Welcome to App Friday, our weekly link exchange of family-friendly apps. Today we are featuring an interactive storybook from Touchoo. The Touchoo team along with their contributors publish quality interactive book apps for toddlers and children. Their aim is to combine the beauty in traditional children’s books with the intuitiveness and flexibility of touch screen technology. All of Touchoo’s books go through careful inspection by a child development expert, so what you end up with is much more than meets the eye. Let’s take a closer look!
What is your app about? 1 Little Boy is an interactive StoryBook app your kids would love. The story is about a boy’s imaginary journey before bed time. One by one, animal characters you’d recognize from children’s fairytales and rhymes join the little guy on his journey. Together they visit all kinds of places, even the moon (!), and arrive safely back in the little boy’s room – just in time for bed. The story encourages children to practice reciting numbers and counting, as they “paste” each character onto the screen, one after the other, and make them go skipping down the road together. Best for ages 2-5.
Why is it special?
- When you let your child be exposed to new content, you want to make sure it’s educational and age-appropriate. All of Touchoo’s book-apps, including 1 Little Boy undergo scrutiny by a child development expert, verifying that they conform with the latest child development research-based guidelines and know-how.
- With 1 Little Boy, your child will get to practice reciting numbers (pre-counting age) and counting from 1-10 in a learn-by-action manner. This type of learning is agreed by experts to be the most efficient.
- Educational merits aside, the beautiful illustrations, the dynamic page turning, and the (real) animal sounds that you can tap-to-play again and again and a-a-a-ag-ag-ag-ag-agin make this app really fun!
- Some other cool features include a ‘record yourself’ option for narrating the story and counting the animal characters. It’s most fun if you use funny voices for that ( to record, choose “you” under narration options in the ‘settings’ page). You could also choose the narrated version or no narration at all – to tell it yourself.
- Looking into the very near future – the next version update of this StoryBook app (will be free and automatic) will offer text in additional languages.
What’s in it for me? Reading is fun, but reading for FREE is even better! This App Friday, Touchoo is offering FREE DOWNLOADS OF 1 LITTLE BOY. You can download for FREE, right now, just by CLICKING THIS LINK. Don’t you just LOVE #appfridays?
Related apps? Touchoo’s library will soon be growing. No need to stop at 1 Little Boy. Add to your collection Thumbelina and Benny the Cat – coming very soon to the iTunes Store!
App Friday Link Exchange: Our goal at Moms With Apps is to spread the word about family-friendly apps. Do YOU have a favorite app to share? One for reading, or just one your family enjoys? Please participate in our link exchange and post it down below. Include the app name in the Link Title, your email, and a URL to the app. Thanks for your participation!
