I thought my son would bore of it quickly based on its simplicity but it caught the attention of my 8-year-old.


And when they discovered the option of viewing photos of the animals in real life, my kids loved it even more.






Finally, we have my son's recent favourite - Zoo Train. I made my first Windows Store purchase and paid $1.49 for this app. While I felt it wasn't very challenging for my 5-year-old, my son didn't mind at all. In fact, he loves planes, trains and automobiles so his fascination goes without saying.


There is a bit of a puzzle component as your child creates a train track by placing track pieces on various layouts as well as other picture puzzles. There is also another activity that allows your child to practice letter recognition by matching letters to their tiles.


The brightly coloured train whistles are really cute and instantly appealed to my son who recently started piano lessons. They can, however, become rather annoying if your child isn't wearing earphones. If your child is in senior kindergarten, I would recommend passing up on this app as I'd say it's better suited for toddlers.

Seeing as this is my first time using Windows 8 and the Windows Store, it took some time getting used to finding my way around but luckily @HPSupport came across my tweet and shared some handy tutorials:

@TeacherMomOfTwo The tutorials here http://t.co/hea2QB1d9e might help. :)
— HP Support (@HPSupport) August 30, 2013

The more I use the Windows app and the HP Rove20, the more I like the new platform and the touch screen functionality. I'm looking forward to our third and final challenge!


Don't forget that the HP Back-to-School Bundle giveaway is well underway and is ending in one week. I know many of you have been eagerly waiting for the next secret word so without further ado, here you go: