Expressive Pack, 2nd ed.

Title: Expressive Pack, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Creation & Sound Module - Ages 8+
Release Date: 03/15/25
Type: STEAM Academy
Brand: FarFaria,HOMER,Highlights,Littlest Pet Shop,Smile and Learn
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Launchpad Description: The goal of the Creation & Sound Module is to teach kids how creativity and self-expression apply to identifying and solving problems. Topics in this module include art, sound, color, tempo, rhyming, and literature.

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:

BrainPlay: Musical Instrument (App)
Highlights presents kids with silly, open-ended questions that challenge kids to think outside the box and will give their brain a workout!

BrainPlay: Paintings Come to Life (App)
Highlights presents kids with silly, open-ended questions that challenge kids to think outside the box and will give their brain a workout!

Dessert Bakery Shop (App)
Make yummy Candy Sweets in Dessert Bakery Shop! This Food Maker chef game has 7 delicious Desserts in One App! REAL Baking Tools, Ingredients & Cooking Steps! Pretend your Baking, Mixing and Cooking Cupcakes, Cake Pops, Cakes, Donuts, Cookies, Ice Cream & Popsicles! 7 separate Food Games all in 1 Bake Shop! Make Cake Pops, Donuts, Cookies, Cupcakes, Cakes & Ice Cream! 100’s of Candy Toppings & Decorations! Sugar Sprinkles, Gummies, Flavors Galore, Chocolate, Icing, more! Tons of Candy and Toys! Play 7 Different Food Games and Make Yummy Treats all in 1 Bakery Shop! Realistic Cooking Tools and Steps! Virtual Cooking of Baked Goods! Run the Bake Shop whipping up mouth-watering Desserts! Be a Baker Chef Making & Baking Donuts, Cookies, Cake Pops, more! Mix Ingredients, Select Flavors, Bake Food, Decorate with Candy! Thousands of Ways to create your own Virtual Desserts! Candy Dessert Bakery Shop features: Cake Pops Cupcakes Cookies Cakes Donuts Popsicles

Ear Cat (App)
Ear Cat is a fun game created to develop your musical ear, with 80 levels that get progressively more challenging. An intuitive approach to recognising intervals. Improve your solfege and learn to identify pitches in relation to a tonal center. Helpful and entertaining – for beginners and skilled musicians alike, and developed in collaboration with professional musicians and educators.

Littlest Pet Shop: Pet Style (App)
Are you ready to save the LITTLEST PET SHOP by putting on a fabulous, fur-tastic fashion show? You can do just that in the first-ever LITTLEST PET SHOP interactive storybook app, starring Blythe Baxter and your favorite pets from the hit animated TV series! Meet Blythe! She’s a small-town girl who just moved to the big city, and if that isn’t enough excitement for one girl to handle, Blythe just discovered that she can talk to animals AND understand them. When Blythe stumbles upon a group of pets chattering away in Day Camp below her apartment in the LITTLEST PET SHOP, she has no idea what fun is in store for her, but first she must save the LITTLEST PET SHOP from going out of business! It’s going to take Blythe’s eye for style, a bunch of talented pets, and the reader’s help to save the day with a pet fashion show! Based on the episode BLYTHE’S BIG ADVENTURE, this app allows readers to peek into Blythe’s journal during her first days in Downtown City but also BE part of her adv

Make It: Door Tags (App)
Fun easy to make crafts, recipes, experiments, and skits all made by Highlights kids!

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.

Mozart and Beethoven Rock! (App)
These two young musicians really know how to rock! But will they learn how to share the spotlight? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Percussion Instruments (app)
This video will teach your child all of the different musical instruments in the percussion family. A few of these instruments include the drum set, xylophone, maracas and more!

Portrait Drawing (app)
Educational video for kids to learn how draw portraits step-by-step. Learn about facial features and how to draw them while having fun. Would you like to become a great artist? This video is for you! It's a great way to easily learn how to draw and it's also an ideal resource for preschool and primary education.

String Instruments (app)
This video will teach your child all of the different musical instruments in the string family. A few of these instruments include the guitar, electric guitar, cello and more!

Wind Instruments (app)
This video will teach your child all of the different musical instruments in the wind family. Some wind instruments include transverse flute, clarinet, trombone and more. Your child will be able to learn the different music that these instruments are used in.