According to the Yandex press service, “Plus for Kids” – a “Yandex Plus” option with educational and entertaining content, will be the “Risovayka” application for preschoolers.
The application is designed for children aged 3 to 7 years. It will help children learn to draw and also introduce them to letters, numbers and geometric shapes.
According to Plus Children research, 88 percent of parents want their children to be able to draw, but only 41 percent can and are ready to teach themselves. At the same time, 92% of parents want their children not only to color pictures but also to gain new knowledge in the process.
As Tatyana Umryaeva, Yandex’s head of services for children and parents, emphasizes, most preschoolers draw every week. According to him, Risovaika app solves this desire.
“We are seeing growing demand from parents for high-quality edutainment content, and we are filling the kids’ “Plus” option with apps that help kids spend their time in a useful and fun way. “Risovaika” is the first proprietary application in the “Plus for Kids” option, and we tried to combine the interests of the child (bright famous characters, fascinating stories) and the wishes of the parents (step-by-step drawing). lessons and other developmental mechanics),” he noted.
Yandex announced that the application was developed using the “simple to complex” method. There are educational coloring pages and thematic sections featuring Blue Tractor characters. At the same time, the child will receive new drawing tools in the application when completing the next coloring book. The gifts are expected to motivate children to try and improve their skills. So, in addition to ordinary colors, it will be possible to use magic paints, gradient markers, texture brushes and decorate drawings with stickers.
It is stated that the collection of coloring pages will be constantly updated. In addition, the application will soon include interactive tips for children from the Curious Assistant character.
The “Risovaika” application was developed by a team of Plus for Children methodologists based on in-house research and is available free of charge to Yandex Plus subscribers with the “Children” option.