Its reading time!! All together now!! MAY you enjoy it!!

Celebrate Library Information Week (LIW) 
and National Year of Reading 



by taking part in the National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) on May 23 2012.

This is a great event to get the whole school involved in.....
Register to join the National Simultaneous Storytime  
The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland resources, activities and ideas for inspiration include:
Powerpoint and PDF versions of The Very Cranky Bear (Coming soon)
Podcast (Coming soon)
AUSLAN podcast (Coming soon)
Bear mask template (Coming soon)

The very cranky bear paper doll template

National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime, now in its 12th successful year, is organised by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). It is a colourful, vibrant and fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age appropriate themes and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Grades 1 to 6. The event generates a great deal of community interest and is held annually as part of Library and Information Week.

Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. In 2011 over 170,000 children at over 1,100 locations across Australia took part in National Simultaneous Storytime, reading the book and enjoying a range of supporting educational activities designed to promote the value of reading and literacy.

National Simultaneous Storytime is an important annual national literacy campaign that guarantees more young Australians will 'Get Reading'. This year, reading takes place on Wednesday 23 May at 11am AEDT and we would love it if you could join us by sharing The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland, a wonderful Australian tale about friendship, sacrifice and learning that appearances aren't important.

We are delighted to announce that the 2012 National Simultaneous Storytime book is:


The Very Cranky Bear
Written by: Nick Bland
Published by: Scholastic Australia

Click here to order your copy. 

For more information about NSS, and supporting resources please visit:http://www.alia.org.au/nss/

DOn't forget that there's more in May!! : It's also National Family Reading Month 

National Family Reading Month Competition 

Terms and Conditions of Entry

Read More in May calendar

 Will your school be a winner?

Earth Day resources for your class.

Earth Day is a day early each year on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,^[1] and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.^[2] In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day.^[3] Earth Day is planned for April 22 in all years at least through 2015.^{[4 ]} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day

Introduction to Earth Day

What is Earth Day? Why is it important?  

 

^{Earth Day 2012 | Earth Day NetworkSo much to do at FUNSCHOOL-}

 

Slideshow

                                                       Learn the top 5 ways you could help save the planet.

iPad Apps for Earth Day from App Advice 

From the sky, through a camera lens, through animals, nature, art, history and fun, they bring you the best iPad apps to celebrate our planet and understand our place in it, on Earth Day and all year long. Thanks Steph Westwood for alerting me to this post.

Stimulating science learning apps

Learning is so engaging with science apps like these two examples:

There’s No Place Like Space!: All About Our Solar System
                                       Currently $3.99
New features introduced in this omBook include animated objects, an instant glossary and interactive learning games.
To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched.

•  "Read to Me" — listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read. still allowing you to explore the interactiveness.
• "Read it Myself" — read the book in its traditional form and explore the interactive qualities.

                            
Additional Features:
★ Picture / Word association — words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched
★ Tap on glossary words throughout the story and learn their meaning
★ Interact with the animated objects on each page
★ Professional audio narration
★ Custom background audio for each scene
★ This 'Universal App' is optimized for Retina displays and the iPad
★ Pages pan & zoom to accentuate the original artwork




BOBO Explores Light -Bobo is a cute little robot that guides readers through

every one of the 100 + pages on an adventure with plenty of facts, videos and demonstrations to play with and explore.
                   
Currently $4.99 but really worth it. Developed by 
                       

   
TOPICs explored include:
Space Flight                    Solar System                        Lightning
Fire                                Thomas Edison                     Lasers
Reflection                       Refraction                           Telescopes
Color                              The Human Eye                    Glow in the Dark
Bioluminescence              Photosynthesis                     Sunset
Auroras
                        

and there's more #select, FREE, educational, iPad apps

Free for a limited time!    Carefully selected from many free ones...Don't miss out!!
Thanks to Digital Storytime



Great for pre-school and for Kindies:-


THE first 3 are brought to you by Frubeez. No more appear to be available at this stage:
Hannah loves hats! 
The more bizarre, the better! This is another frubeez interactive story book with rhyme, simple animations and lots of 'H' sounding words. Children can choose to listen to the story (and hannah's voice) by touching the words and images on each page. 

FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Read-to-me function on each page
- Narrated: female (UK English)
- Animated images on touch
- Page turn with sound
- Vibrant and colourful illustrations to stimulate young minds
- Character sound effects on touch
- Use of alliteration and repetition to encourage early learning


Treetop Ted 
Treetop Ted is an interactive story book with rhyme, simple animations and lots of 'T' sounding words. The story has a repetitive style about it which is great for early learners. The words 'itchy, twitchy, scritchy, scratchy' pop out on touch. You will see Treetop Ted's eyes roll around and hear his voice say things like ... "what is that noise?" and "good grief!" Children can choose to listen to the story by touching the words on each page or you can read it to them which is much more fun!

FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Read-to-me function on each page
- Narrated (Australian English)
- Animated images on touch
- Page turn with sound
- Vibrant and colourful illustrations to stimulate young minds
- Character sound effects on touch
- Use of alliteration and repetition to encourage early learning



The Emomoes - a silly interactive story book with rhyme and featuring the letter "e" with lots of Emomoes doing what Emomoes do!

FEATURES INCLUDED IN THIS APP:
- Read-to-me function on each page
- Animated characters on touch
- Narrated (Australian English - child)
- Page turn with sound
- Vibrant and colourful illustrations


Word Walk: Short O Phonics- Very likeable-Watch out for the rest of the series.

Encourage your child to build reading and phonics skills with the Word Walk series of interactive e-book apps for iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. The Word Walk series was created by a mom who wanted to create quality apps to help teach her own preschooler to read.


Toddler-tested, parent-approved – this app also promotes reading in young children with picture-word association. When your child touches our illustrations, descriptive words appear and are spoken.

Learning vowel sounds and sight words are important steps to early reading. Join our main character, Jake, as he takes his daily walk and encounters new friends and experiences that repeat the “short o” vowel sound. Meet a happy frog in the bog, and more. This book also incorporates many frequently-used sight words to help kids gain confidence reading.


Features:
Builds reading and phonics skills: vowel sounds, sight words, picture-word association
Created by the parents of an app-loving preschooler
Tested by kids
3 modes: Autoplay (Plays like a movie with automatic narration and page turns), Read to Me (Automatic narration and manual page turns), Read Myself (Manual narration and page turns)
Interactive elements: when you tap on pictures, words appear and are spoken
Whimsical illustrations
Audio narration
Background audio

Peekaboo Dinosaur   For young ones.
Read the story, or click "read to me" and touch the pictures to find hidden dinosaurs!
Beautiful, original artwork with vibrant colors and memorable characters.

Peekaboo Dinosaur is an animated, interactive storybook written for children and their parents. Simply open the app, touch the Start button, and you and your child will be whisked away into a land where dinosaurs roam, play, and hide. You’ll meet a cute Tyrannosaurus Rex, a shy Triceratops and plenty of other familiar dinosaurs as you adventure through this vibrant animated world. All you have to do is touch the screen to trigger fun animations and hidden secrets.


Can you find all of the treasures tucked within this book’s pages?
Peekaboo Dinosaur has a number of unique features:
✔ Gorgeous original artwork
✔ A fun, easy to read story
✔ Multiple interactions per page
✔ Two different reading modes
✔ Simple “swipe-to-turn” interface

Picture Book of Cars 
For the young pre-schoolers and the young kinders who love cars and are new to iPads.



Picture Book of Cars is an entertaining and pedagogic app where children will learn the name of our most common vehicles. In text, sound and images twenty different cars and vehicles are presented. The app is easy to use, but harder to get bored of! 


There are 20 unique illustrations of different cars and vehicles, from police car to ice-cream van and four different scenery pictures such as “The city” and “The construction yard” where several vehicles are presented together. It’s a fun game to find all the vehicles!


Chimps Should Be Chimps is a FREE iPad interactive storybook presented by Lincoln Park Zoo’s Project ChimpCARE and Manning Productions. Check out the trailer and behind-the-scenes videos at www.chimpsshouldbechimps.com.


Meet Poe and Lulu, the zoo’s oldest chimp and his granddaughter. Curious Lulu knows Poe didn’t always live in the zoo -- what was life like when he was a tyke? As Poe traces his history, he reveals the hidden hardships of his childhood in entertainment and shares the joy he finds in his new home. The story celebrates the delights of swinging, climbing trees, being with family, and following Poe’s motto: above all, chimps should be chimps.

Features include:
⋆ Explore 16 vibrant, full-page illustrations and a rich, rhyming story
⋆ Tap to uncover secret surprises and sound effects
⋆ Collect all ten Chimp Facts hidden inside the zoo
⋆ Jump straight to your favorite scene from the “Pick a Page” menu
⋆ View the full collection of Chimp Facts at a glance
⋆ Learn more about Project ChimpCARE and the story’s background in “About the App”

“The inspiration from the book came from trying to talk to my own kids about chimpanzees. The story aims to relate how chimpanzees deserve to be free from these antiquated practices of being dressed up for human amusement. But perhaps just as importantly, it conveys to kids the importance of being yourself and believing in what comes naturally to you.”  Steve Ross, Director of Project ChimpCARE  


Read aloud- shared experience.  No read to mode at present.
For more information including 3 videos visit Chimps Should be Chimps


Jack and the Beanstalk by Mindshapes


Each page of this app is highly immersive, with tasks that kids can complete to progress the story, including:
* Swiping and tapping the cloud to generate rain in order to see the beanstalk grow overnight
* Gathering the plates into the sink to create bubbles that can then be popped with a screen tap


The classic fairy tale is re-interpreted through beautifully crafted animation, injected with cheeky humour and produced by Mindshapes’ award-winning design and animation team. The challenges and interactions have been overseen by Mindshapes’ educational consultants to develop a range of skills through play:


* Developing fine motor skills: children can use the accelerometer to control the flight of Jack up and down the beanstalk
* Language development: the app gives parents the option to select either “Read by Myself” or “Read to Me”, highlighting the words being read to help the emerging reader
* Understand basic physics: children can play with the magic beans and bounce them around the screen, colliding and falling in accordance with gravity and the orientation of the iPad



Meet Biscuit introduces the world’s most adorable puppy, a longtime family favorite with over 16 million copies in print, and tells the story of how Biscuit got his name.
It includes activities such as a digital coloring book, memory game and puzzle that are perfect for little fingers. 

Author Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrator Pat Schories bring the well loved Biscuit The Little Yellow Puppy to life in this wonderful and popular book. Join Biscuit as he plays with the Little Girl and chooses his name.


Features include:
• Improve reading comprehension by selecting between two narration options: “Read to Me” or “Read to Myself”.
•Reinforce cause-and-effect with silly animations and humorous sounds throughout.
• Enhance pre-reading skills with a fun memory game, which encourages young readers to match pairs of characters.
• Promote creative thinking with the fantastic coloring book—the color-in-the-lines mode is perfect for little fingers, and the art can be shared with friends.
• Bonus: There are hidden balls on every page. See how excited Biscuit gets when you find them all!


EDUCATIONAL GAME

Curious George at the Zoo for iPad
By Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

George has been asked to help out at the zoo. George needs your child’s help to wake, clean and feed the animals.
Features and benefits:
Pop-up Menu
• Explore the zoo using a beautiful, interactive 3D Pop-up menu.
• Listen to lively audio narration by the Man in the Yellow Hat.


Animal Enclosure
• Visit animals in their individual zoo enclosures.
• Wake up the animals by patting, rocking and talking to them
• Learn what foods the animals like to eat, as well as finding out what they don’t like!
• Collect fun stickers for completing tasks. You can use the stickers to create pictures in the sticker album.
• Develop hand-eye coordination by dragging, tapping, rubbing and more.

Video

• Watch movies of each animal in its natural habitat.
• Learn fun and interesting facts about the animals from the Man in the Yellow Hat
• Each region comes with a super game to play to reinforce and extend learning across a number of core areas including
• Memory skills
• Sorting ability
• Reasoning skills
• Collect stickers when you play each game.


EDUCATIONAL GAME
Funny Alphabet
This funny interactive learning game features original phonetics, animation, and pictures that come to life. 

Features:
Designed from the ground up for the iPad’s large screen.
Original voices, animations, and sound effects are designed to be engaging and to stimulate learning.
Several pictures per letter.

Jigsaw Puzzle with Whales and Sharks
In Jigsaw Puzzle with Whales and Sharks you will practice your logic skills and learn the names of the world’s sea giants, from the enormous blue whale to the dangerous great white shark. To use the jigsaw puzzle app is easy, to get bored of it is more difficult! Suitable for kids from 2 years.

Jigsaw Puzzle with whales and sharks offers:

* Eight fascinating jigsaw puzzles: blue whale, humpback whale, killer whale, sperm whale, dolphin, blue shark, great white shark, and manta (ray-fish).

* A simple and obvious interface makes the app easy for everyone to use.

* Ability to choose between an easy, intermediate and difficult level.

The Land of Me: Storytime (BAFTA-nominated)

 create-your-own-story adventure from Ladybird Books

**FOR IPAD2 ONLY** 

★ Create your own stories by choosing the hero, the theme and how it ends then see it come alive before your eyes! 

★ Change the words to instantly alter the storyline as it plays out in front of you

★ Designed by child development experts for young children to explore their creativity

★ On-screen hints offering endless ideas for discussion and things to do

★ Listen as Granny Olive, a turtle of indeterminable age, tells tales about wolves, bravery and things that go bump in the night!

Bita's Magic Circus
A fantastic story about a Magic Circus and its artists with special powers: from a juggler who can fly up to a clown who dismantles every time he sneezes. Every child will love to have fun, interact with characters and enter the magical world of the circus. 


The application also includes narration and subtitles which facilitates the usage for children. 

Discover the adventures of Bita and her troupe and draw your own conclusions. 
- English narrated; 
- Simple interface to use, click the character you want and interact with it; 
- Innovative design; 
- Catchy music; 
- Interactive animations; 
- Stimulates children's reading and creativity; 

Goodnight Safari  For pre-schoolers or kindies without much reading experience.

Goodnight Safari is a bedtime routine support app for children.  
 Simple vocabulary and intuitive interactivity will engage young children while building their comfort with nighttime preparations.


Features:
☆ Children help the African animals prepare for bedtime through interactive scenes. 
☆ Beautiful original artwork by Luciana Navarro Powell invites curious fingers, bringing the African savanna to life in the hands of your child. 
☆ Read along and read alone settings allow children to build early literacy skills or follow along to discover safari animal favorites - from striped zebras to golden lions.
☆ "Pick-a-Page" menu allows you to skip ahead to your favorite scene, or play the same scene over and over again!



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New & improved drawing tools for version 3.0 update: 
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Neon Marker
Sketch Pen 
Magic Pencil 


Get the ENTIRE set of handPaint sketch books, eight in total, for one low price. "handPaint SuperPack" contains the following sets: Safari, Cute Animals, Cars, Under the Sea, Scribble Heads, Construction Equipment, African Silhouettes, and Backgrounds. With safari, farm, sea, and urban motifs, as well as various landscapes and backgrounds, you can paint a masterpiece. 

- Magic Brush lets users simply paint to reveal the selected sketch book page in full color 
- Neon Marker lets you outline the selected subject's shape with a unique multicolored stencil effect
- Sketch Pen allows users to trace the subject in a fountain pen style outline effect
- Magic Pencil allows you to simply sketch to reveal the selected sketch book page in a pencil shaded drawing
- Palette allows artists to use their finger to select and mix custom colors for use in their artwork
- Eraser enables users to erase a little or start a new canvas by utilizing the "Page Curl" to flip to a fresh page 
- Camera saves your artwork 
- Use the Artwork Photo to resume sketching your saved masterpiece or change the canvas background 

Wonderful FREE online books! even Roy, is a joy.

OXFORD OWL free online e-books.


Use the Oxford Owl  search facility.

OXFORD OWL  Audiobooks 
Suited to elementary or primary school.

Open Culture has 450 free classic movies, free ebooks and textbooks:


More suited to High School and Higher Education.
-hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer.

Includes:
Fiction & Literature

Non-fiction

Poetry

Audio Book Podcast Sites

Roy the Zebra 

Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra. 
Includes words that rhyme, high frequency words, capital letters, full stops and much more. K-3
Roy: Tale of a Singing Zebra is a delightful nine part guided reading story about following your dreams, making friends and seeking adventure. 


The online story has been developed to make learning to read enjoyable and fun for emerging readers. Use the story with your interactive whiteboard or computer, at school or at home. 

FREE iPad Educational apps for various KLAs

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Salad Maker, Cooking game
This is a fun cooking game which is designed for boys and girls.
Do you like salad?


Custom View is a new application for organization and playback of video clips on your iPad geared for sales presentations and grouping by project or themes.


Videos are added via iTunes file sharing. Connect the iPad to your computer, then drag and drop user created clips onto the Custom View app


MARTIN, THE NOSEY PENGUIN
An interactive adventure around the world


Martin is a little penguin who wears glasses, is inquisitive and who loves finding out about things, a true nosey parker!


He likes discovering all kinds of different habitats, landscapes and ways in which animals live and he’s also interested in getting to know different cultures and cities; how inhabitants all over the world play and live, particularly children. To find all this out he has to travel and this is what Martin likes doing best. He’d like to spend his entire life going round the globe!


In each book, Martin leaves his home in the Antarctic to start a new adventure somewhere in the world. As the world is round, readers must turn their iPad to go all the way round it.


Each page reveals surprises! Touch, turn, make music, drag the people around with your finger and discover what can happen!


With Martin, the Nosey Penguin you will find out about natural diversity and habitats as well as the cultural wealth of the world in a highly entertaining way. Martin goes all over the place and you can travel with him. In each story, you will find new landscapes, new cultures and make new friends. Martin hasn’t been traveling for long and he already has lots of friends.




Gravity Ball HD is a literal curveball in the classic two-player ping pong arcade game genre. Summon black holes from your paddle in order to influence the ball's trajectory and outplay your opponent.




Music Island is a music game, it tests player’s ability of reflection and sense of rhythm, even if you are a novice you can done well. Do you think you can handle different rings and make it “Perfect”? Do you think you can make different instrument embed in this game sounds like music? Do you believe different animal’s can sing a wonderful music? When you come to the island, everything could be possible.



 Discover the Extreme World by Miles Kelly Publishing.


Get ready to explore our awesome planet with Extreme World! Produced in association with Discovery Channel™, Extreme World gives you action-packed text, astounding facts, thrilling photography, dynamic design and amazing video footage.


Have you ever wondered…?


• Which are the largest, fastest animals in the world?
• Who holds the current land speed world record?
• Which water dweller has teeth in its throat?
• Why does a volcano erupt? 
• Which animal blows up like a balloon?
• How does a submarine dive?
• What is gypsum used for?
• Which is bigger, salt or pepper?

Consonant Blends and Digraphs

Help develop phonics and literacy skills in early childhood learners (ages 3-8) with this simple matching game that teaches and reinforces consonant blends and digraphs.  Understanding how to decode words at an early age is an important component of literacy success! This little App makes learning fun!


Developed for your iPad, this game will teach and reinforce simple rhyming. Rhyming Word Match requires 3-5 minutes for a young learner to complete, making this iPad app ideal for students with limited attention spans or those requiring highly visual or tactile learning experiences. Additionally, these activities have been uniquely designed to lock and play only in the portrait mode in order to simplify game play and eliminate an orientation switch if young learners jostle the iPad while playing.




Good Neighbor Press has specialized in the development, illustration, design and production of educational material since 1991. High quality, developmentally-appropriate educational material with clean, charming instructional design is our specialty! For additional information on our activity book series, downloadable worksheet units, or student planners please visit www.hellopress.net.

 School of Maths HD


Target Audience - This application is intended to teach basic Maths to kids in the age range of 5-8 years.


Learning basic Math has never been more fun. You will love to see your children making progress in their arithmetic skills while being entertained. School of Maths for your iPad is an ideal way to master Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. 


Researches have revealed that teaching could be most effective, if it is presented to kids in a way they really like to learn. Kids learn through various methods, like playing games, by playing interactive toys, devices etc. Animation is one area which has always held the interests at high. Kids like animations, and the impulse to play these games make them learn quickly than any other source.


Astrid & Siri

This is an adorable book app staring a girl named Astrid and her little friend Siri, an Artic fox. Astrid has a strand of magical purple thread and a talent for making clothing for the animals of the forest. Her designs are imaginative and include a series of outfits for the sheep, made from their own wool. She calls her designs the "Arctic Fairytale" collection, made for her Midsummer's Eve soiree.
Click on the review link for more of the review by: Carisa Kluver 

18 beautifully illustrated pages that transport the reader into Astrid & Siri's magical Arctic world. 


Astrid and Siri is the story of an Arctic girl who, with the help of her magical purple thread, creates clothing for her Arctic animal friends. Follow Astrid and her best friend, Siri, through the design process, where they use wool from the Sheep family to make clothing. But with winter approaching what will Astrid do for the Sheep?


Imaginative and beautifully illustrated with unique interactivity ...

Meet Biscuit

Meet Biscuit introduces the world’s most adorable puppy, a longtime family favorite with over 16 million copies in print, and tells the story of how Biscuit got his name. Parents and their children can enjoy learning to read with Biscuit together or young readers can explore on their own through independent play. As an after school activity or bedtime story, children will not only enjoy the story, but also activities such as a digital coloring book, memory game and puzzle that are perfect for little fingers. The completed coloring masterpieces can be shared with friends too.


Author Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrator Pat Schories bring the well loved Biscuit The Little Yellow Puppy to life in this wonderful and popular book. Join Biscuit as he plays with the Little Girl and chooses his name.


Features include:
• Improve reading comprehension by selecting between two narration options: “Read to Me” or “Read to Myself”.


•Reinforce cause-and-effect with silly animations and humorous sounds throughout.


• Enhance pre-reading skills with a fun memory game, which encourages young readers to match pairs of characters.


• Promote creative thinking with the fantastic coloring book—the color-in-the-lines mode is perfect for little fingers, and the art can be shared with friends.


• Bonus: There are hidden balls on every page. See how excited Biscuit gets when you find them all!


The Raven 

✌ Featured in "New and Noteworthy" and "What's Hot" on the App Store! 


Experience "The Raven", as it comes to life, like you've never seen it before: an innovative double play mode interactive book, featuring a world-class audio performance of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem. 


Go back to the place where it all began, in the midst of a dreary night - the kind, the ghosts of our past (that come back to haunt us) find irresistible. Relive this poetic, frightening and sad tale of love and soul forever lost, in a charming new light. 


With a powerful original musical score, that resonates deep within, and contemporary original art, that rivals some of the most expressive illustrations of the past - this is an experience you will never forget. 


A must have for the literary highlights of your iPad.

  
Join Jon-E Bionic and his friends in an iBookstore first-ever Activity Comic and Coloring Book.  Loaded with amazing art, stunning sounds, and beautiful animation, “Jon-E Bionic: The Rescue of Professor Books” brings a new and exciting experience to children of all ages.  

The world of Jon-E Bionic is further brought to life by world-renowned voice actor Corey Burton, whose prior work includes Count Dooku in Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Brainac in the DC animated Universe; Spike and Shockwave in the Transformers Universe; and many other Cartoon Network and Disney characters. 


Team Bionic needs your help! 

Interactive Activities:

•  Color Jon-E Bionic, his dog Zip, and the rest of the team using fun “Touch 'n Fill”™action!
•  Play Connect-the-Dots to escape the Maze of Doom and board the team’s spaceship!
•  Assemble pieces of Deton8 to escape the evil clutches of Dr. Vargas.


WHY KIDDY ART? You might have been helpless when your kids asked you to teach them how to draw an object or an animal, or when then they ask you how to paint and what is the next step? We have made an honest effort in collecting data on what kids would love, how they can learn and what will make them glued to it. Based on this ground work we have designed this app for your kids to learn the right thing the right way. 


With the advancement of technologies and features like touch screen available on your iDevice, you will certainly harness the best possible way to teach your kids how to draw and paint. Kiddy Art teaches your children how to draw and paint colorfully, just like the way they draw on paper and canvas. It’s easy to use and we are sure that your kid will love this app. 


Download Kiddy Art now and give your child a gift that will entertain and teach them how to draw. Invoke the artist within them and make them feel happy and you’ll feel good knowing that you’re providing your children with a drawing tool they’ll love to use. 


FEATURES: 
☼ Drawing tool 
☼ Painting tool 
☼ Multiple images to learn drawing 
☼ Kids can paint existing images
☼ Designed for easy use 
☼ Teaches children drawing with step by step method 
☼ Background image and color can be changed 
☼ Pencil can be made visible/invisible just by tapping on it 
☼ Change Pencil thickness and color as needed 
☼ Undo Redo option 
☼ Save your kids drawing or painting 
☼ Share it with family and friends by email 


Princesses Learn Sight Words exposes children to high frequency words in English. Sight words provide an excellent base for reading at an early age. They are often called sight words because some of them can’t be sounded out, and need to be learned by sight.


The application features all 220 sight words from the Dolch Word List, grouped by class level. You can listen and learn to read each word. They are in the My Cards section. They are free.


The sight words are used in a fun context, through stories, games and songs.


Each book features 10 to 13 sight words. The 1st book, Snow White, is free. Other books are available for purchase within the app (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty). Once you purchase a book, you can view it on iPad, iPhone or iPod. You are charged only once.


What makes Princesses Learn Sight Words different?


#1: We believe in a story-based approach: helping children identify sight words in the context of a story.


-Each story will make you discover new sight words, integrated in timeless tales. The stories are told by professional narrators
-Enjoy classical music by Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty)
-Practice spelling the sight words featured on each page with the help of the Princess icon on the bottom of the page


#2: We believe that learning should be fun: Games and songs help reinforce the learning


-Play: Games allow you to play and recognize sight words
-Memory: Find the 2 matching cards. When you match the cards, you hear the word
-Bingo: Listen to the word, and find the right card.
-Stickers: Find the right location for each sight word.
-Color: Learn to spell the color names while coloring an image.
-Sing: A song to make spelling fun. Tap on the musical notes to hear parts of the song.