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The New Kid on the Block - A SylvanPlay App app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 8864 ratings )
Games Education Educational Family
Developer: Educate, Inc.
Free
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Oct 2015
App size: 134.8 Mb

• Stories and poems you bring to life!
• Winner of a January 2013 Editors Choice Award from Childrens Technology Review
• An interactive animated storybook of poems originally published by the award-winning Living Books

With The New Kid on the Block, Wanderfuls first interactive poetry book, children are encouraged to learn the meaning of words by exploring poems. Theyll meet an ugly dog, a leaking baby and the exploding Bloders. They giggle at the antics of a chorus line of 40 dancing bananas and laugh as fearless Tillie eats her fiery chilli. And much more!

In this irresistible collection of 18 hilarious poems, Jack Prelutsky displays an unerring instinct for subjects that appeal to children (of all ages). In this collection are poems touched by magic and brought to life with characters that talk and move and sing and dance. Wonderful worlds, begging to be explored open up at each turn of the page. With sound effects, music, humor and lots of animations, its a whole new learning experience.

Reading skills grow through word recognition. Words, phrases and lines can be highlighted individually; they are then read aloud, and animations convey their meaning.

KEY FEATURES:
• Eighteen poems, with 59 fully animated pages
• Virtually every word on each page comes to life when tapped
• Words, phrases and lines can be highlighted individually; they are then read aloud, and animations convey their meaning
• Words are "active" for extended word-play and language learning - tap on any word to hear it spoken
• Move between pages with swipe or with scrolling page navigation
• Two modes: "Read to Me" and the fully interactive "Let Me Play"
• Multiple settings to further customize the App for your childs reading experience

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New Kid on the Block is part of Sylvan Learning’s SylvanPlay™ mobile games network for grades 1-4. SylvanPlay is a library of fun, Sylvan-approved educational apps all packaged together in one place, so parents don’t have to spin their wheels looking for high-quality apps for their kids. We’ve gathered the best educational apps — and we’re creating mobile games of our own — in math, language arts, science, geography and so much more. Your family can enjoy great learning moments, anytime, anywhere. Let the learning fun begin!