Rainforest Adventure!

Title: Rainforest Adventure!
Subtitle: Nature Explorers - Ages 5+
Release Date: 10/01/24
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: Highlights,Smithsonian
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Launchpad Description: Embark on an exciting adventure through nature filled with interactive stories, musical activities, and so much more that invite young explorers to discover the diverse wildlife, plants, and sounds of the rainforest.


This Launchpad contains the following apps:

BIG WORD CLUB Rainforest (App)
BIG WORD CLUB improves kids’ vocabulary in highly innovative ways with its wildly popular animated books, music, songs and dances while teaching kids at least three new BIG words in every App!

Dentist Bird (App)
"The "Mission of Mercy" game ... offers fast-paced fun that will certainly keep children coming back for more."- School Library Journal "A must-have app for teaching compassion, empathy, and diversity." - Teachers with Apps "Unique for its cultural content, quality illustrations, support for emerging readers and additional learning content." - Beanstack "Great content, beautifully illustrated" - Children's Technology Review " Strong suits of this app include a “Learning” page with additional interactive content to engage young readers on facts about Liberia and rainforest animals, as well as a “Grownups” folder with links to detailed lesson plans and printables." - School Library Journal Discover an interactive folktale, rich with gameplay! Enter Liberia’s rainforest and help one clever bird cure a crocodile of his terrible toothache! With guides to read, play, and learn at home and in the classroom. Dentist Bird is the first installment in Literary Safari’s series of intera

Did You Know?: Amazon Rainforest (App)
Science-themed videos explore fascinating facts about topics kids will love, like space and dinosaurs! These animated videos entertain while challenging kids to think deeper about the world around them.

Kapu Forest (App)
"Here's a rarity: a beautiful-looking app for kids." - The Guardian Mobile of the Day Award, 29th September 2012 - FWA "A spotless interactive activity app for the very little ones." - Apps4Kids.net It is beautifully created and a lot of app developers out there should take notes. - Lillie's Pad Kapu Forest has taken the much-loved look of 1950s children's books to heart for its debut app - Computer Arts -- Come and discover all the fantastic animals of Kapu Forest! Feed the early birds, catch bugs with the hopping frog and make the fireflies light up the dark. Those and 10 more fun mini-toys to explore! Kapu Forest is a colorful and fun digital toy for kids aged 1-4+. Let them discover the forest and meet all the animals through one of more than 10 mini-toys available. FEATURES - 10+ mini-toys and animals to play with - No time limits, no rules, always fun - Playful sounds and colorful animations - Lovable characters & original artwork - Kid-friend

Math Jungle : Kindergarten (App)
Kindergarten math is the focus of this fun and engaging game. Your child will love practicing math skills! This game is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Practice is the most important factor in developing kindergarten math skills. Our play based approach to learning keeps your child eager to practice. We play test our apps to make sure they are fun enough to play repeatedly. The focus is on mastering kindergarten math skills through practice. Hints are available to help your child learn different techniques for solving problems. * Skills Children will learn and master the following kindergarten math skills - Count to 100 by ones and by tens - Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1) - Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 - Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities - Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted - Understand t

Miniwalla the Forest Story (App)
On the rainforest island of Java in Indonesia, there is a fascinating animal sanctuary called Miniwalla. Miniwalla is home to many exciting animals from elephants to parrots to dogs and fish and any furry, scaly, or feathered friend who needs protection! A young boy, Henry, and his parents take care of the sanctuary. Henry is a courageous boy who loves animals and nature, but who still has a lot to learn about the world. Miniwalla is the brand new musical app from award-winning composter Shirley Choi. This app is an educational experience and an interactive e-book. It’s full of sing-a-long songs, curious critters, and amazing adventures. Miniwalla includes six stories, each teaching lessons about endangered animals, protecting the environment, and how to be a responsible person. Each story features original music and lyrics, so you can follow along as you learn all about the island rainforest of Java and the incredible creatures who live there. Miniwalla also touches on topics such

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

What are the Layers of a Rainforest? (app)
Do you ever find yourself wondering about something? Join Kaden in this episode of I WONDER to answer the question, what are the layers of a rainforest? Discover the layers of the Amazon Rainforest and the animals that call it home as we explore the Amazonia exhibit at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute to answer this question.

What does "Endangered" Mean? (app)
Do you ever find yourself wondering about something? Join Kaden in this episode of I WONDER to answer the question, what does it mean to be an endangered animal and how can we help them? Explore this topic and a couple of animals at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

What is Conservation? (app)
Do you ever find yourself wondering about something? Join Kaden in this episode of I WONDER to answer the question, what is conservation and why is it important to animals? Explore this topic as we explore Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.