Just 2 Words is a fun word puzzle app that develops flexibility and verbal reasoning and will work best for children with solid spelling and good general knowledge and vocabulary. The user sees two somehow related photographs and must choose from scrambled letters to spell a word depicted in each picture. The pictures denote common compound words or phrases like baseball+diamond or party+animal but can sometimes be unfamiliar to children, such as court+date. A player can only advance by solving the puzzle, but can use earned coins for hints. However, coins can be depleted quickly and users will need to pay for more. There are options to email friends or post on Facebook for help, but both are time consuming and may cause frustration. Overall, with the attractive photos and no timer, this game can be a fun, stress-free way to improve on flexible thinking, general knowledge, and vocabulary. *Note: This app was originally reviewed for iPad/iPhone. Some differences might apply.

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• General Information
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Spelling
• Verbal Reasoning
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Vocabulary
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options