Hey Poptropicans! Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Although it doesn’t seem to have been mentioned anywhere, there’s a Poptropica English app out there for iOS devices – and it’s created by Pearson Education, the company that owns Poptropica. It’s targeted to 6-11 year-olds and is free on the App Store, but comes with in-app purchases.
The game is populated with Poptropica characters and contains mini-games such as City Hub, Word Factory, Word Race, and Word Tower. If you’re looking to brush up on elementary-level English vocabulary, or know someone who might want to, check it out!
UPDATE: There’s another one! Thanks to PHB reader Why are you reading my name for the tip. It’s also by Pearson, and it’s called Our Discovery Island: Phonic Tricksters. You can get it on the App Store or Google Play for free, but it does contain in-app purchases.
In Phonic Tricksters, the Tricksters (masked Poptropicans) are stealing English letter-sounds (phonemes) and you can catch them by taking photos with your phone camera. This game is for ages 4 and up. Unlike the other app, this one doesn’t seem to explicitly say the characters are Poptropicans.
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In other news, the PHC (Poptropica Help Chat) recently had a (hopefully more eye-pleasing) makeover! If you haven’t already, check out the PHB’s Christmas party 2014 recap, which includes a video introduction to the PHC community and the things we get up to. Think of it as the PHC trailer. 😉
Also, I’ve changed my Poptropican’s look, which you may see around various places, including the new PHB Twitter header. The maroon hair matches my scarf! Rad. 😎
Plus, the PHB recently hit 15 million views! Stay tuned for a special treat… 😀
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Yeaaaah! Congratulations for an awesome 15M Hits! The surprise sure is exciting! 😛
Aaaand it’s up! 😀 Check it out.
Congrats on the 15 million hits! Although I, *cough*, enjoy your old Poptropican’s look. 😛
Aw, well, it’s fun to play around with Poptropica fashion. 😀
There’s also an app named Phonic Tricksters which has Poptropicans in it.
You’re right! Thanks for the tip – I wonder why we’ve never heard of them before. 😛 The post has been updated to mention Phonic Tricksters.
Great post! I love your new look. 😎 I change my Poptropicans look a lot. I think I’m going to stick with my current look. c: I knew about the app already! <-: I'm surprised the creators never even made an announcement on it..
I see I’ve already inspired someone with that fish! 😉
Awesome can’t wait to get started.
Hey Slanted Fish, don’t the songs have copyrights, if so how did you get them on your video? (P.S I feel like an idiot asking this)
They probably do, but I only used 15-second snippets of each, so hopefully that’s fine with the copyright holders. (For those wondering: click here for the video in question.) 🙂