Oh Say Can You Seed?
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- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- $3.99
- Education
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Oh Say Can You Seed? is an educational storybook app packed with information about plants. Kids can listen to the Cat in the Hat tell the story, or they can read the story themselves. The app supports early literacy and language development through highlighted narration, interactive illustrations, and a voice record option. Kids can learn plant-related vocabulary by tapping on words and pictures. Some concepts like pollination and male and female plant parts are advanced for young readers, but kids will enjoy the rhymes, sound effects, and basic animations that teach about plants.
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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
- Price: $3.99
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: October 28, 2013
- Category: Education
- Topics: Science and Nature
- Size: 44.30 MB
- Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
- Version: 2.4
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated: August 17, 2016
For kids who love Dr. Seuss and science
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