Play and Learn!

Title: Play and Learn!
Subtitle: Level Up at Your Library: Summer Reading - Ages 5+
Release Date: 01/01/25
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,HOMER,Highlights
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Launchpad Description: Summer Reading helps kids stay motivated, maintain reading skills, and learn all summer long! Kids will build confidence and avoid summer slide as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks.


This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Anybody's Game (app)
In 1950, girls didn't play baseball––until Kathryn Johnston changed Little League.

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

Everyday Short Stories - Activities at Home (App)
What are your favorite activities or games to play at home? This delightful collection of beginning short stories will help to make reading fun for all kids! Choose the "Read To Me" option with words that highlight in sync with a Narrator’s voice, or "Read With Someone" so your child can practice reading on their own or with someone else.

Find It: Play Date (App)
We're having a play date today. We're going to play baseball, eat lunch, and even paint a rocket ship. Rocket ships are awesome! I want to be an astronaut when I grow up. Come along in this interactive story and help us find everything we need to make this day great! I love playing with my friends because we like to play the same games. What do you and your friends like to play?

HangArt (App)
Your favorite spelling game with a creative twist! Play hangman by yourself or with a friend. Draw pictures that animate and playback. Then, record digital stories with your winning words. The illustrations are multicultural and allow all kids to feel included. The letter-tracing feature is a great way to practice penmanship and letter recognition. It’s great for older kids too, giving them the freedom to draw and create stories as well. HangArt is perfect for individual play, entire family fun, and the classroom. As seen in The New York Times’ "10 Children's Apps for Summer Road Trips." "Culturally diverse drawings and a specially constructed, easy-to-read font welcome kids from a variety of backgrounds and abilities. A jewel of a game … HangArt is a fun challenge, and the open-ended drawing board and storytelling sections let kids take the lead.” ~ Common Sense Media --- UNIQUE FEATURES • Play Hangman with 200 K-3 sight words and original, diverse animated illustrations •

Kids ABC Phonics (App)
The game has eight wonderfully child-friendly sections. - Learn Letter Sounds. Kids hold and turn a picture-filled letter block and hear the ABC phonics being pronounced. - Build Letter Blocks. Children have fun building phonics recognition skills by making their own ABC blocks. - Pop Letter Bubbles. Kids love to pop bubbles. But don't be fooled. By the time children are done with this game, they will know what letter goes with which sound by heart. - Make Words. While putting puzzles together, kids learn the basics of phonics blending. These skills will be further exercised and expanded in the upcoming Kids Reading game. - Let's Get Rhyming. Children roll the bowling ball and learn to clearly distinguish word-ending syllables. - Ride the Ferris Wheel. Kids get more practice for the ending sounds. - Squirt the Duck. Children learn the concept of vowels. - Wack-a-Mole. This old time favorite is a new way to practice letter sounds. Every section is designed so

Phonics Playtime (App)
Get ready for over 10 exciting activities that are all about learning phonics! Phonics Playtime is designed to help children understand the different phonetic sounds, rather than the alphabet. By completing exercises and practicing the different phonics groups, Phonics Playtime will improve your child's cognitive skills in a fun and playful way. Phonics Playtime includes over 2000 unique exercises that were carefully made to learn the different phonics and phonics groups. Children can complete exercises within specific phonics groups or can play totally random exercises within an easy, medium, hard or mixed difficulty level. Features: • 10 different phonics activities with each 3 difficulty variations. • Over 650 phonics pictures and 800 phonics words divided across 3 difficulty levels. • Collect stickers on the sticker board. • Child friendly interface and design with big buttons and easy navigation. • Play by phonics group or start a quick play game. • Fully voiced

Phonics Word Finder (App)
Phonics Word Finder is designed to help children understand the different phonetic sounds, rather than the alphabet. By completing word finder levels and practicing the different phonics groups, Phonics Word Finder improves your child's cognitive skills in a fun and playful way. Phonics Word Finder includes a wide selection of word finder puzzles and children can complete them within specific phonics groups or can play a randomized game in 3 difficulty levels. Features: Uses the Jolly Phonics system (widely used in UK primary schools, and popular in the United States and Australia). Over 200 phonics words and pictures divided across 3 difficulty levels. Child friendly interface and design with big buttons and easy navigation. Play a quick random puzzle game or play by phonics group. Fully voiced with correct phonics pronunciation (friendly encouraging voice). Change between lower and uppercase phonics letters.

Phonics: Fun on Farm (App)
Feed the animals, herd the sheep back to their barns, or build your own beautiful farm while mastering the reading basics! Phonics: Fun on Farm is an ideal app to help young learners lay foundation for their future reading adventures. FEATURES: •12 fabulous games that teach essential reading skills. • Complex reading instruction that includes development of phonemic awareness, letter-sound relationships, writing and letter recognition, spelling, and reading fluency. •Letter-sound relationships for the sounds of the most common consonants and short vowels. • Over 250 decodable words, 100 captions and sentences, and the most frequent sight words. • 6 scenes with hundreds of motivational stickers that allow children to build their own farm. • Multi-user customization and performance analysis. • Great preparation and practice for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade children. 12 FABULOUS FUN GAMES THAT TEACH ESSENTIAL READING SKILLS: 1) Matching

The Name Game (App)
What animals can The Name Game spell with the letters of your name? Will it be a Lion, Frog, Warthog or Mongoose? In The Name Game, your child will embark on a playful adventure through the wild to discover new animals that spell out their name. Personalize each book with the letters in your child’s name. STEM Storiez – The Name Game is an interactive book that engages children in learning through a board book and a read-along ebook that includes stunning visuals, animations, and sounds. In STEM Storiez – The Name Game, each animal uses a letter of the child’s name to create a unique and personal reading experience. Whatever the letter of their name may be, those are the animals they’ll name and see. This read-along e-book is designed to be interactive and engaging, while teaching STEM concepts.