APPS FOR IPHONE AND IPAD

As early as this week, one app will be available for iphone and ipad. I will have a temporary site set up - until I get my permanent Animalations itunes site up and going. I will tweet and blog the link. The first interactive app is MR. WALRUS AND THE OLD SCHOOL BUS. This app will be available at no charge - all around the world. It will include three tabs: I CAN READ, READ TO ME, PLAY FOR ME. The PLAY FOR ME tab will include the original song that sings the words in the text of the app. Children and adults will learn the song and be able to read the book, even if they are not fluent in English and/or pre-readers. Offering this ebook/app at no charge, we hope to provide a worldwide SPLASH of Animalations books.

The second book to be offered is RILEY THE RHINOCEROS. This ebook/app will be available in 2-3 weeks and will be available at a reduced price. Watch for updates.

Soon, each printed Animalations book will be available online, as an interactive app.

APPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION:

NOODLE AND BUTCH: look deeper: there is much more than you can see on the outside....

FLEMING THE LEMMING: help others solve problems - you're helping your fellowman...

GOOSE WITH THE DROOPY WING: work a little harder to catch up with all the rest...

Each of these apps will be interactive, musical and engaging. Each will also have a heart- warming message that will be delivered at the end of each app-ebook. At this time, we have no plans to re-print Animalations books. They will be available in interactive app format only. Therefore, if you have a set of Animalations books - keep them safe. They should become collectors items in the future. Happy reading and I will keep you updated.

INTELLITALE VIDEO FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

I have just completed the first in a series of learning DVD's for young children. The series is entitled, intellitale. The first intellitale concludes 13 original songs with young children and animals performing the activity in the song. Performances include dancing, marching, tapping to the beat of the music and following directives in the song. Simple household objects are used, such as spoons and plates for tapping, sticks for keeping the beat, and animals for counting. 

Intellitale songs are short and lively. Children will learn to sing and follow along with the young children in the video as they perform. Intellitale encourages participation of children. Participation of children and adults, presented in a musical environment, provides multi-sensory stimulation that fires neurons in the brain and creates stronger connections between neurons. Multi-sensory stimulation is critical for young children in brain development. Simply watching a video provides some stimulation, but multi-sensory involvement completes the learning experience for the child. 

Intellitale features young children performing rather than puppets. Children immediately relate to the children on the video and start following along without being told to do so. 

Intellitale will be available soon on Amazon.com and other venues. Schools and libraries may email animalations.com for a complimentary copy. This complimentary offer will continue through July 2009. 

Be the first in your community to make the change to multi-sensory videos for your child. Early years are precious years. Every experience is valuable. Intellitale is a DVD that your child will ask for over and over again because participation makes the experience "come alive" for your child.