Curious to the Bone!, 3rd ed.

Title: Curious to the Bone!, 3rd ed.
Subtitle: Animals - Ages 3+
Release Date: 03/15/25
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,Living Books,StoryToys,The Very Hungry Caterpillar,Touch Press
Type: Theme-Based
Audience: Pre-K, Kindergarten

Launchpad Description: These award-winning games, challenges, and learning tools will help kids learn all about animals while developing a strong foundation of skills needed throughout preschool. This pack includes apps that have won industry awards including Academics' Choice, Children's Technology Review: Editor's Choice, and Mom's Choice.

- Develop creativity and imagination
- Define and describe challenging words
- Advance reading and writing skills
- Solve puzzles
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Dario and the Whale (app)
A lonely boy spending his first summer at Cape Cod and a right whale calf who has migrated to the area with his mother become unlikely friends.

Henri Le Worm- Learn and Play Cooking Adventures (App)
Join Henri Le Worm and his bug friends on a magical, fun filled adventure into the garden to learn why fresh food is good for us. Perfect for young children, the app is fully interactive and includes highlighted narration for young readers as well as lots of facts about fresh food and nature. The app and characters are voiced by the international actor Simon Pegg and kid friendly recipes are supplied by the celebrated chef Raymond Blanc.

Learning Tots Animals DX (App)
Learn and have fun with animals! Listen to the lion roar, the monkey chuckle and the elephant trumpet! Have fun coloring the animals and creating your own colorful creatures!

Montessori Words (App)
Based on the proven Montessori learning method, Montessori Words helps kids develop their reading, writing and spelling skills by building words from a set of 320 word-image-audio-phonics combinations using a phonics-enabled Movable Alphabet. ?Top 50 Android Apps For Kids 2013 - SmartAppsForAndroid.com ?The iPad/iPhone version was mentioned in the New York Times, Wired's GeekDad, and was awarded "Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design" by Children Technology Review. ? Used in US schools Common Core State Standard (CCSS): CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2 & CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Montessori Words helps kids learn and understand two fundamental concepts: • First, the app

Pet Games for Kids (App)
Do your kids love pets like cats and dogs? Do they love cute kittens, puppies, and puzzles too? Look no further. Pet Games for Kids: Cute Cat, Dog, and Fun Animal Puzzles is a fun animated puzzle game for toddlers, preschoolers, and kids from ages 1 to 6. The app includes twelve different kid and toddler friendly, jigsaw-style puzzles with options to change the number of pieces and remove other helpers. The puzzles start off easy to play and can be made more challenging- perfect for the little one in your life who loves pet games, animals, and puzzles! Say hello to a kitty, see fun dogs and cats in the pet store, watch the pets play with their toys, and watch a hamster roll away from cute cats! The puzzles come to life once complete. So many pet store pets are included! This high quality pet store puzzle app features virtual jigsaw pieces for learning shape recognition and matching- great for educational purposes or just for fun! Good for one of your child's first puzzle game

Ruff's Bone (App)
Have you ever wished you could play inside a story and really interact with all the characters and words? Now you can! Ruff’s Bone is an imaginative and interactive reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. Wanderful brings every page of this remarkable to life. Read and play along as the Ruff searches for his bone – from the bottom of the ocean to another planet. Will he find his bone and bring it back to his master? KEY FEATURES: • Interactive storybook in English and Spanish • Change language from any page in the story • 12 fully animated and adventurous pages • Virtually every item on each page comes to life when clicked • All words are "active" for extended word play and language learning – click on any word to hear it spoken • A hidden animated surprise on each page –can you find Ruff’s bone before he does? • Move between pages with the new scrolling page navigation • Multiple settings to customize the App for your ch

The Jungle Book (App)
* Winner of the Editor's Choice Award, Children's Technology Review * Swing through the jungle with Mowgli, the young orphan adopted by wolves, as he learns to live in a tropical wilderness with the help of his faithful friends Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Join Mowgli on a tropical adventure through the jungles of India as he escapes the clutches of the dangerous Shere Khan. Experience the colourful wilderness and enjoy the exotic sights and sounds of the jungle in this, the latest classic tale to get a sprinkling of StoryToys magic. Rich animation, 3D pop-up scenes and wonderful sound effects transport you to the world of Mowgli and friends where the reader can take part in the story. GAMES • Search the undergrowth with the help of a variety of jungle animals to find baby Mowgli • Knock fruit off trees and into Baloo’s mouth • Pick thorns out of the wolf’s paws, bandage them and squish some itchy bugs • Give elephants a cooling mud bath before washing th

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Shapes and Colors (App)
The first in a series of innovative educational apps featuring Eric Carle’s much-loved character, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this magical learning adventure introduces preschoolers to shapes and colors. You’ll love seeing your kids develop their reasoning skills – they'll love solving puzzles, exploring a beautiful 3D playground and having fun with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. When puzzles are completed, there are delightful and surprising interactions: watch as The Very Hungry Caterpillar floats away with a balloon, flowers magically grow, mechanical toys whirr into action, and hidden doorways open up for the Very Hungry Caterpillar to crawl into! Prepare to be amazed: your toddlers are a lot smarter than you might imagine! FEATURES Over 50 puzzles in six categories increase with difficulty to keep kids engaged and excited. They'll learn how to: • Recognise basic and advanced shapes • Sort and match shapes with similar colors • Compare light and dark shades

Toddler Aquarium School (App)
Explore the shapes and names of letters with this new fun app developed by an award-winning educational publisher, 22learn, and a producer of the best-selling Abby Basic Skills app. Toddler Aquarium presents the wonderful world of letters in four great games that besides knowledge of letter shapes and names also help toddlers in the areas of matching and learning several representative words of certain initial letter for each letter of the alphabet. The super ABC alphabet adventure features a beautiful, bright, colorful design and a child-friendly interface. All the items to be manipulated are large enough to be easily grasped by children's fingers and no complicated menus have to be accessed by a child in order to play the game on his or her own. All the letters of the alphabet are presented in a series of 4 game modes that add variety and target different skills. INCLUDES 4 GREAT PUZZLE GAMES: * LETTERS PUZZLE: Help the crabs assemble a letter! Targets memorization o

Turtle Invaders (App)
The turtles have decided to take over the underwater Aqua world. The fearless Octoremus has decided to fight back!! In order to stop the turtles, Octoremus must ink the turtles, which magically transport them back to their own lair. The turtles, of course, can fight back. Turtle Invaders is a fun cause and effect game, with additional features to help improve motor skills. Fun for all, with additional features to help children with special needs and younger children. Fully customizable settings can adjust game options based on an individual's skill level. Key features * Fun for all, with additional features to help children with special needs. * Fully customizable settings can adjust game options based on the skill level of the individual. * Helps in improving hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills for younger children * Just touch the screen to play * Beginner’s options to help gain confidence during game play. * Enables play by all kids of all skill levels. * Graphics a