No 12
Osmo is a small base and a mirror that clip onto an iPad so the camera sees the table in front of it, and the Genius kit comes with five games that use real pieces: number tiles for math, letter tiles for spelling, tangram shapes, and a drawing game where the iPad reacts to what the child draws on paper. It is screen time that keeps hands busy and eyes on the table.
It is the Christmas gift for a son or daughter in the six to ten range who already has access to an iPad, and the gift for new parents of a kindergartner who want the tablet to do something useful.
It needs a compatible iPad, which the listing lists by model. Everything comes in a box that stores the tiles. Sixty-five dollars for the gift that gets a parent to stop feeling guilty about the iPad.
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