Injini is a suite of 10 educational games inspired by children with special needs. The game developers “worked for 2 years with parents, early childhood educators, and occupational, speech, and cognitive experts to create superior play-based learning experiences that help young children reach developmental milestones.”
The games within this app were tested by children with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, and other developmental delays, but is also enjoyed by early learners! David Boniske, an occupational therapist at the Albany Unified School District and adjunct instructor at Samuel Merritt University, reviewed the app stating, “Whether you are working with children with disabilities or want to help your young child develop in a fun yet challenging manner, I strongly recommend Injini.”
10 Games in Injini App:
- Balloons: Learn colors and shapes while practicing auditory and visual processing skills
- Find It: Practice and improve auditory processing and visual discrimination
- Frog: Improve pre-writing skills by feeding the hungry frog
- Matching: Select the matching picture card to make a pair
- Puzzle: Put the puzzles together to develop cognitive and fine motor skills
- Squares: Tap the squares in the order they’re highlighted
- Farm: 8 mini-games that encourage curiosity and responsibility
- Tracing: Move the ball along the path to trace the shapes
- Letters: Develops capital and lowercase letter and phonemic awareness
- Pattern: Tap the correct picture card to complete the pattern
Skills practiced when playing these games:
- Fine motor skills
- Cause and effect
- Differentiation
- Spatial awareness
- Memory
- Visual processing
- Response inhibition
- Sequencing
- And more!
Other features of Injini:
- Intuitive game design promotes independent play
- Designed for school and home use
- Subtle level changes support different stages of development
- Short tutorials demonstrate how to play each game
- “Help Button” provides hints when stuck
- “Superb artwork, music and real voice files”
To learn more about the Injini: Child Development Game Suite, check out the developer’s website.
