Learn to Draw for Kids

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Learn to Draw for Kids
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Learn to Draw for Kids is an eBook aimed at teaching kids to draw a variety of cartoon figures (on paper). It has 15 different characters, including a snake, a koala, and a strawberry. Kids select a character and then flip through pages to see how the character was drawn. There is a narrator who reads the text for each page. It should be noted that the narrator (and author) is Australian, so occasionally the spelling or name of a word may be different than you might expect.
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Is It Any Good?
LEARN TO DRAW FOR KIDS presents step-by-step instructions for drawing 15 different characters. The app has no animation or even highlighting of newly drawn areas so it's only marginally better than looking at a complete drawing. The narration doesn't usually add much information beyond what already appears on the screen, missing the opportunity to explain a bit about perspective or how to convey movement. In the end, it's just a so-so app that misses the boat on how to be great.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Release date: July 19, 2010
- Category: Education
- Publisher: Liam Campbell
- Version: 1.2
- Minimum software requirements: OS 3.1
- Last updated: August 23, 2016
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