The game mode for girls is changing.
Last month's international toy development showed a few clever new toys for girls who encouraged the project.
The mobile app is not far from some of the "abilities" that promote girlsdo" exemplars.
For parents who want to extend their daughter's gaming experience beyond Barbie and Disney Princess, here is a series of new toys and apps that will appeal to girls while showing them strong role models.
Goldie Blox and spinning machine (Toy)
From Goldie Blox, Inc. , best under 612, $29.
The idea of Debbie Stirling, a Stanford engineer, the combination of the toy and the book gives the girls a reason to explore the principles of engineering.
The toy part is pastel-
Colorful building kit with nail plates, wheels, axles, building blocks, washers, cranks, ribbons and five lovely statues.
The girls play by reading a lovely rhyming story about Goldie, a girl who decides to design a spinning machine to help her dog chase his tail.
At different times of the adventure, the book prompts the girl to stop and do the same thing Goldie did in the story.
At the end of the day, the fledgling engineers will build a spinning machine for the dog ".
"Goldie Blox" connects the girl's quest to a lovely story to let them know about engineering.
By putting the building in a familiar game mode to reproduce the story, the girls have reason to build and participate in the project.
Goldie turned into a fix.
It's a role model for girls, just like Builder Bob did for boys.
This toy is very new, and it will not be available for stores until April.
Individuals can book directly from www. goldieblox. com. Builda the Re-Bicycler (App)
Best under 5 from midandia Press10, $1.
In 99, iPadHeroine build da has a bicycle factory in the community of Midlandia Island.
These citizens use bicycles in buildings as their means of transport.
The only problem is that once there is a problem with the bike, the owner pushes it to the town dump.
Since the dump is now packed with bicycles, most of them only need to be repaired small, build da has introduced the concept of "re-repair", saving a daybicyling.
"In order to repair the current bicycle, she rescued the old bicycle parts.
An engineer and business owner used her creativity to solve an environmental problem.
As her solution became more popular, it became a catalyst for the whole community to work on recycling other things like cans, paper, etc.
With this interactive book app, girls can learn how a good idea can grow into something bigger;
They think women can be inventors and heroines.
The app has gorgeous illustrations, interesting interactive hotspots and engaging stories.
But most importantly, build da is a great example for little girls. Roominate (Toy)
Best 6-year-old from Maykah, Inc.
$12, $59 room is a do-it-Connect yourself-
Dollhouse building kit.
The kit comes with materials that can be combined to form walls, floors, and furniture.
But the rough diamond in this building kit is its motor and switch, which allows the girls to design things like fans, elevators, or flashing fireplaces.
The toy, which is the result of a collaboration between Alice Brooks and two female engineers from Stanford University, Bettina Chen, extends traditional toy house games to an experience of design and construction.
Girls can try the hats of architects and engineers.
Roommates asked the little girl to stage the story they wanted to tell. LEGO Friends (Toy)
From Lego group for children under 59, $5. 99-$69.
Lego Friends, the coveted 2013 Toy Award winner of the Toy Industry Association, is a series of buildable toys made up of five friends
Olivia, Mia, Andrea, Stephanie and Emma.
Each character has different personalities and unique interests, from sports to inventions, to performances, to taking care of animals.
Different from the block characters on the boy --
For the Lego building collection, which features girls, styles and details, as well as a wealth of accessories.
Like Roominate and Goldie Blox, these architectural sets have the girl in charge of building the world that tells their story.
Fairy tale producer-Princess
Duck, duck, Moose (App)
Most suitable for 4 years from duck, moose-9, $1.
IPhone, iPod Touch, iPad.
Don't be deceived by traditionsounding title.
This app is more than just playing princess.
It provides girls with digital tools to create their own video stories.
Their story is full of fairies, mermaids and unicorns.
But they can also be stars of vets, writers and astronauts.
The girls set the stage for their story by choosing from 32 preset animated scenes, 32 extra color scenes or drawing their own background.
Then they fill the scene with stickers-
Move them to create animations like characters.
The app records the actions of the characters and the stories of your children and combines them to create videos. These easy-to-
Use digital tools to enable girls to create their own heroine.
With some pre-choice as a vet or astronaut, the girls begin to think about themselves from a broader perspective, not just a princess.
The app even provides a reversal scene of the character of the Princess to save the Prince.
Jinny Gudmundsen is the author of the new book, the children's iPad app, which is part of the dummies series.
His mother is part of techcomments. com.
Follow her @ JinnyGudmundsen.