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Left Right Pup - Free App of the Day

Left Right Pup for iPad

"Learn left and right directionality while training a pointer puppy in the park, or guiding a young surfer at the beach. Encourages social skills of leadership, cooperation, and following directions by modeling the fun of turn-taking.

Features:

• Friendly 3-D Pup and Surfer model cooperative turn-taking
• Beautiful collage backgrounds of textural cork, vinyl, terry cloth, tempura and stitchery.
• Patient pace gives young learners time to consider "left" or "right" response
• Then player's use quick reflexes for catching such items as flying frisbees, pop-up dragons, or regal princesses in our rethink of pretend "hide & seek".
• Characters model self encouragement and self affirmation
• Auditory, Visual, Symbolic, & Written clues are designed to empower young players
• Gentle music, chirping birds, and lulling waves enhance thoughtful environments.
• Offers practice discriminating speech sounds from other auditory sounds
• Charming outdoor park and beach themes encourage childhood active play
• Whimsical puppy-powered fruit cart offers surprise and healthy treats.
• A reset setting offers players a whole new start for their collections if desired.

Cool to be Clever - Free Book App of the Day

It's Cool to be Clever: the true story of Edson C. Hendricks, the genius who invented the design for the Internet.
Bullied as a child, Edson Hendricks went on to create the forerunner to the Internet. IT'S COOL TO BE CLEVER tells the true story of an inquisitive schoolboy in the 1950s who is bullied because he is so smart. He finds comfort in an imaginary world where he has machine parts, and no biological organs or emotions. Years later, Edson's strange capacity to "think like a machine" helps him create a way for computers to communicate. His "connectionless" network design is used in today's Internet.

Includes intriguing illustrations, story by Leanne Jones with narration by Edson Hendricks, and an original musical score. Read the latest info on preventing bullying at school. Loads of pre-Internet emails, anecdotes and other computer science archival material, 12 video interviews with Edson Hendricks and 3 audio interviews of author/composer Leanne Jones, exploration of the "genius" and "inventive" mind, predicting the future, first email virus, advice to programmers, the origin of tektites, and so much more.

Ideal for all ages, especially clever children 6+ and anyone with an interest in Internet history and inventing. How was the Internet really invented? The inspiring true story is revealed for the first time.

Featured in articles in Quill & Quire, Victoria Times-Colonist, Vancouver Province, Ottawa Citizen and other news outlets.

FEATURES
• a true inspiring story written by a former primary school teacher (now a private investigator), suitable for "chapter-book" reading level
• the latest information about preventing schoolyard bullying from the Red Cross, and The Council for Exceptional Children
• "teaching children of genius" advice from Leanne Jones
• "How my mind works" and "people who are different" interviews with a genius
• Hendricks' unorthodox insights into the origin of Earth's water and tektites
• "Evolution of a Virtual Machine Subsystem", the 1979 IBM Systems Journal article by Hendricks and Hartmann chronicling the technical development of VNET into a world-wide network years before the Internet was launched
• dozens of anecdotes about creating VNET and meetings with Vint Cerf and other scientists
• trip reports, internal memos and documents detailing IBM's bungled opportunity
• 160k log of pre-Internet emails between scientists debating standards.

ABA Flash Cards & Games - Free App of the Day

★★★★★ A fun, simple, and easy way to learn to recognize emotions. Love the picture and that its free!

Endorsed by tens of thousands of satisfied parents, teachers, and kids the world over. 

Ideal for Kids 1 - 4 Years Old

Identifying, understanding, and responding appropriately to emotions is a very important skill for every child. In this application we cover over 20 different emotions via gorgeous flash cards and interactive games.

Features:
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✔ Add your own cards - record own voice and add own pictures!

✔ Includes 200+ gorgeous photographs that are carefully hand picked and selected

✔ Fun & engaging voice artist keeps kids engaged

✔ 8 different play modes to show the flashcards anyway you like. Play modes include (image only, word only, flashcard only, word then flashcard, word then image)

✔ 8 unique game modes including find the item, listening, and reading games

✔ Fully customizable font size, font color, spelling (upper case, lower case, etc.)

✔ Unique continuous looping feature so you can go through hundreds of flashcards automatically

✔ Customizable speed - you decide how fast to go from flashcard to flashcard

✔ Infant mode - includes ability to select extra large font size and red font color (ideal for babies less than 12 months of age)

✔ Don't want to teach your baby a given word? No problem, just delete the card

✔ Multi-sensory learning tool - combining audio, voice, and written words

DialSafe Pro - Free App of the Day

Teach your child proper phone usage and safety with an app that lets them actually practice it! DialSafe is designed to teach these critical skills in a kid friendly manner through the use of animated lessons, skill building games, practice sessions, and even a realistic phone simulator. DialSafe helps provide a comprehensive learning experience in a safe environment where the child can both explore and learn.

DialSafe is used by teachers, police officers, and parents.



DOES YOUR CHILD KNOW:
• To press Talk (the green button) when dialing?
• How to hangup and recover from misdialing?
• In case of a fire, call 911 from a neighbors home?
• What to say if a stranger calls?

IMPORTANT FEATURES
• Animated audio lessons on phone basics, 911, and strangers.
• Memory game to progressively learn phone numbers.
• Realistic phone simulator that operates like a real phone.
• Built-in real world dialog for key numbers (even wrong numbers).
• Custom phone numbers.
• Record custom audio.
• Guided practice sessions for step by step learning.
• Unguided challenge sessions for evaluating.
• Did we mention a simulator that works like a real phone? :)

Clockwork Brain - Challenge your Mind with Fun Puzzles! - Free App of the Daypu

Train your brain and challenge yourself with A Clockwork Brain!

Discover a series of ingenious mini-games especially created to test various cognitive abilities such as visual, spatial, logic, language, arithmetic, and memory.

Explore a unique mix of innovative puzzles alongside twists on well-known conundrums!

Everything in the game has been lovingly hand-painted with influences from Victorian Steampunk and Mayan art.

Sprocket, the robot, will be your guide! Let the games begin!


FEATURES
★ Enjoy four free, addictive mini-games!

★ Get challenged with bite-sized, fast-paced gameplay full of brain-training goodness!

★ Collect tokens as you play and unlock special Upgrades!

★ Train every day and win even more Tokens with Daily Rewards!

★ Compete with others on OpenFeint and Game Center and collect great Achievements!

★ Sharpen those verbal skills with nine languages! (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Italian, Greek)

★ Expand your brain-games collection by purchasing premium game packs!

★ See how long you can survive in the fiendishly difficult Insane Round for even higher scores!


INCLUDED FREE MINI-GAMES
★ Scrolling Silhouettes: Trains Visual/Spatial Ability
★ Anagrams: Trains Language Processing
★ Missing Tiles: Trains Arithmetic
★ Chase the Numbers: Trains Memory
★ Size Matters (Unlockable Bonus): Trains Visual/Spatial Ability

LEGO Duplo Jams - Free App of the Day

A great starter app for children ages 2-5 who are just beginning to use a touchscreen.

LEGO® DUPLO® JAMS provides an interactive, musical world for your toddler or preschooler to discover the joy of building. Set to upbeat playroom songs that even parents will enjoy, this app lets children build their imaginations by clicking bricks to explore colorful worlds as they sing along to catchy tunes. 

From trains and race cars to zoos and oceans, there's something to engage every child’s interest. Play experiences range from learning the alphabet to simple memory matching exercises. Children can also customize their playtime by adding sounds to put their own creative touch on each world. 

Kick off your child's building career with LEGO DUPLO JAMS. Then, find these songs and other DUPLO JAMS free on iTunes or facebook.com/LEGODUPLO to add creative building fun to your playroom.

Features:

- Five songs and worlds to discover: Barnyard Serenade, Brick Racer, Build With Letters, Sort Out the Blues, Stick Together and a special “Almost time for Bed” Mode.
- Record 3 custom sounds for each scene
- Tap and discover free play
- Simple memory matching game
- Intuitive tap and play functionality matches any child’s ability