New Apps on our iPads and a new program alert!

We have 7 iPads available to check-out and use in the children's room. They have a variety of apps on them for kids of all ages. 

I recently added some new apps and want to share them with you. 

Hopscotch 

This apps shows kids how to code (computer programming.) The tag line is Anyone can code- even- and especially- kids.  Try it out.  Here is a link to a You Tube video that gives a quick look at Hopscotch. {Free}

Daisy the Dinosaur

This programming app is for younger children. This fun app has an easy drag and drop interface that kids of all ages can use to animate Daisy to dance across the screen. Kids will intuitively grasp the basics of objects, sequencing, loops and events by solving this app's challenges.
 {Free} 




Peekaboo Vehicles

 This app is an interactive peek-a-boo game for children based on vehicle sounds. It shows an image of clouds and plays the sound of a specific vehicle (a train, a firetruck, a helicopter, ….). When you tap on the clouds they disappear to reveal an animated image of the vehicle. {$1.99}










Animal Sounds

 

 This app is so much fun. We have even used it in story time. The kids enjoy listening to the sound to determine the animal.

We say this rhyme: “There’s someone in my garden,
Whoever can it be?  There’s someone in my garden,
Let’s listen, then see.”
{Free- gets you 20 animals, an in app purchase of $.99 get you 30 more animals}







New program alert : in May and June, I am introducing a new program called Tablet Time for families with children ages 3-6. We will read a book, then explore the app about the book as well as explore how to use iPads, and then do a craft based on the book. The tentative dates are Saturday, May 10, Monday, May 19, Monday, June 2, and Saturday, June 7th. The programs will run from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00a.m. Registration will be necessary so watch the calendar.

Cathy