Big Thinkers (video game series)

Big Thinkers! was designed to consist of "a grade-specific learning program". ==Gameplay==

The player interacts with Ben and Becky as objects, while exploring the house and playing sixteen mini-games to earn stars of one of five colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Each color represents a different category of education: • Red Smart Stars: Reading/English • Yellow Smart Stars: Art/Creativity • Green Smart Stars: Thinking Skills/Spatial Recognition • Blue Smart Stars: Math/Computation • Purple Smart Stars: Physical Science/Social Science Upon collecting a large amount of each color, the player then has a chance to attempt a longer mini-game to obtain a larger dull orange-colored star wearing a square academic cap (sunglasses and a skateboard in First Grade). Many mini games are available in both games, but in each game they are different. The house lay-out is the same except in Big Thinkers 1st Grade the woods is replaced with a garage. Big Thinkers! Kindergarten taught skills such as measurements, spelling, and letter identification. In teaching math, language arts, science / social science, creative arts and skills, the game built upon the national curriculum standards for kindergarten students. == Critical reception ==

The series had a mixed reception. The Boston Herald wrote that the series was released to a "universal yawn", as opposed to other Humongous series such as Putt-Putt and Freddi Fish, which were popular, fun, rewarding, and replayable, according to the site. while Humpty Dumpty Magazine thought Kindergarten had "many great games to play". ReviewCorner said Kindergarten was "busier" and more challenging than its competitors in the market. Discovery Education reviewed 1st Grade by noting that many first-graders may find the program too challenging. ==References==