Explore and Learn!

Title: Explore and Learn!
Subtitle: STEAM SuperPack - Ages 8+
Release Date: 11/01/22
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: FarFaria,HOMER,Highlights
Type: SuperPacks
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Launchpad Description: Kids will develop a passion for music and creativity, test math skills, and learn about animals all around the globe as they develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills through play with these fun, interactive storybooks and activities. All apps in this SuperPack have won industry awards, including Academics’ Choice Smart Book Award Winner, Children's Technology Review: Editor's Choice, and Mom's Choice Award Winner. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad!


This Launchpad contains the following apps:

All About Music and Dance (App)
For more than 65 years, Highlights for Children has been helping kids become their best selves through Fun with a Purpose™ magazines, games, books, and digital products. Kids will kick up their heels with this music-themed app! Young puzzlers can search the band gazebo for hidden items, match up the groovy guitars and make their own instruments.

Battle Station (App)
Sound the alarms! All hands to the battle station! In this new math learning game, the only way to defend your ship from enemy submarines is to estimate their location. Your ship's sonar will tell you the coordinates of incoming subs. Then, you must estimate the subs' locations using the marker buoys. This game features: Fun and challenging situations to help kids build their estimation skills (great for grades 1-4) Engaging tasks to give kids a visual understanding of where numbers fall on the number line Encounters with important math units including integers, percentages and decimals Accolades: Winner of the 2013 National STEM Video Game Design Competition

Find It: Animals around the World (App)
There are many different animals around the world. Let’s see where some of them live by reading this interactive book. We explore the grasslands, the North Pole, the rainforest, and the oceans. Learn the animals that live in each location as you look for them on each page. What’s your favorite animal?

Joko's Pocket Planet (App)
The world is a giant, confusing puzzle – so you might as well enjoy it. Pocket Planet is a fun jigsaw-puzzle game that will expand your knowledge of geography while driving you slightly nuts trying to find Lesotho. (Yes, it really is a landlocked country shaped something like a well-chewed apple core and completely surrounded by South Africa). Or Andorra, a tiny monarchy wedged between France and Spain and jointly ruled by two co-princes – one of whom is the President of France and the other a Roman Catholic Bishop. Good luck –and we’ll see you in beautiful downtown N'Djamena.

Know it Alls: Butterflies (App)
How many different kinds of butterflies can you name? Learn all about butterflies with today's great new story.

Know it Alls: Dinosaurs (App)
Take a trip back to the age of the dinosaurs with the newest story in the Know it Alls series from Twin Sisters.

Know It Alls: Volcanoes (App)
Learn all about volcanoes in this digital, illustrated book from FarFaria.

Marble Math Junior (App)
Award-winning game motivates kids to practice math at home or in the classroom (with audio questions for emerging readers) “One of the most fun, customizable, and effective math games available for early elementary school-age kids” - 5 stars, Common Sense Media - Parents Magazine 10 Great Math Apps for Kids - Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice - Parents' Choice Award Winner ________________________________ FUN MATH PRACTICE: Drag your marble with your finger, or roll it by tilting your device, to collect answers and earn new marbles in a series of ever-changing math mazes. Watch out math whizzes! You’ll need to be focused and nimble to avoid the surprising and silly obstacles in your path. MARBLE MATH JUNIOR CONCEPTS INCLUDE: • addition, subtraction and multiplication to 100 • shape recognition/matching • sequencing number values and ordinals • identifying fractions • counting money (USD, AUD, CAD, EUR or GBP) • telling time • completing additi

Marble Math Multiplication (App)
Solve a variety of multiplication problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of fun mazes. ________________________________ REVIEWERS SAY... Marble Math Multiplication offers all the great gameplay of Marble Math and Marble Math Junior and the flexibility to customize times tables for specific practice. Perfect for the home or classroom - Kindertown It requires both game skill to be able to roll the marble and math skill to understand and come up with the solution of where to roll it - Wired.com ________________________________ FUN MATH PRACTICE: Marble Math Multiplication is an engaging way for elementary students to practice times tables. Earn new marbles and collect bonuses while practicing multiplication in pursuit of a high score. But watch out math whizzes! You’ll need to be focused and nimble to avoid the obstacles in your path. WRONG ANSWER? NO PROBLEM: Marble Math Multiplication gives you the option to Replay the qu

Math Planet Grade 3 (App)
Simply the world's most fun math curriculum for grades 1-8! So much fun they hardly realize they are doing math!" - Jodi K., Math Teacher at Fort Cherry Elementary Center My students absolutely love this program! - Mandy D., Math Teacher at Norwin School District PERFECT FOR SUMMER + 100+ game levels support 80+ Common Core State Standards + Six adaptive learning pathways (Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Middle School & Adults) + RIGOROUS: builds high-need skills with conceptual learning and fluency + Learning Analytics Dashboard to track learning progress + Research-based and approved by top educators AWARD WINNING Math Planet games have won many prestigious awards, including: ** National STEM Game Competition ** Educational App Grand Challenge ** New York City Department of Education "Gap App" competition DESIGNED BY LEARNING SCIENTISTS Math Planet was designed by learning scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and has been tested in hundreds of classrooms. Randomized Controlled Trials have p

Math Pop Grade 4 (App)
Math Pop - 4th Grade is the most fun and engaging way to practice math problems aligned to the Common Core Standards. Players earn coins by practicing math that they can spend on a super fun game - Aqua ride. The adaptive algorithm makes the app a great learning experience for kids at all learning levels. Parents/Teachers can keep track of progress across all skills. FEATURES OF MATH POP GRADE 4 - 50+ game levels support 75+ Common Core State Standards - 25+ interactive game mechanics - RIGOROUS: builds high-need skills with conceptual learning and fluency - Learning Analytics Dashboard to track learning progress - Research-based and approved by top educators TOPICS COVERED 1. Number Sense - Order, Round and Compare Whole Numbers; Multiples, Factors and Prime Numbers 2. Place Value - Place Values in Whole Numbers; Place Values in Decimals; Add and Subtract based on Place Values 3. Multiplication - Multiplication Properties; Multiplication based on Place Values; Multiply b

Mechanimals (App) (App)
A tornado has swept away all of the farmer's animals. Another farmer might give up, but this farmer decides to turn a mess into a masterpiece by using leftover machine parts to create machine animals . . . mechanimals! His creative idea not only helps him get all of the work done on his farm, it also helps him make a brand-new flying machine.

Music Games The Froggy Bands (App)
The Little musicians will enjoy interactive games like: “puzzle and sounds”, “play the drums”, “record a beatboxing”, “create a choir” and much more. It's time to learn to play with music through the interactive shows Froggy Bands have prepared for Nini! An excellent teaching resource for kids 5 to 8 that helps develop a musical sense designed both for classroom and home use. In the colorful land of The Froggy Bands you'll find 10 different musical bases with more than 40 instruments, sounds to learn and many games for children, which will introduce them to the magical world of music. TEACHING OBJECTIVES: - Learning to listen and identify different instruments based on their sound - Learning to classify instrument families (strings, brass and percussion) - Practically learning the characteristics of various musical genres such as those for a classical orchestra, batucada, jazz, flamenco, beatboxing... - Associate instruments' sound with their shape (auditory recognition

Night Boy (App)
The main character Night plays a game of hide-and-seek with his sister, Day, and explores space. Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!

Pango Build City (App)
A world to build at the tip of your fingers! Start by BUILDING a TRACK with roads and rails. Next organize a CITY with its walls, buildings and trees. All you have to do is EXPLORE the fascinating city you've imagined. Thanks to you, Pango and his friends will take turns as the firefighter, grocer, postman or doctor. They travel by train or car, visit big monuments like the Eiffel Tower and return home to sleep in the evening. You can be PROUD of the city you've imagined! With PANGO BUILD City, your child builds and rebuilds in complete freedom. It gives free rein to children's creativity, drives their logical thinking and motor skills. A game with positive repercussions for BETTER GROWTH! For smaller children, PANGO BUILD adapts by proposing 3 pre-built cities. The child starts by MANIPULATING and EXPLORING the universe. Little by little, the child can MODIFY the cities before embarking on the grand adventure of BUILDING on a blank slate. With PANGO, use your I

Reptiles (App)
Do crocodiles make you smile? Do you think turtles are terrific? Read all about these and other reptiles! FarFaria's "Reptiles" is designed to provide children with a perfect story time experience. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and the Common Core Reading Level, independently measured using the Lexile Framework.

Solar Walk Lite - Planetarium (App)
Become a space explorer and get a little closer to the space with this awesome astronomy app! Main Features: ?? ?? Realistic space view with real-time positions, order, size, inner structure of planets of the solar system, their orbits and all celestial bodies. ?? Every planet and celestial body has an extensive information: size, mass, orbital velocity, exploratory missions, thickness of structural layers, and photo gallery with real photos taken by telescopes or NASA spacecrafts during the space missions. ?? Orrery Mode on/off - to see the schematic or realistic sizes and distances between the Solar System objects. ?? Anaglyph 3D on/off - if you have anaglyph 3D glasses you can choose this option to navigate through the Solar System and enjoy the beauty of space and solar system. ?? Zoom-in to see objects in close up and Zoom-out to see the position of our Solar System in Galaxy. ?? 3D models in the application are based on scientific data collected by ESA and NASA spacecrafts and g

The Rainforest Musical Kakamega (App)
From award winning composer Shirley Choi comes The Rainforest Musical Kakamega, an exciting 90 minutes adventure application for iOS. Children ages 5-12 will enjoy this colorful, fun app’s nine chapters featuring twelve original songs. Children will enjoy learning fun facts about the rainforest, meeting new animal friends, and playing along with Kakamega’s rich musical score! Kakamega follows the story of Kaka and Yano, young twins who live in the lush, diverse -- but endangered -- rainforest. When Henry, a sick boy from the city, runs away into the forest, Kaka and Yano decide to help him by finding a mythical, magical, healing flower. Joined by singing animals and talking trees, the children make their way through the rainforest. On their journey they discover the dangers of the logging industry, and make it their mission to convince the loggers or the importance of preserving their forest home. Children ages 5-12 will enjoy this colorful, fun app’s nine chapters featuring twelve

Toc and Roll (App)
Get your children to learn music while playing, quick and easy. In minutes they will be singing real hits created by themselves, and you could share it online. Toc And Roll has no ads or in-app purchases. No extra charges. This powerful educational tool has been designed to help children start composing songs and cultivate their creativity in a funny and easy way. It contains real instruments sounds to write, in a very easy way, songs of different styles like Rock, Rock and Roll, Pop, Blues, etc. Like a portable studio, Toc And Roll gives children the chance to mix different instruments on a virtual multitrack. They can add effects, record their voices, and then share the results with the world. Toc And Roll has received praise from the press. It is used in schools in different countries, and has received awards like the Digital Ehon Award, from Japan. KEY FEATURES No In-App purchases. No extra costs. No ads. Interface and compelling graphics. Over 1000 differents sounds

Tommy the Turtle Learn to Code (App)
Learn the basics of coding with Tommy the Turtle! Tommy the Turtle - Learn to Code is another fun, interactive, educational game to help young children learn the basics of coding. With an accessible interface, kids of all ages and abilities can use commands, sequences, and loops to make Tommy the Turtle move, dance, and sing on screen. In challenge mode, children can test their coding abilities by solving the Tommy the Turtle challenges with his friends. Learning to code from an early age helps children develop problem solving skills and prepares them for the future. Key Features of Tommy the Turtle - Learn to Code app 1. Learn the basics of coding with simple commands, sequences, and loops. 2. Combines audio, visual, and touch inputs to enhance multi-sensory learning 3. One-touch input for help in improving hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills for children 4. Switch-accessible for children with motor limitations who use an external switch (connected through a Bluetoo