Thursday, 29 December 2011

Our Philosophy


Today in the ICE (Information, communication and entertainment) age, Skidos.com is a pioneering endeavor in India to use the internet as means of making learning fun.  Our unique tools for  imparting learning to children include; fun educational games, animation and graphics, phonics and sounds which capture their imagination and increase their motivation for self learning.
At Skidos we focus on the wholesome development of skills which your child will need over the course of his life namely creativity, imagination, teamwork, reflection and critical thinking. These are imbibed through a range of engaging learning activities in arts and crafts, cooking, gardening, reading and other learning experiments.
Skidos has three main sections:
  • Skidos Classroom: Has fun and educational learning games covering subjects like Math, English, science, social studies and general knowledge.
  • Skidos Café: Allows kids to interact with their classmates and share content in a safe and secure environment.  Here we also list numerous learning activities which you and your child can do together.
  • Skidos Playground: Application where kids can utilize the points earned through the learning modules to create a virtual house of their own.

Monday, 26 December 2011

Test Your Maths And Concentration


This game tests the mental stability and sharpness as well the maths and concentration of the player. It contain three frames on which the player has to concentrate equally.

One of the frame displays the question, which you have to answer in given time.


Another frame contains falling eggs to be gathered.



The third and the last frame contains birds that you have to shoot.


All this task has to be done simultaneously. This game will test and improve your concentration and reflexes. All the best and score as much as you can.


Use your mouse to click on the right answer. Use your arrow keys to move the bowl. Use your mouse to click and shoot the bird.

Improve your general knowledge while playing games

At skidos there are games which helps you increase your general knowledge in a fun way. Here we are presenting some games brief which can help you increase your general knowledge.

1. DISCOVER INDIA
Revise your geography. Correctly place all the States and Union Territories correctly on the India Map. Drag and drop the pieces appearing on the left on the map appearing on your right. You have three chances.

2. CRICKET
This is a cricket game where you need to score the maximum runs in the given overs and then bowl well to disallow your opposition to score more runs.


Use A to move batsman left, D to move right, W to move front and S to move back. Look at the question  on the screen and point the arrow on the pitch towards the right answer. Press space when the arrow is fully colored to get maximum power. Press space again to hit the ball when it is close to the batsmen. You will score more runs if you get the right answer.




Look at the question on the screen and choose the right answer from one of the four deliveries. Then move the point of delivery to where you want to pitch the bowl. Stop the speedo meter by pressing space and delivering the bowl. The closer you stop it to the highlighted region the better your chances of getting a wicket.




3. LEMONADE STAND
This game tests your ability to start a business and make profit. You need to setup your lemonade stall. You will be given Rs. 2000 to buy ingredients, like lemon, sugar, glasses, water to make your lemonade.




Customers will come to your stall based on the weather conditions. The hotter the conditions the more customers will come and vice versa. Check out the weather conditions and decide how many units of glasses, sugar, lemon and water do you want to buy.
Then decide your recipe based on the hint given on your screen. Based on your cost per glass decide the price at which you want to sell each glass.Remember, if your price is too high less people will buy your drink. You can press the fast forward button to see how well you did.You need to make a minimum profit of Rs.1000 in 3days, 2000 in 6 days and 4000 in 9 days to win medals.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Space Counting Multiply Game on Skidos.com

Revise your maths calculations. A sharp mind and calm head will be needed to win this game. Answer the maths question appearing on the top left corner of your screen by shooting one of the choices carried by the alien. Use the arrow keys (up, down, left and right) to aim and space bar to fire yor lasers. enjoy

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Catch And Catch Game on Skidos.com

Revise your alphabets. Catch the right object based on the alphabets. Use your mouse to move  your boat around the lake to catch the objects. It will be fun.

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Catch The Right Shape Game on Skidos.com

Revise your shapes. First drew the shapes as per joining the given blocks. while you drew the shape you have to catch objects with that shape. and you will get the medals as per as your performance in the game.

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Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Colour Game on Skidos


About the Colour Game

Revise your shape. You require good hand and eye co-ordination to win the game. recognize the shapes correctly based on what Baba the Bear says. Click the right Shape to gain more medals.

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Know your home game at skidos.com


About the Game

The aim of this game is to test your knowledge about your home. Recognize the home items according to the information given by Baba the bear. There will be some question that Baba the Bear (host of the game) will ask. You need to click the right item to move further into the game.

Bed Room


Toilet


Garden



Kitchen


Living Room


Monday, 19 December 2011

Moutain Pose Yoga on Youtube.com

We have added Moutain Pose yoga on our youtube.com channel that is http://youtube.com/skidosgames

Benefits:

  1. Start in mountain pose and then jump to this pose and then jump and return to mountain pose.
  2. Jumping Jacks are great for kids in many ways.
  3. They help develop coordination and strength.
  4. They also help develop the brain and concentration.

Hand Motion Pose Yoga on youtube.com

We have added Hand Motion Pose yoga on our youtube.com channel that is http://youtube.com/skidosgames

Benefits:
  1. This pose is easy to perform anytime and focuses on healing certain ailments.
  2. Regular practice contributes to the overall good health. 
  3. It purifies the entire body, increases concentration power, builds a sharp memory.
  4. It improves breathing, strengthens body and mind and increases energy in the body.'



Sunday, 18 December 2011

A New Fashion World on Skidos.com

Hi welcome to Fashion world, your very own fashion store.


The below given paragraphs try to answer any / all question you might have.


How to sign in
We will automatically sign you in with your SKIDOS id.


How to Design Clothes:
Once you have entered the store, at the bottom of the main screen you will find an Icon which says “Design Clothes:. Click on this to enter your studio.



 Once inside you will be able to choose various cuts and designs to make your very own creative outfits. These can be coloured in various permutations and combinations. Upon finalising an outfit it will be transferred to your store window where your friends can access your designs and purchase them as well. Every outfit you design will cost some medals.



   
     

How to see and purchase outfits from my friends: 
Visit your friends’ stores again by accessing the main screen and clicking on the tab at the bottom which says “Friends Store”. This will generate a number of pop up windows of your various friends and you select the profile you want to visit. Once you select the profile, your friends’ store will open and you will be able to see and buy the outfits you wish to. You will need sufficient medals to purchase outfits.


How to get medals to purchase outfits:
You will need to play more games in order to earn medals to spend in this game.

More games on skidos.com

Wednesday, 14 December 2011


Farm Pets
A farm area is an area of land used to produce food and livestock with the help of animals. Farms may be operated by a single individual, family, community, corporation or a company. A farm can be a holding of any size from a hectare to several thousand hectares. Farm is a place where you feel the nature with its usability.


How to Play
Skill: Test your knowledge about animals.
Aim: Answer the question on the screen by clicking on the correct animal.
How to answer: Use your mouse to click on the correct animal.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

skidos: Story: The Animas

skidos: Story: The Animas: The Animas Sheela was a pixie of age 10. She was a pixie who could talk to animals. She was called an Animas. Sheela had learnt to speak ...

Story: The Animas

The Animas
Sheela was a pixie of age 10. She was a pixie who could talk to animals. She was called an Animas. Sheela had learnt to speak to bees, cats, butterflies, mice, peacocks, dragonflies, fishes, parrots and many other creatures. But, however much she tried she could not speak to or   understand spiders! She yelled and she screamed at a spider who did not understand anything but found it very funny. She cried and she cried that she still could not speak to the spider who now found it very sad...

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Spidy Scrolls

Spidy Scrolls
It was a day full of fun and laughter. Tiny Teena got to play with her pet Spidy - The Spider. Teena jumped all around...  Thupp...  Dhupp...  Thupp She sang all day long. Hummed and clapped along. Teena was excited. New ideas kept her delighted!!! Ewwww crazy Teena, squeaked the spidy on seeing the playful girl. Then she made her mind to listen to the musical for a change. The Spidy went crazy seeing so much clap and laughter. Teena felt good with her new found partner!!!

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Piu's Joy

Piu's Joy
Piu was a pretty little girl. Piu loved ice-cream, strawberry flavored. Piu loved chocolates. Piu loved to play tipi-tipi-tap. Piu's favorite colour was orange. Piu's favorite sweet was Jalebi which was also Orange. And Piu, loved her dreams... Once Piu came back from school. She told her mother about her test marks. She had done well in tests. As a reward her mother gave her a Jalebi. Piu enjoyed her treat a lot. She went round and round like Jalebi. She got tired and slept.

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Naughty Geeta

Naughty Geeta
Geeta was getting very bored. She just didn’t know what to do! All of her toys were very old. Suddenly a spider named Teenu leaped off the window sill and cried “Hey! Geeta, you wanna play with me ?” Geeta thought for a while and then her face brightened. “All right I’ll play ‘with’ you, hahaha.” “All right first I’ll play ‘blow the spider’” decided Geeta. Geeta held her breath and then blew as much as she could. Teenu went swinging “Ahhhhhh”

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Mr. Pinkball


Mr. Pinkball

Upala was back home from school. She slammed her school bag on the ground and began to jump for joy. Why ? Because she had got a part in the school play which would be staged on the day of concert and prize distribution. She would act as a princess in the play - The Princess who didn't laugh. She had copied her part in her exercise copy. She remembered the lines and thought of repeating them to herself. I am the Princess of Merryland!, She shouted. But I do not laugh. Suddenly she remembered that her grandfather was taking his afternoon nap in his room.

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Lousy

Lousy
Once there was a girl named Lousy (loo-ee-see). Her mother was busy talking on the phone. Lousy wanted to go out, but her mother did not allow her. Lousy looked exactly like her mother. She loved ice-cream, so she always wore tops with ice-cream sleeves. Lousy was a little naughty. She decided to go out secretly. On the way out, she said, ssh-ssh. When she reached outside the house, she still did, ssh for a while. Then when she got far away at last, she stopped doing ssh.

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Girl Who Wasn't Scared

Girl Who Wasn't Scared
Furry went to the Spider School. He was the youngest and smallest spider and also the smartest. But Furry had one BIG problem – he didn’t like scaring people, especially little children. His teacher was fed up with him and his parents were worried about him. If he didn’t scare an adult or child before the semester was out, he would fail school. Furry knew everybody would laugh at him. He sat in his corner of the ceiling and sniffed. He had no choice; he just had to scare somebody. Furry thought he was going to cry when in bounced a little girl.

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Story: Chumpy And I

Chumpy And I
Hi, I am Chunni and this is my best friend spider, Chumpy. We do everything together. We sing together. We watch TV and also save energy together. Did you know ? Saving energy is very important. We can save energy everyday by switching things off when people are not using them. I love to splash in puddles and Chumpy loves to watch me splash in them. One day I asked him why he did not splash in puddles. He said that he was afraid that he would get wet and that he hates the color blue...

Read the whole story at Skidos.com

Skidos Cricket


Skill - This game tests your knowledge of science

Aim - This is a cricket game where you need to score the maximum runs in the given overs and then bowl well to disallow your opposition to score more runs.

Batting
Use A to move batsman left, D to move right, W to move front and S to move back. Look at the question  on the screen and point the arrow on the pitch towards the right answer. Press space when the arrow is fully colored to get maximum power. Press space again to hit the ball when it is close to the batsmen. You will score more runs if you get the right answer.

Batting
Bowling
Look at the question on the screen and choose the right answer from one of the four deliveries. Then move the point of delivery to where you want to pitch the bowl. Stop the speedo meter by pressing space and delivering the bowl. The closer you stop it to the highlighted region the better your chances of getting a wicket.

Bowling

Business Game - Lemonade Stand

Lemonade Stand




















Skill: This game tests your ability to start a business and make profit.

Aim: You need to setup your lemonade stall. You will be given Rs. 2000 to buy ingredients, like lemon, sugar, glasses, water to make your lemonade.


How to Play: Customers will come to your stall based on the weather conditions. The hotter the conditions the more customers will come and vice versa. Check out the weather conditions and decide how many units of glasses, sugar, lemon and water do you want to buy. Then decide your recipe based on the hint given on your screen. Based on your cost per glass decide the price at which you want to sell each glass.
Remember, if your price is too high less people will buy your drink. You can press the fast forward button to see how well you did.You need to make a minimum profit of Rs.1000 in 3days, 2000 in 6 days and 4000 in 9 days to win medals.

URL: http://skidos.com

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Skidos Games Video on Youtube

Skidos.com has a video channel where we put videos related to our games and graphical presentation.
URL of channel: http://www.youtube.com/skidosgames


Other Links:
a) Yoga Animation Intro
b) Tree Post Side View.

soon we will upload lots of other games video to let you enjoy.

thanks
skidos.com

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

skidos games on facebook

hello,

we have just implemented some awesome educational online games on facebook. check below.

http://apps.facebook.com/beemath/
Revise your maths calculations. A sharp mind and a calm head will be needed to win this game


http://apps.facebook.com/gamelemonade/
Test your ability to start a business and start making profit


http://apps.facebook.com/ballonmath/
Revise your maths calculations. A sharp mind and a calm head will be needed to win this game.


http://apps.facebook.com/quizcricket/
This games tests your knowledge of science


enjoy... 

Monday, 5 December 2011

skidos.com

Today in the ICE (Information, communication and entertainment) age, Skidos.com is a pioneering endeavor in India to use the internet as means of making learning fun.  Our unique tools for  imparting learning to children include; fun educational games, animation and graphics, phonics and sounds which capture their imagination and increase their motivation for self learning.
At Skidos we focus on the wholesome development of skills which your child will need over the course of his life namely creativity, imagination, teamwork, reflection and critical thinking. These are imbibed through a range of engaging learning activities in arts and crafts, cooking, gardening, reading and other learning experiments.
Skidos has three main sections:
  • Skidos Classroom: Has fun and educational learning games covering subjects like Math, English, science, social studies and general knowledge.
  • Skidos Café: Allows kids to interact with their classmates and share content in a safe and secure environment.  Here we also list numerous learning activities which you and your child can do together.
  • Skidos Playground: Application where kids can utilize the points earned through the learning modules to create a virtual house of their own.