Today's Good Free App of the Day is a tale about a little fish called Jeff who doesn't quite fit in.
A fish with purple goggles is bound to stick out.
Jeff the Mis-fish is written by Dr.Mel Rosenberg, who is not only a renowned microbiologist and a children's author, but a talented jazz musician too. There's a little bit of jazz going on in this app; that Jimmy the whale is one smooth crooner.
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From iTunes:
Jeff the mis-fish (Jeff Pulver fish-alike) doesn't fit in. Jeff has
purple goggles and likes to understand what he learns in school. Oy
vay!
When Mr. Oyster, the principal, expels Jeff from school for being, well, too different, he swims out to learn more about the world. Scooped out of the ocean, he finds himself in an aquarium, at Goggle (note the spelling) headquarters, with Jimmy the Whale (yup, you guessed it).
Purchased byfishbooq.com, Jeff and Jimmy are heading by truck over the Golden Gate when they come up with a shattering idea. Free at last, they invent a new kind of www. And the rest, as they say, is fishtory.
Jeff the Mis-Fish Meets Jimmy the Whale is written by
scientist/author/musician Dr. Mel Rosenberg and illustrated by the
award-winning Rotem Omri. This is their tenth collaboration, the first
to be available in the app store.
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Every day we pick what we affectionately call the Good Free App of the Day, an app that we have downloaded, tested and certified: It can't have a ton of ads or just a little content with a ton of in-app purchases.
It also has to be good.
We then present them to you to read, download, and share and, based on which ones got the most hits, here are your Top 100 Favorite Free Apps!
We've done our best to only include apps that are permanently free, but sometimes developers do change their minds so please leave a comment if you find an app that's no longer free.
Enjoy!
1) Educreations Interactive Whiteboard
2) LEGO App 4+ (build a vehicle and then use it in activities)
3) Toddler/Preschool Flash Cards (they added ads!)
5) National Geographic Explorer
6) Open Wide Snap (we rated five stars)
9) The Lorax
11) Play 123
12) Hide Run Growl (we rated five stars)
13) Disney's Where's My Water - free
14) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode
15) Rover (flash-enabled browser for kids)
16) Playful Minds: Math (5-8 years old)
17) Little Stars - Toddler Games (letters, numbers, shapes, colors, first words)
19) NASA App HD
20) Lego Star Wars - Battle Orders
21) Khan Academy (educations videos for adults and older children)
22) Draw Something (Pictionary online! Older kids only)
23) Math Bingo Games
25) Little Writer - Tracing Letters, Numbers, Words and Shapes
26) Super Duper's Using I and Me
27) Disney's Jake's Never Land Pirate School
28) Miss Spider apps (Bedtime Story and Tea Party)
29) Scholastic's Sushi Monster
30) I Can Write 2 (make sentences about images)
31) PBS Kids Video (all their favorites)
32) Thomas & Friends - Engine Activities
33) Scribble Press (make an book!)
34) Brain Quest (from the people that make those card thingees)
35) Goodnight Safari (baby animals!)
36) ShowMe (virtual whiteboard app)
37) Toca Kitchen Monsters (all kids need Toca Boca)
38) Rocket Speller
39) Color Uncovered (please don't let your dog drive)
40) Little Finder
41) Lego Duplo Jams
42) Agnitus (math, alphabet, fruits, shapes, colors, counting, animals)
43) Spy Mouse
44) Puzzingo
45) ABC Mouse Zoo Sets 1, 2 and 3
46) Toontastic (we rated five stars)
47) Touch the Sound
48) Bluster! (McGraw-Hill)
50) Let's Color
51) MeeGenius (six ebooks for free!)
52) Articulation Station (lite version)
53) Monkey Drum
54) BrainPop Featured Movie (No. 1 on our Editor's Choice list)
55) Math Vs. Zombies
58) Sock Puppets
59) ABA Flash Cards & Games - Emotions
60) Sprout's Good Night Star (nighttime routine, brusha! brusha! brusha!)
61) 6-in-1 Children's Games (lite version)
63) iTunes U (go to college on your iOS device)
64) Chipper's Rainy Day Adventure
67) Clockwork Brain (mind-training puzzles)
68) DialSafe Pro (we gave five stars)
70) Screen Chomp (virtual whiteboard)
71) Kids Learning - Photo Touch Learning Concepts
72) Feel Electric (The Electric Company is back!)
73) Google Earth
74) Super Duper's Let's Name Things
75) Squiggles (bring scribbles to life)
76) Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game
77) BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week
78) Stewie The Duck Learns To Swim
79) The Lorax Truffula Shuffle (U.S. only for some reason)
81) Astrid & Siri (ebook)
83) Jingle All the Way (Christmas app)
84) Domino's Pizza Hero (U.S. only)
85) How Stuff Works (older kids that have had "the talk" only)
87) Booksy (one of our Top Picks)
88) Fisher-Price's Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds
89) Mini Mining
90) AppStar Picks
91) JibJab Jr. Books (put the child's face in a book!)
92) IQ Test - Free Edition (older kids and parents only)
93) The Land of Me - Story Time
94) Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure
96) Pandora Radio (parents need to control)
97) Nova Elements
98) WebMD (for parents and teachers)
99) Christmas Eve
100) Toca Hair Salon -Christmas Gift
I'm honoured that Jeff the Mis-fish is today's 'good free app' and I hope that everyone will enjoy it as well!!!
Posted by: mel rosenberg | 07/24/2012 at 05:50 AM