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App Review: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood

Adding Stickers to Daniel Tiger's App

Eva and Andrew have been thoroughly enjoying the new show on PBS called Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Set in the land of make believe from the classic Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Daniel Tiger is an animated interpretation of that magical place. Now the original Daniel Tiger puppet is grown and has a son named Daniel. The series revolves around young Daniel Tiger experiencing life in the land of make believe. Each episode kids learn social emotional lessons in the form of musical strategies that are repeated within both of the 11 minute mini episodes contained within each regular episode. The strategies are repeated by the adult characters and the children characters in the show and are pretty catchy. We’ve noticed Eva repeating them and even using them on occasion.

To go along with the release of the TV show there is also an iOS app. With the app children 2-4 can experience interacting with Daniel as he goes about his routine at the doctor’s office, using the bathroom and also bedtime routines. Kids can interact with Daniel Tiger’s home and even use stickers to decorate the rooms of Daniel Tiger’s house (as seen above). Below is a full overview of the app in a press release. Continue reading App Review: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood →

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App Review: Super Why! ABC Adventures: Alphabet

Credit: Courtesy of © 2012 Out of the Blue Enterprises LLC. All rights reserved.
PBS KIDS recently launched the SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch (pictured). The new app, available now on the App Store, is based on SUPER WHY, the award-winning hit preschool series from Out of the Blue Enterprises, which helps kids build critical literacy skills through immersive and entertaining storybook adventures.
Credit: Courtesy of © 2012 Out of the Blue Enterprises LLC. All rights reserved.
Eva and I continue to test out fun apps for the iPad and the latest one is from PBS Kids and the show Super Why! The new app is a learning app called Super Why! ABC Adventures: Alphabet. Last week we drove up to New Hampshire to go to Story Land and Eva was able to use the iPad for the trip to make the time pass easily for all of us. She spent a lot of time playing with this new app which she discovered all on her own. I typically load the apps on the iPad and let Eva discover them and play them herself. The night after we returned from New Hampshire Eva and I played with this app together. She already knew her whole way around the app. Continue reading App Review: Super Why! ABC Adventures: Alphabet →