Check out Big Break: The Acting Game here!Click the first image for a game preview video
Announcing Big Break: Act & Sing Game 6-8 – the newest App in the Big Break Family! Our original App, Big Break: Act & Sing Game, is geared towards kids aged 9-14. We saw how much younger kids love the game, so we created a whole bunch of new content and put it into a new game for kids aged 6-8! Find it in the App Store here!
Also check out Big Break: Act & Sing Game 2.0, now available in the Apple App Store!
Both games now cater to multiple levels of verbal & attention ability! Act out new scenes with just 1 word or sound, 2 words, or full sentences. Go to the new “Verbal Settings” screen to choose your verbal level. Scenes start out short to accommodate shorter attention spans, and slowly grow to help strengthen attention.
Both Big Break games also feature new animations and scenes to enjoy. Emotion choices now have animated emojis so reading is not required to choose the right answer!
Big Break is now also available for iPhone.
Big Break Bobby needs actors for his movie production studios. That’s where you come in! Act out lines along with game characters, guess emotions of the characters, and even see yourself in a movie! Earn points based on your acting and observation skills!
This game operates as a safe and fun way for kids to practice their social communication skills through modules that require listening, watching, acting, and singing. A great resource for coaching nonverbal aspects of expression and emotion understanding.
Based on research conducted in the SMART lab at Ryerson University (smartlaboratory.org), this game utilizes research-supported methods of emotional mimicry along with sophisticated expression analysis algorithms to guide kids in their development of social communication skills. Ideal for children with communication difficulties, including children with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, auditory processing disorder, attention deficit disorder subtypes, and deaf children with cochlear implants.
More information about the Big Break game can be found at bigbreakgame.com.
Big Break: Emotion Guide
Big Break: Emotion Guide is our other Emotion Dictionary app, currently in Beta mode. This app gives video definitions of emotions. If you’d like to try a copy, get in touch! We’d love your feedback.
About UsWe are a social enterprise focused on supporting social and emotional development of children through fun and accessible apps.
Emotional & Social Development
Apps to help children develop social skills in emotional expression and recognition.
Based in Research
IOS App Technology
State of the art app and game technology accessible for anyone with an iPad.
Educational Feedback
Immediate feedback during gameplay about emotion expressions and recognition.
Chief Executive Officers: Lucy McGarry, Ph.D. & Frank Russo, Ph.D.
Creative Director: Dan Sampson
Graphics, animations & character design by Dan Sampson
iOS development by Alex Andrews and Gabriel Jensen
Theme song and sound effects by Andrew Lauzon
Production team: Stevie Baker, Tyler Grace, Adam Buckley
Thanks to our funding sources, including the Fed Dev Social Venture Fellowship and the Telus Greater Toronto Community Board
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As a team of researchers, educators, designers, and parents, we understand the importance of social communication, and we are deeply interested in making tools to support the development of social communication skills. We are always interested in learning more about social communication challenges and receiving app-specific feedback. Please send comments via email to info@bigbreakgame.com, or fill out a comment card.
