Pocket Frogs helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Planning

Developing a systematic approach for setting and achieving goals.

Pocket Frogs is largely a collection game. If the player wants to breed and collect all the frogs in the Froggydex, the player will need a methodical, long-term plan. If they don't have one, their habitats will run out of space (quickly), their money will run out (quickly), and their Froggydex will fill up very, very slowly. A lack of planning will also make it harder for the player to fill orders, which earn them money, potions, and other rewards.

Organization

Arranging and coordinating materials in order to complete a task.

Organizing places and things is another critical cognitive thinking skill in Pocket Frogs. The player starts the game with a nursery habitat and an adult habitat. Each habitat can only hold eight frogs. When the player takes a frog to the pond to tame and feed it, they will also encounter wild frogs to breed with. This happens on a fairly regular basis. If the player breeds with every wild frog they meet, their nursery will fill up and they won't be allowed to breed any more. To be free to breed--in order to meet orders and fill the Froggydex--the player needs to keep adult frogs out of their nursery. Having organized adult habitats can also help the player when they are breeding for a specific order.