This week we offer up more apps to play, books to read, and activities to do while physically distancing at home. Kids can learn about bees, play free preschool games, read free e-books, and recreate art with everyday objects at home.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Honey Tina and Bees
by Tangible Fun, S.L.
Honey Tina and Bees tells the story of Tina the bee as she navigates her way through the bee society, and teaches kids about the life of bees along the way. The story comes with many interactive activities such as cleaning the hive, finding pollen, identifying plants and running through a maze. I did notice a button with Spanish instead of English, but the main story and dialogue is well written and the quality of the narration is very good. Graphics are good with a slightly quirky art style. The free version comes with advertisements, or you can purchase the full paid version.
Paid Version: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/honey-tina-and-bees-full/id1490011036
Ad Supported Version: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/honey-tina-and-bees/id1449154619
Frosby Learning Games 1
by Frosby Designs Ltd.
Preschool app with a variety of activities. Free for the month of April.
Hatch! Ebook free on Amazon
By Roxie Munro
Hatch! contains a wealth of information on a variety of birds, and of course some beautiful illustrations. Don’t be put off by the cover, this is not a preschool book, but good for young readers.
Sesame Street Caring for Each Other (and free e-books)
Sesame Street has put together a page featuring videos, activities, and links to a large library of now free e-books.
https://www.sesamestreet.org/caring
PECS Sale
In honour of Autism Awareness Month, Pyramid Educational Consultants is having a sale on their apps.
Getty Museum Challenge
The Getty Museum issued a challenge to recreate pieces of art from their archives using objects you have at home, and of course the results are often funny and always creative. We did one ourselves (no, not one of the featured ones) and found it to be a lot of fun.
Getty Artworks Recreated with Household Items by Creative Geniuses the World Over
