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YUVA Studio is a simple, web-based drawing application that allows kids to create artwork by manipulating shapes. Kids can move, flip, stretch, color, and doodle:
‘YUVA consists of five activities: STAMP, PUNCH, PATCH, DOODLE and DRAW. The activities start out simple: choose a shape and stamp it on the canvas, punch it out of the canvas, or use a single shape to make mosaics. Then advance to doodling to add detail to the drawing. Some allow single-color drawings, others multiple. Some use single shapes, others use many. Each activity has been designed to develop different skills of composition and inventiveness.’
Kids can then send their drawings to family and friends via e-card.
YUVA offers a seven-day free trial, after which there’s a $30 license fee for one ‘Artist’. The service is still new, but eventually you’ll be able to purchase additional shapes, activities, and add storage space to your account.
I spent some time playing, and YUVA has promise. I had problems with the interface, and the response time seemed slow—never a good combination with impatient five-year-olds—but it’s simple enough for toddlers to use, and has more advanced tools for older children. My son loves playing on the computer, but similar online games offered by PBS Kids and Sprout are limited and repetitive.
(Via Lifehacker)
October 17th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Interesting..never heard of it.