Recently I had the privilege of hanging out with some serious local talent. Like, serious, serious. Joyce Hesselberth’s work is published everywhere but you would never guess just how accomplished she is by chatting with her. Which is to say that she’s just super nice and sweet and totally unassuming. You can see her amazing portfolio of illustration work here but recently she launched an amazing app for kids, PrestoBingo!
I don’t typically write sponsored posts and, technically speaking, this isn’t a sponsored post though Joyce did give me access to the app for free. I don’t give my kids a ton of time on my phone but when I do I want it to count, as in work, as in I gave you my phone to keep you completely occupied for some length of time. I think it’s a tall order, for the preschool set, to find a game that’s interesting, not too hard, is not hideous and doesn’t require you to constantly buy add ons just to play (I’m looking at you My Little Pony!)
PrestoBingo is beautiful. The puzzle boards are so charming and Avery loves to play it. When you find all the shapes the picture animates and she loves that too. She’s learning her shapes and I also love that it slips in counting up to 20. That’s totally where Avery is right now. We’re playing! We’re counting!
What can I say about this app? We’re loving it! I asked Joyce if she’d be willing to give a free download to one of my lovely friends and she was totally up for that so if you would like a free copy of PrestoBingo for your device just leave a comment and I’ll pick a random winner on Friday, woot!
My daughter (also named Avery) would love PrestoBingo! Thanks for blogging about it. :)
My 2 year old Lola would love Prestobingo Shapes. She’s really into shapes, numbers, colours and puzzles at the moment so this would be perfect for her. Actually, I think her big sister Ava would be pretty keen to play it too – even though she’s a little old for it ;)
WE would love this at our house! Thanks for the chance to win :)
I don’t need to win the app as we purchased it for the kids on their ipad and our phones. I just wanted to say how much my 3yo is loving it. Big sister is an artist and she enjoys the beautiful illustrations as well. Honored to have met you Joyce!
my kids would love this! thanks for the chance!!
me me me me me!!!!
It’s always a sad day when the kid knows more shapes than I do. Trapezoid? Also, we played an app that had a trap. It said to find the paralelegram (however you spell that), but technically, three of the shapes qualified. I ranted forever.
I’m always up to try a new app! Anything that gets us away from Thomas on netflix. *sigh* Thomas.