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Contents:
Moo, Baa, La La La! / Boynton -- Scrapkins. Pirates of Smelly Cove -- Choo Choo Park -- Duckie deck homemade orchestra -- Toc and roll -- Spiral mixer -- Tiny pirates -- Frosby species creature lab -- Caterpillar creative play -- Monster Tales -- The missing snowman -- Allegro.
Summary:
"Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using this Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence. Explore imagination and pretend play; Interpret music through movement; Learn to draw lines & shapes; Sing and express emotion creatively."-- Publisher description. Moo, Baa, La La La! / Boynton: JUST MOO IT! Sandra Boynton's best-selling book of all time comes alive with sound and movement and gloriously unpredictable interactivity. The wryly inventive Moo, Baa, La La La! digital book app will intrigue and amuse little kids and big people alike, and perhaps even elicit an appreciative snort from the occasional uninvited rhinoceros. Scrapkins. Pirates of Smelly Cove: The ScrapKins are a tribe of monsters who build their world, Scrap City, out of the things we throw away. They love to "scrapvent" things from old junk. When Digger finds a treasure map, he, Swooper, Wrecks, and Itcher set off on a pirate adventure to find buried treasure. Join along in this story and see how the ScrapKins scrapvent tools for their journey and seek their fortune. What do you think the buried treasure is? Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8--complete with stories like this! Choo Choo Park: Choo Choo Park is about inspiring creativity and encouraging discovery among kids. Start with a familiar black and white scene of a park then make the scene come to life by coloring all the different elements and characters. Duckie deck homemade orchestra: Release your child's inner maestro with Homemade Orchestra, where they can customize and play an array of musical instruments made from everyday objects. Whether it's a rattle made from things found at home or a steel pot drum set, there's no limit to the different sounds you can achieve. Toc and roll: Children can culitivate their creativity in a fun and easy way! Like a portable music studio, children can use and mix different instruments to compose songs while adding their own effects! Learn tempo and different styles of music like Rock and Roll, Jazz, Blues and more! Spiral mixer: Make an unlimited number of spiral designs changing the shape, color, and thickness of lines to help create your own special gallery! Tiny pirates: Aaargh! Explore the life of a pirate as you build a crew, load your ships and explore the seven seas! A beautifully interactive story featuring loads of imaginary fun. Frosby species creature lab: Become a genetic scientist in this fun app! Deisgn custom creatures, mix their DNA, create new species and then dress them up. Caterpillar creative play: Budding artists can draw, paint, color, design and create in unique ways using templates of favorite Eric Carle characters including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear and many more! Monster tales: The Mother Goose Monsters have brewed up some mixed-up, haunted fairy tales perfect for young readers. These silly, spooky storiecoupled with captivating art, will make Halloween a frightful treat. Find out what happens one dark and stormy night when all of the little monsters take turns telling their favorite tale with a special "monster twist." The missing snowman: Johnny is excited that it is snowing outside and all of the yards are covered with cold, crisp snow-the perfect kind of snow to build a snowman! After Johnny neatly stacks one huge snowball on top of the other, he runs inside to find the perfect outfit to dress up his new friend. Children will delight when the snowman becomes a pirate, a clown, and even a regular snowman, as all Johnny's friends help play "dress-up". But as the weather gets warmer, Mr. Snowman gets smaller and smaller, and Johnny gets sadder and sadder. Find out how Johnny's mother helps Johnny remember his favorite friend until winter comes again next year. Allegro: Meet Allegro, a young boy who can't stand practicing the piano. It's hard and frustrating and he is ready to give up-until the music itself suddenly whisks him away on a magical adventure!
Series:
Launchpad Academy Launchpad Pre-K Academy. Path E, Music & Creativity
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