Where. Here. There!, 2nd ed.

Title: Where. Here. There!, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Life Skills - Ages 5-7, Grades K-2
Release Date: 03/15/25
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,Chutes and Ladders,Highlights
Type: Theme-Based
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Launchpad Description: These interactive books, games, and activities will help kids build a solid foundation of skills they can use in the classroom and beyond. This pack includes apps that have won industry awards including Best Mobile App Award - Children and Toddlers, Cybils Award, Parents' Choice Recommended Award, and more!

> - Improve critical thinking skills
- Discover other cultures
- Explore different careers
- Build knowledge of geography
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Chutes and Ladders: Ups and Downs (App)
The CHUTES AND LADDERS: Ups and Downs app from PlayDate Digital, licensed by Hasbro transforms the beloved CHUTES AND LADDERS board game into an interactive story. It features exciting animations, beautiful illustrations, and learning elements that reinforce the idea of cause and effect and making positive decisions. Help guide a group of friends around the CHUTES AND LADDERS neighborhood by progressing through different “Sidewalk Chapters.” Decisions your early and emerging readers make land the characters on the ‘chutes’ and ‘ladders’ of life, good and bad choices that help us get ahead, or not! From the baseball field to the cookie jar, life is filled with choices and temptations, but it’s all about learning that good choices can lead to some pretty sweet rewards! Make a bad choice and there will be consequences. Mr. Chutes, the app’s friendly guide, will show you the way…or will he? It’s a ‘choose your own’ adventure kind of story that makes every experience in the app diffe

Cool Careers Dress Up (App)
“Cool Careers Dress Up for Girls” is a new, stereotype-shattering app that lets girls ages 3-8 dress up as astronauts, scientists, Presidents and more! Young girls can create a doll that resembles themselves, then dress her up as one of many non-traditional career professionals. Lots of different helmets, jackets, boots, accessories, helper animals and more are included to create a dream career doll, and 15 different backgrounds set the stage. Whether its on a helipad, in a CEO’s office, under the sea or at the racetrack, young girls will have hours of fun envisioning bright and successful futures. This app is perfect for parents and guardians of girls ages 3-8 who want to foster an encouraging and aspirational environment. Women in tech, STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and other skilled and highly-trained positions are a hot topic in today’s professional climate, and this app will help show the next generation of girls that they can do anything if

Crepes by Suzette (App)
As Suzette sells her delicacies over the course of a day, readers are treated to the sights and sounds of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, from Nôtre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower. The customers she meets along the way are inspired by works of art, such as da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Degas's Little Dancer. As you take your journey, you will learn to speak key French words and phrases

Cuantos Tamales (App)
Abuela is making tamales and needs help finding out how many she needs. Children can count the members of the family in this story by Farfaria.

Dog Rescue Mission - Honesty (App)
The Neon Tiki Tribe helps a neighborhood boy, upset that he lost his dog, and even more upset that he lied to his parents about how the dog went missing. What they find isn’t just the dog – but some trouble – in the evil Ku Tiki Tribe! Dog Rescue Mission teaches children about the importance of honesty and the courage of telling the truth.

Far Apart, Close in Heart (app)
Millions of children worldwide have a parent in jail or prison.

Hidden Pictures (App)
New from Highlights - discover Hidden Pictures™ puzzle solving fun. Classic Highlights Hidden Pictures® scenes have been reimagined for a whole new generation by Highlights for Children, the #1 children’s magazine in the United States. Both kids and grownups will find something fun in our new Hidden Pictures® Puzzles App!

How Do You Know? (App)
General Information Objective: How do you know? app uses over 500 pictures and questions to engage students in critical thinking skills. Children will build and strengthen their language and inferential skills by identifying and labeling visual clues and key details to explain how they know the answer! Teacher certified and linked to core curriculum standards in the US and UK. How Do You Know targets the following language goals • Question comprehension: who, what, where, when & how • Verbal reasoning strategies to make inferences • Critical thinking skills to distinguish key details • Build Vocabulary and semantic knowledge • Use pictures to build concept imagery • Recognize and label associated vocabulary • Practice reading comprehension at sentence level • Verbal Reasoning Skills Teachers, Parents & Therapists Favorite Features! • Lots of content; Over 10 categories: Places, Activities, Weather, Emotions, Conditions & State of Being, People & Occupations, Animals,

Joko's Pocket Planet (App)
The world is a giant, confusing puzzle – so you might as well enjoy it. Pocket Planet is a fun jigsaw-puzzle game that will expand your knowledge of geography while driving you slightly nuts trying to find Lesotho. (Yes, it really is a landlocked country shaped something like a well-chewed apple core and completely surrounded by South Africa). Or Andorra, a tiny monarchy wedged between France and Spain and jointly ruled by two co-princes – one of whom is the President of France and the other a Roman Catholic Bishop. Good luck –and we’ll see you in beautiful downtown N'Djamena.

Neighborhood Watch Kids (App)
Neighborhood Watch Kids is an exciting adventure story in which five brave young kids and their pet dog set out to save their neighborhood. Join Arnold, Maya, Johnny, Suzie, Billy and Paw in their amazing journey to self-discovery. Help them overcome their differences, make the right choices and work together as a team to solve a series of mysterious events.