The app’s intuitive, age-appropriate design makes it easy to interact with the robot while playing games. Your junior coder will laugh along with Elmo and his friends as they play a variety of educational games that introduce precoding concepts such as commands and sequences and use the app to control ELMOJI's actions - including movement, sounds, Elmo phrases - by selecting smiley faces and other emojis. Parents will appreciate the emphasis on teaching problem-solving skills, while playing memory games, making music, and so much more” (could also say critical thinking skills instead of problem solving). ELMOJI is also a lot of fun without the app! He responds with as you move him around and play with him. He can even replay and dance along to songs you created on the app. The ELMOJI app features Elmo and friends in multiple educational game modes: - Free Play with Abby Child “programs” ELMOJI by texting him emoji commands to follow. -Memory Match ELMOJI shows emojis on screen and prompts child to repeat the same sequence of emojis. - Mystery Maze with Cookie Monster, Oscar and Super Grover 2.0 Child selects arrow commands to move the character towards last box in the maze. - Music Maker with Big Bird Child creates creative music compositions as ELMOJI dances along. - Drive Mode Command ELMOJI to move around and react with classic Elmo phrases and animations.