4 Great Baby DVDs You Should Know About
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I recently discovered these great educational apps on iTunes for my iPhone. They are really well done, the kids love them and they provide entertainment that teaches in a mobile platform. If you have an iPhone and a young child or grandchild like me, check them out!
PBS KIDS announces two new iPhone and iPod touch apps, SUPER WHY! and PBS KIDS Photo Factory are now available on the App Store. SUPER WHY! and PBS KIDS Photo Factory join the successful lineup of PBS KIDS apps, including Curious George Coloring Book, Martha Speaks Dog Party and Mister Rogers Make A Journal, all designed to enable children and parents instant access to innovative educational content supporting childhood development, including social emotional development, artistic expression, language development, and reading skills.
“These apps empower children to explore the world around them with guidance from their favorite PBS KIDS characters,” said Lesli Rotenberg, SVP, Children’s Media. “They also provide parents and caregivers with a new way to foster learning anywhere, anytime and help their children reach their full potential.”
“PBS transformed television into an instrument for teaching and learning a generation ago, and now we’re blazing new trails in digital media with iPhone and iPod touch,” said Jason Seiken, SVP, Interactive. “We’re constantly experimenting with ways to use media to engage users of all ages with new experiences and opportunities to learn something new.”
SUPER WHY!
The SUPER WHY! App helps children achieve the power to read with four SUPER WHY! interactive literacy games in addition to a virtual sticker book. Children can play along with each of the four main characters from the TV series: Alpha Pig, Princess Presto, Wonder Red, and, of course, Super Why, while practicing the alphabet, rhyming, spelling, writing and reading.
The SUPER WHY! App was developed as a part of PBS KIDS Raising Readers, a national initiative which uses the power of public media to build the reading skills of children ages 2 to 8, with an emphasis on children from low-income families. The effort is funded by a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education, part of a cooperative agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS and The Ready To Learn Partnership.
PBS KIDS Photo Factory
The PBS KIDS Photo Factory App makes it simple to bring favorite PBS KIDS characters along on any adventure, featuring art from 11 PBS KIDS series that can be added to any family photo, as well as localized tune-in information for featured series. Photos can be shared via iPhoto, e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter. Kids can also take part in the fun with this safe and easy-to-use app, arranging art from favorite series ARTHUR, CAILLOU, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, CURIOUS GEORGE, DINOSAUR TRAIN, DRAGON TALES, FETCH! WITH RUFF RUFFMAN, SESAME STREET, SID THE SCIENCE KID, SUPER WHY! and WORDGIRL.
The SUPER WHY! App is available for $2.99 and the PBS KIDS Photo Factory App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.
For more information on PBS Kids apps please visit http://pbskids.org/mobile/.
National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) 2007 winners of its Children’s Products Competition for the best DVDs, music, toys, books and magazines, software and video games and storytelling CDs have been announced.
All 95 products earning the coveted NAPPA Gold Award, and 171 products earning the NAPPA Honors Award, have been published in a holiday gift guide checklist, Great Gifts for Kids, now available at http://www.nappa.parenthood.com/.
I and several of our senior KIDS FIRST! jurors evaluate for NAPPA’s DVD awards. This year was, without a doubt, the most difficult year ever as we received an overwhelming number of outstanding titles. For the first time, we separated major studio titles from independent titles, giving the independents an opportunity to compete with their peers.
The 2007 NAPPA Gold Medal DVD Winners Are
For Infants and Toddlers
Baby Einstein: My First Signs
Classical Baby 3-Pack: Music, Art & Dance
Phonics 4 Babies: Baby’s First Words
Way to Go, Juno
For Preschoolers
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Follows Her Dreams
Caillou’s Playschool Adventures
Disney’s Little Einsteins: Legend of the Golden Pyramid
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: Somewhere in Nowhere Land
For Ages 5 & Up
Arthur and the Invisibles
Eloise Goes to School
Gustafer Yellowgold’s Wide Wild World
Suzi Shelton Live at Southpaw
For Ages 8 & Up
Flight 29 Down: Vol. 1
Going to School in India
Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile
For more information, visit: http://www.parenthood.com/articles.html?article_id=9887
DVD Gold Winners:
http://www.parenthood.com/articles.html?article_id=10857
DVD Honor Winners:
http://www.parenthood.com/articles.html?article_id=10863