear objectives and rules.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • With your child, cook a few foods (such as eggs) that change their appearance depending on how you cook them -- just like the monster vegetable!

  • Change the settings to vegetarian and ask your child what has changed.

  • Check the For Parents section for more ways to stimulate your child's thought process during play.

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