The Way I See It!, 2nd ed.

Title: The Way I See It!, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Creativity - Ages 8+
Release Date: 04/15/25
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: Highlights,Living Books
Type: Theme-Based
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Launchpad Description: Kids will take their creativity to the next level with apps that let them design characters, build worlds, create stories, and so much more.

- Learn how to make animations
- Make comics and explore visual storytelling
- Strengthen memory and creative problem-solving
- Enjoy interactive stories
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Animate Me! (App)
Animate Me lets you create fun 3d animations of cartoons in a simple and intuitive manner. If you ever wondered how they bring characters to life in animation movies like Frozen or Toy Story,this app is for you. Let your kids spend their time constructively build 3d animations that showcase their creativity. *Pre-built 3D cartoon characters lets kids quickly and effortlessly learn the basics of 3d animation. *Make 3d cartoons walk, run ,jump and talk with simple controls and an intuitive workflow. *Designed by animators from the ground up, this app is an excellent way for kids to learn animation. *Contains video tutorials such as walking,talking and acting to teach the fundamentals of animation. *Tested extensively with dozens of kids and parents.

Blox 3D World (App)
"Blox 3D World Creator lets kids create beautiful worlds with simple taps, from giant windmills to craggy castles and desert islands teeming with life. Add animals, humans and birds which walk around and interact to watch your world come alive! *Designed to develop children's creativity with hours of world building fun. *The worlds can be as simple as a deserted island or a teeming city...sky's the limit. *Control the lighting to change time of day or setting with night,day and water environments. *No sounds, scoring or virtual currency....just pure creative fun. *Animated animals ,windmills and people walking around and interacting makes an amazing miniature world. Based on the bestselling apps Blox 3D Junior and Blox 3D which have collectively been downloaded more than 200k + times since last year. This is the latest iteration in a series which has been featured on Google Play in 17 different countries."

Calligraphy Calm (App)
Calligraphy Calm - Ink Painter is a minimalist art app in the tradition of Chinese and Japanese painting and calligraphy writing. Create a realistic brush painting effect on your tablet with 16 colored inks, 6 brush sizes and 8 paper textures to choose from. Practice the art of simplicity and capture the essence of your subject.

Candy Drop (App)
Tap to place your candy before your time is up. Connect five candy's vertically, horizontally or diagonally to win.

Comic Maker (App)
Bring out the story-teller hidden in you! Pictures speak a thousand words. With this easy-to-use app anyone can create their own story/comics/jokes for a variety of contexts. 

Harry and the Haunted House (App)
Play inside the story and interact with all the characters and words with Harry and the Haunted House, an imaginative, interactive and slightly spooky reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. Wanderful brings every page of this Mark Schlichting story to life. Read and play along with Harry and his friends as they retrieve their baseball lost in the “haunted” house across the field. "W-W-What’s that noise?" "We froze in our steps…" KEY FEATURES: • Interactive storybook content in UK English (all characters have a British accent) and French • Change language from any page in the story • 12 fully animated pages • Virtually every item on each page comes to life when clicked • All words are "active" for extended word play and language learning – click on any word to hear it spoken • Animated surprises on each page – can you find the spider? • Move between pages with the new scrolling page navigation • Multiple settings to custo

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

Mosaic Gems (App)
If you are a puzzle games fan here is something for you - easy & brain-teasing. An online learning game Glassez! is out. You have to make a complete stained-glass picture of variously shaped glass pieces. Rotate the pieces of different form and color by clicking on them and put them into an appropriate part of the pattern. Play and discover new pattern every level. Use Trash Box to get rid of useless pieces but be aware of loosing points this way. Compete with others in a multiplayer mode! Use your art skills, create your own levels and have people all over the world playing them.

Piano Hero (Spoiled Milk)(App)
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a music maestro, playing Chopin's or Mozart's pieces on a grand piano? Now your dream can come true. Tapping only the black tiles in this high speed game is definitely not easy! So, do you have what it takes to get High Scores? This fast action music game is definitely more challenging than it seems. Try to improve your reaction speed and musical skill! Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Inlogic Software, All Rights Reserved

Pixel Art (App)
Relax and de-stress by coloring by numbers tens of fascinating pictures. Choose flat or three dimensional pictures for coloring of many different genres: landscapes, animals, superheroes, sports legends, flowers and many others… Coloring by numbers is a wonderful hobby not just for adults but and for children. It calms your nerves, improves motility, helps to learn colors and numbers and also helps to develop attentiveness and accuracy.