Gaze Pack, 2nd ed.

Title: Gaze Pack, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Level 1: Pre-Emerging
Release Date: 05/15/24
Type: Reading Academy Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,HOMER,Highlights,Sesame Street,StoryToys
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Pre-K

Launchpad Description: This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills - starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.

Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:
- Forms 3 to 4 word sentences
- Can talk and carry on conversations
- Continues to grow vocabulary
- Listens to stories, simple songs, and nursery rhymes
- Recognizes letters
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

ABC Dinos (App)
ABC Dinos is an educational game for children. With spectacular results, the game makes it possible to learn letters and improve reading and writing, regardless of each child's learning level. The screen interface is attractive and simple allowing children to play alone without needing an adult. ?? All this learning is wrapped in a magical story full of emotions, action and fun surrounded by funny characters such as Finn's family, our Dino, and the ""crazy"" ogres and their dragons. Help Finn free his family by collecting the magic letters that make ogres transform into funny animals ??! ? ENGLISH VOICES We have incorporated English voices to repeat the literacy activity words and statements. With this we not only manage to make our activities accessible to all ages, but it also allows us to incorporate auditory recognition activities, which are so valuable at this stage in their learning (Preschool and 1st grade). ? OBJECTIVES ? Learn to read ?? ? Visual and auditory

ABC Preschool Sight Word Jigsaw Puzzle Shapes (App)
Helps toddlers and preschool children to learn the English alphabet and well over 100 easy words in a fun and interactive puzzle themed environment. Kids will learn the name of each letter as well the phonetic sound that it makes then interactively play with objects that start with that letter. There are 130 English words to learn and each word is pronounced by a native speaker. Each word is presented as a cute cartoon style picture that needs to be placed in the matching shaped hole on the board to reveal its sound. Game Features: - Authentic and funny sound effects for every word being learnt - Written name and clear pronunciation of each word from a native English speaker - Intuative drag and drop interface that's easy for little fingers to master - Covers all the letters in the English alphabet from A to Z, their phonetic sound and 130 example words for practise - Increasing difficulty as your child progresses from simple dragging of a shape in the easy le

Jet - The Witch Sisters (App)
Big Witch Sister is receiving an award out of town and Little Witch Sister is going to miss it! Help Little Witch Sister spell jet so she can get there fast!

Learn to Read: Sight Words (App)
Help build your child's vocabulary with common sight words, beginning consonants blends (dr-ag, dr-um, dr-aw), ending consonants blends (so-ft, lo-ft, gi-ft), and various word families (am, Sam, jam). The app contains more than 500 words! It has also been proven to increase a child's understanding of rhymes and word families. FEATURES • Sight words – Common sight words • Beginning consonants - (dr-ag, dr-um, dr-aw), 20 word groups and the beginning blends are highlighted in green • Ending consonants blends - (so-ft, lo-ft, gi-ft), 13 word groups and the ending blends are highlighted in green • Word families – Contains 22 word families (am, Sam, jam / b-ad, p-ad, s-ad) • Track Progress - You can track the progress of the words viewed •Automatic mode - Words appear every 4 seconds • Swipe mode - The user controls the frequency of the words and can swipe to see the next word • Text-to-Speech - The word is spoken as it appears on the screen. BENEFITS • Recognition of sight w

Monster Machines (App)
Children will explore monster machines including a bulldozer, tractor, big rig, monster truck and more with this colorful book featuring real photographs. Studies show that young learners find it easier to associate real-life monster machines to photographs than to illustrations. From a bulldozer to a monster truck, this exciting video teaches children all about big, powerful machines!

Nian Monster, The (app)
Tong tong! The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. With horns, scales, and wide, wicked jaws, Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with Xingling! The old tricks to keep him away don't work on Nian anymore, but Xingling is clever. Will her quick thinking be enough to save the city from the Nian Monster?

Pango is Dreaming (App)
Discover 5 unpublished PANGO stories ! An interactive book to share with your child. Pango is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Share quality time with your little one where the reading comes with action and games. TOUCH, SHAKE, RUB, SCRATCH, TICKLE... the young reader interacts with the book and drives the story forward. Funny adventures, animated stories, brightly coloured drawings and sweet characters. Try PANGO ! An application very easy to use and very reliable. You can surf through your chosen story thanks to the different illustrated tabs. In each new album, find 5 unpublished stories + 1 bonus game (your little ones will love it). Sweet and lovable, everyone will adopt it !

Power Word: Toy (App)
Toy is one of our Power Words. Toy stars a little boy with some special toys! The boy cannot decide which toy is best until one toy proves to be beyond irresistible.

Salt And Pepper (App)
“This is Salt. He’s lots of fun. He likes to skip and jump and run. This is Pepper. She gets things done. She lines her dolls up one by one.” Read along and learn about a dog named Salt, and a cat named Pepper. They are quite opposite, but learn to work together in this story that uses repetitive text and bright illustrations!

Storybook Animations: If I Ever Meet a Dragon (App)
Rhyming poem about meeting and befriending a dragon.

Storybook Animations: Wiggly Worms (App)
After a rainstorm Jake moves worms from the sidewalk to the grass where they'd be happier.

Things That Go (App)
Touch, Look, Listen is a series of preschool learning apps for tablets and mobile phones that will delight and encourage young children as they learn their first words. Things That Go introduces early learners to over 55 busy vehicles from around the world. It's also the perfect app for parents and little ones to share, combining superb photographs, simple word labels and friendly narration. In addition, you can turn the app into a language-learning tool for students of all ages, simply by choosing a second language in the menu. Things That Go is just like a real book, so it's easy to find your way around. Each page is introduced by a playful rhyme, while bright and colorful images pop up magically as each 3D scene opens. When your child taps a picture, they see and hear the associated word, making this a powerful tool for learning new words, as well as reinforcing those they already know. With the second language option, they can explore other languages too, including Spanish, Chi