Snapimals helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Self-Control

Understanding our own actions, thoughts and feelings.

Snapimals has two limited resources (film and coin) that are necessary for the player to advance the game. Because of this, the player has the opportunity to practice their self-control skills. Impulse control and thinking about the future is necessary to keep them from using up all of their film on the first one or two animals that they see. If they snap those pictures too early, they could end up missing a rare animal or one of the specific poses Captain wants for the museum. The same is true of money. If they spend it on the wrong item at the wrong time, the player's progress in the game will be dramatically slowed.

Working Memory

Recalling and retaining information in our minds while working.

Because the game relies on specific orders for specific pictures--either through the museum or through quests--Snapimals is an excellent game for practicing working memory skills. The player must follow directions and work on diminishing forgetfulness in order to complete quests. Once the player is on "tour" he or she will have to remember what photo requests are in the quest list. There is no way to look them up until the tour is over. The player must also have a strong visual memory in order to remember what poses Captain has requested for each specific animal. If the player does not use their working memory skills, they will build money slowly and even stall out in the game completely.