Oh Say Can You Seed?
By Debbie Gorrell,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Cheerful Seuss-style story helps kids learn about plants.
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NEED ANY MORE SEEDS AFTER DIS
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NO I CANT
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What’s It About?
Come along with the Cat in the Hat as he tells a fact-filled story about the world of plants. On the home screen, kids can choose from two reading options: Read to Me and Read It Myself. In the Read to Me option, the Cat in the Hat tells the story as words are highlighted. In both reading options, kids can tap bolded words to learn their definitions, and they can tap pictures to hear and see the pictures with labels. The voice record option lets users record their voices narrating the story, which adds a nice personal touch to the learning experience while supporting speech and language development.
Is It Any Good?
OH SAY CAN YOU SEED? is a delightful way for kids to learn about plants. Pages are easy to navigate and sound effects, rhyming, and tappable words and pictures make learning fun. Younger kids may find some of the content a bit confusing, especially the section about pollination. The app misses an opportunity to deepen the learning experience through review and assessment. But overall, kids who want to learn about plants will really dig this digital version of the Cat in the Hat Learning Library book.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Read together and discuss plant words and topics as they come up throughout the story.
Use a live flowering plant and have kids identify the different parts.
During a meal, ask kids to point out foods that came from plants.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Subjects: Science: biology, ecosystems and the environment, life cycle, plants, Language & Reading: letter or word recognition, reading, reading comprehension, vocabulary
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: asking questions, memorization
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: October 28, 2013
- Category: Education
- Topics: Science and Nature
- Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
- Version: 2.4
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated: August 17, 2016
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