Common Sense Media Review
By Mieke VanderBorght
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Whimsical Seuss-like rhymes help kids get into butterflies.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 5+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
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My Oh My-A Butterfly!
What's It About?
Follow the Cat in the Hat on an adventure through the world of butterflies. Learn about their life cycle, from egg to caterpillar to butterfly, and about their different kinds, colors, and shapes; and get an in-depth look at the monarch butterfly's migration south for the winter. Kids can choose to read themselves or be read to, and they control the pace of the book, tapping on bold words to learn their meanings and on pictures to hear and see them labeled. Users also can record their own voices reading the story.
Is It Any Good?
MY OH MY-A BUTTERFLY includes a lot of fun information about butterflies, and the lovable characters and whimsical rhymes make for an engaging experience. Tapping words to learn definitions and pictures to hear labels provides a nice learning opportunity and attempts to mimic the irreplaceable experience of reading a real book with an adult. Some wording in the definitions seems a bit advanced, and the labeling is a bit in-your-face and can get obnoxious. The ebook includes a really nice suggestion for kids to go butterfly watching and to keep a diary of the butterflies they find.
There are disappointingly few opportunities, though, for interacting with the book and its content. Adding a few more meaningful interactions to make better use of the digital format would enhance the experience and make it really worth its ebook status.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Help your kid create a butterfly diary. Go find butterflies and/or their eggs, and document what you find with pictures. Talk about scientific observation.
Read together and point out and discuss the information and features like scientific concepts and word definitions.
Record your or your kid's voice reading.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Science : animals , life cycle , Language & Reading : reading , vocabulary
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : September 10, 2013
- Genre : Books
- Topics : Book Characters , Animals ( Bugs ) , STEM
- Publisher : Oceanhouse Media
- Version : 2.3
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 5.0 or later
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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