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The Winter Games are in full swing, and your child can play along with Fiete Wintersports. Learn the names of animals in many different languages with Shoonya Farm (free this Friday), or read along with Drew’s Dancing Drum. Older kids can create their own music with YouthBeat. Plus, mechanical gears in nature, and the fight against tech addiction.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Fiete Wintersports
by Ahoiii Entertainment
In Fiete Wintersports, you control Fiete and help him compete against his friends Hinnerk and Hein. Gold, silver and bronze medals are up for grabs in each discipline.So at the end of each event, everyone’s a winner.We have avoided texts and complex scoring systems so even the youngest sports fans can get involved.Each discipline has a different type of touch-screen control, which is demonstrated at the start of each event in an animated tutorial. We have ensured that the controls are easy for small children to understand, while ensuring that there is still a challenge to be mastered in each event.
Shoonya Farm Animals: Languages
by Shoonya Digital LLC
In-App Purchase Free Friday, February 16
Watch, play with, interact with, and dress up animals while learning the names of fourteen farm animals in nine different languages: English, Spanish, German, Arabic, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, and Gujarati.
Drew’s Dancing Drum
by Charter Road Productions
Kids will learn the power of never giving up, facing bullies, and listening to their parents while exploring this fun children’s book app.
YouthBeat
by The Royal Conservatory of Music
Youthbeat is a music creation app for everyone who loves music and has ever tried to create a melody or a song.
Former Google and Facebook Workers Fight Tech Addiction
Common Sense Media and a group of former Google and Facebook workers have launched the “Truth About Tech,” a campaign to highlight the addictive nature of certain types of technology and develop standards of ethical design. It’s no secret that social platforms and popular ‘free’ games are designed to be addictive, so this is a positive development. Read more at the Guardian.
Mechanical Gears in Nature
Mechanical gears, like the ones found on a bicycle, have always been thought to have been invented by humans, but it turns out nature got there first. A common jumping insect has gears in its hind legs. Read more at the University of Cambridge.
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