Title: Critter Pack
Subtitle: Nature & Environment Module - Ages 3+
Release Date: 05/01/22
Type: STEAM Academy
Brand: HOMER,Highlights
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Launchpad Description: The goal of the Nature & Environment Module is to ignite kids’ curiosity to explore the connectedness of the natural world around them. Topics in this module include cause and effect, biology, plants, weather, geology, wildlife.
STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day.
This Launchpad contains the following apps:
BIG WORD CLUB Stegosaurus (App)BIG WORD CLUB improves kids’ vocabulary in highly innovative ways with its wildly popular animated books, music, songs and dances while teaching kids at least three new BIG words in every App!
Did You Know?: Butterflies (App)Science-themed videos explore fascinating facts about topics kids will love, like space and dinosaurs! These animated videos entertain while challenging kids to think deeper about the world around them.
Fireflies, Won’t You Come Out Tonight? (app)Fireflies come out at night and are fun to watch light up the sky. Kids will enjoy following along word-for-word with the lyrics to this song and stay engaged and entertained while learning. Learning with music is easy and fun and a proven way for children to learn new information in a fun way.
Kapu Forest (App)"Here's a rarity: a beautiful-looking app for kids." - The Guardian
Mobile of the Day Award, 29th September 2012 - FWA
"A spotless interactive activity app for the very little ones." - Apps4Kids.net
It is beautifully created and a lot of app developers out there should take notes. - Lillie's Pad
Kapu Forest has taken the much-loved look of 1950s children's books to heart for its debut app - Computer Arts
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Come and discover all the fantastic animals of Kapu Forest! Feed the early birds, catch bugs with the hopping frog and make the fireflies light up the dark. Those and 10 more fun mini-toys to explore!
Kapu Forest is a colorful and fun digital toy for kids aged 1-4+. Let them discover the forest and meet all the animals through one of more than 10 mini-toys available.
FEATURES
- 10+ mini-toys and animals to play with
- No time limits, no rules, always fun
- Playful sounds and colorful animations
- Lovable characters & original artwork
- Kid-friend
Kids Insect Jigsaw Puzzle & Memory Games (App)This educational and fun App helps young children learn all about the insect world while developing their hand eye coordination, puzzle solving skills and memory skills. It's a unique early learning game with realistic insect sounds and photo quality pictures which toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarten age children will enjoy.
Covers insects, spiders and other creepy crawlies that children love to learn about.
Game Features:
- Realistic and fun sound effects for all the insects, spiders and other creepy crawlies
- Covers common insects, spiders and other creepy crawlies that children love to learn about. For example ant, bee, ladybug, beetle, grasshopper, caterpiller, cicada, locust, scorpion, and many others.
- Puzzles that can be replayed again after solving with additional stars awarded for repeat effort
- Written word and spoken pronunciation for each insect
- Increasing difficulty as your child progresses through the games in three distinct levels
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Ladybug, Ladybug (app)Ladybugs are known for their bright red bodies with black spots. Ladybugs like to eat aphids and will "play dead" by turning over on their backs and tucking in their legs if they are frightened. Kids will enjoy following along word-for-word with the lyrics to this song and stay engaged and entertained while learning. Learning with music is easy and fun and a proven way for children to learn new information in a fun way.
Millipedes and Centipedes (app)Millipede means "a thousand legs," and centipede means "a hundred legs." These amazing arthropods like to hide on the ground under leaves or rotted wood where it's dark. Kids will enjoy following along word-for-word with the lyrics to this song and stay engaged and entertained while learning. Learning with music is easy and fun and a proven way for children to learn new information in a fun way.
Pass The Honey, Please (app)A honeybee goes through four different stages before it becomes an adult. It takes only twenty-one days for the bee to develop from an egg to an adult. Kids will enjoy following along word-for-word with the lyrics to this song and stay engaged and entertained while learning. Learning with music is easy and fun and a proven way for children to learn new information in a fun way.
Shiny The Firefly (App)This adorable game, set in the middle of a picturesque garden, has you helping Shiny, the cute little firefly, to find his babies. You’ll have to fly, run, hide and defend yourself against a legion of enemies. Stubborn mosquitoes, hungry toads, mischievous plants, sneaky wasps, endlessly long centipedes and lots of other little, dangerous garden dwellers are going to get in your way and make your life difficult.
Your reflexes will be tested, as well as your wit and intellect as you navigate through this beautiful, colorful world helping Shiny in his search. All kinds of different animations let you know how Shiny’s feeling. So you’ll always know if he’s feeling happy, concerned, tired or angry. That will help you solve the trickiest situations in the game. Use your ability to shine skillfully: the babies can only follow Shiny when he is lit up, but that also makes him visible to his enemies…
Can you reunite Shiny with his family?
FEATURES:
• Great, high-quality graphics
Sid the Science Kid: The Rolie Polies (App)Sid the Science Kid wants to find out how rolie polies move! Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with stories like this!
What Is An Insect? (app)Kids will learn that insects belong to a group on animals called arthropods. Insects have six jointed legs, three body parts, and a hard body covering. Kids will enjoy following along word-for-word with the lyrics to this song and stay engaged and entertained while learning. Learning with music is easy and fun and a proven way for children to learn new information in a fun way.
When I Grow Up I Want To Be An Entomologist (app)If you like to learn about insects, spiders, and arthropods like centipedes, you might want to become an entomologist someday. Kids will enjoy following along word-for-word with the lyrics to this song and stay engaged and entertained while learning. Learning with music is easy and fun and a proven way for children to learn new information in a fun way.