Tech
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Disney Princess: Story Theater App Review and Giveaway
My daughter and I had a good time reviewing this app together. Just this morning she was making her own film with my iPhone featuring our big orange cat and her Puffles… so when I asked her to review the Disney Princess: Story Theater app with me where she is able to create and record her own story – she was all in! Imaginations will run wild with the newest Disney Learning app that celebrates creativity and storytelling skills. Children and their families can join Cinderella, Belle, and Ariel on new adventures – created by the very readers themselves. Disney Princess: Story Theater: Encourages Creativity: The app opens up and the…
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Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph and Hero’s Duty Comic App Review & Giveaway
This week we purchased the newly released Wreck-It Ralph movie DVD and have watched it no less than 20 times! You could say we are big fans of Wreck-It Ralph in this household. My husband and I enjoy watching the movie because it reminds us of the days spent at our local arcade and my daughter loves all the silly jokes. In celebration of the new DVD and Blu-ray release, Disney has provided us with some code to hand out to Penelope’s mates for the awesome Wreck-It Ralph and Hero’s Duty Comic App. I had a chance to review both and really like what each has to offer. Wreck-It…
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Disney Brave Storybook App Review and Giveaway
Disney’s Brave movie received an Academy Award for “Best Animated Film” last week. I had a chance to review Disney Publishing’s two Brave apps, “Brave: Storybook Deluxe” and “Brave Interactive Comic,” (both rated 4 stars on iTunes!) that features the original characters, storyline, and new activities for kids. Brave: Storybook Deluxe The Brave: Storybook Delux app for the iPhone or iPad contains a complete retelling of the film for children ages 5 and up, following Merida through a courageous voyage to defy an age-old tradition and forge her own destiny. The app features beautiful art, character voices, dynamic animation, and surprising interactive elements. My daughter and I had a blast playing the different games they offered such…
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Walt Disney’s Peter Pan Review & Giveaway
Can you believe that Walt Disney’s classic Peter Pan is celebrating it’s 60th Anniversary this year! This was my mothers favorite Disney tale and I also love Peter Pan with all the lost treasure, pirates and Tinker Bell. To celebrate the 60th Anniversary, Disney released an all-new “Diamond Edition” DVD/Blu-ray this month; however, fans can also experience the classic tale on mobile devices with the Peter Pan: Disney Classics book app. The iOS story takes readers to Neverland like never before. With read along activities, games and more, readers will join Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and the whole gang on a magical adventure whenever, wherever, and however they choose. I…
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss Read Across America!
One of my favorite things about being a children’s author is reading to a classroom full of kids! I just love to see their faces light up when we get to an exciting part of the story. Recent studies show that reading to a child up to age 5 is a positive predictor for literacy in later years. (Source: National Early Literacy Report). In May 1997, a small reading task force at The National Education Association (NEA) wanted to get kids excited about reading. Thus, NEA’s Read Across America was born and celebrated on March 1, 1998, Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Now we see everyone from schools to libraries to community centers host events to…
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Kids Online: Teaching Them Right and Wrong in a Grey World
It can be a jungle and a nightmare out there in the Internet world, and our children are being targeted and targeting more and more frequently as technology becomes easier by the minute. Dosomething.org, an organization for teens and social change, reports that 43 percent of kids have been bullied online, and identity theft protection company LifeLock.com states youth as the fastest growing demographic for credit and identity fraud. The World Wide Web can be as wonderful as it is horrible for children and parents. After all, never in the history of the world have we had access to a world of information at the click of a button.…
