FREE March 22 – 23 – Bogga Easter for kids 2+. Kids look for an egg hidden by the clever Easter bunny. When they find it, they can decorate it & take a picture of it. They can also tap the decorated egg with a magic wand to discover the treats inside. Simple to use for little ones!
Just released and FREE – Water Wonders by Reading is Fundamental. Two little mice, Sydney and Symon Starr, are encouraged by their parents to ask questions and do experiments in order to learn about their world. Kids can choose to read on their own or have the story read to them. The app also included 3 experiments for kids to try at home – all centered around the theme of the water cycle. A great app by a great organization – perfect for young readers with a natural curiosity about their world!
The app is supported by Macy’s and Verizon Foundation 🙂
FREE again – for a limited time. Funny Alphabet is an easy to use, interactive app for toddlers which teaches the alphabet. Each letter has its own page showing the upper and lower case letter as well as four objects that begin with that letter. When you touch the arrow next to each item on the page, the object is named. The animations in this app are very cute – most objects have an interactive sound or movement. Also included in this app is a soap-bubble game that feels like the electronic equivalent to playing with bubble wrap 🙂
Please note that at the beginning and the end of the app have links to the FB page for the app – easy for your child to click on and end up in Facebook.
The app was last updated on September 3 and a quiz was added as an in-app purchase.
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
FREE today – Love You to the Moon & Back by Sue Shanahan. This app is a beautifully illustrated e-book about a parent’s/grandparent’s unconditional love for a child. Like other apps from this developer, this book can be personalized. Record yourself reading the book and add your child’s name 🙂 Beautiful for bedtime – this app is a must-have!
FREE for a limited time – Speech Journal. Parents, teachers, and speech pathologists will love this customizable voice recorder that allows recorded messages to be paired with imported images. The app is very easy to use. First the child creates a profile to store and save recordings. Then he/she chooses an image – by using the device’s camera or from the photo library. Next the voice recording is added. When completed, the child may listen to the recording, erase and rerecord it, or save the recording. Additional recordings can be added to create a slideshow. Recordings can be shared with other teachers, parents, grandparents, etc. via email. Suggested uses for Speech Journal include: customized picture sequences, expressive language exercises, articulation drills, multi-step directions, picture schedules, family picture albums, and more! A fabulous resource with so many uses 🙂
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
FREE today – Teardrop Baby based on the book by Karen Radler Greenfield. A childless couple tells a ragged wizard woman that they want a child. That night their tears are transformed into a baby but the ragged wizard woman warns that the child’s future will be hers. Download this fairy tale to find out what happens 🙂
Like other apps from this developer, the story can be personalized by having your child narrate it – a super option for kids who are learning to become more fluent readers.
For those of you who have little ones that LOVE Disney/Pixar Cars – 2 apps are on sale today! Cars 2 Storybook Deluxe (normally $5.99) and Cars 2 World Grand Prix Read and Race (normally $6.99) are only $.99 each for a limited time!
 Cars @ Storybook Deluxe       Cars 2 World Grand Prix Read and Race
FREE again!! This interactive bedtime app for kids 1 – 4 years old is by the same developer that produced Little Fox Music Box (see review June 28). Like the Little Fox app, the artwork is beautifully done by Heidi Wittlinger, an Oscar nominated artist. Kids click off the lights around the farm to put 7 animals to bed – setting the mood for their own bedtime 🙂 6 additional animals can be added with in-app purchases. The story easily changes to 12 different languages – without going into the general settings of your iPad. This app is really lovely and it has been successful internationally – winning the App of the Year 2011 in the “books category” in Germany & the U.S. It also reached #1 in iPad books in the US, Brazil, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Australia Switzerland and Austria!
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This app is the digital version of David Kirk’s beautiful picture book by the same name. It initially sold for $4.99 but is now FREE. There are several nice features: children can watch the story in 3-D animation, they can read along with the narration, or they can read the story on their own. As they read they can touch the illustrations to reveal special surprise effects. Also included are games, puzzles and pictures to paint.
Worth downloading – highly recommended!
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
Inspector Peckit by Don Freeman (author of Corduroy) is FREE today! Inspector Peckit, a pigeon, solves the mystery of a young girl’s missing bag. Get another great story from a well-known author of children’s books.
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