Peapod Labs have given us a number of Good Free Apps of the Day recently. Today's GFAOTD is another app from this developer, ABC Play, part of their Little Explorer series.
This app teaches children about all sorts of different types of sports and activities through pictures and videos. I have no idea how long it's free so download it now!
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As you know, we're a multinational set of folks here at Smart Apps for Kids, so I decided to see if I could find sports from all the fantastic nations represented by our team.
Lisa Ruddy is from Northern Ireland so I was glad to see Irish (or Gaelic) Football featured.
This, I believe, is the sport that gave Americans the crazy idea that football is something you can play with your hands.
Eleanor Holland and Lisa McCormack are our current Australian contingent. If you want to feel what it's like to crave vegemite, throw shrimps on barbies and avoid deadly animals at every turn then take a look with your child at Australian football, which is COMPLETELY different from Irish Football because the ball's a different shape and you're not allowed to wear shirts with sleeves.
As a Canadian I was obviously proud and relieved to see that Canada's national sport, lacrosse, is included in the app.
You all thought I was going to say hockey didn't you? Well, the National Sports of Canada Act of 1994 did make hockey our national winter sport but our national summer sport is lacrosse. Yes, we have legislation to determine our national sport - it's just the way we crazy northerners roll.
With four team members including the site's owner and founder, as well as the largest share of our readership, the United States is the biggest player on Smart Apps for Kids.
Would ABC Play include an activity that all of us associate with this sporting powerhouse of a nation? Something that was invented in the home of the brave and the land of the free? Yes! Hacky Sack is in the app!
These apps are called 'ABC' apps because they show at least one thing from every letter of the alphabet. So I will leave you with the activity known as 'Zorbing' - something involving people rolling down hills in a ball, like a hamster.
I cannot wait to show Oliver this video, he's going to find it hilarious!
From iTunes:
✭ Named by the App Store as the best of the iPhone Education category in App Store Rewind 2011 in the US ✭
Expose your child to the exciting world of Sports! Our award-winning ABC Series teaches children new words through sight, sound & touch. Let them play baseball, basketball, ice skating & more through beautiful pictures, lively videos, and interactive scenes.
WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT
⚾ Exposure To sports — Tons of pictures, sounds, videos & interactive games
⚾ Extends Vocabulary — 110+ sports words
⚾ Multi-user Support — Let each kid enjoy the content at their own pace.
⚾ Links Letters To Words — navigate through the words by tapping letters
⚾ Made Just For Them — simple interface so they’ll never get stuck
⚾ Fun For You — check out the zorbing video
⚾ Carefully Curated Content — every video has been screened by parents
WHY YOUR CHILD WILL PLAY IT
⚾ An Amazing Exploration of Sports — everything from aikido to zorbing
⚾ Interactive Scenes — 110+ touch activities with animals
⚾ Fun Videos — 100+ videos that let them see and hear the sports in action
Also try our other apps in this series:
ABC Food
ABC Go
ABC Music
ABC Wildlife
Your comments, feedback or questions about Little Explorers are always welcome. Please e-mail us at support@peapodlabs.com. And check out our website for more info about us.
Thanks!
☺☺☺ Peapod Labs. Connecting Kids & Parents.
ABOUT THE VIDEOS
ABC Play needs an internet connection to play videos. A wi-fi connection is recommended. Some videos may be removed from youTube but we try to replace them regularly.
Deanne Shoyer is the mother to twin boys on the autism spectrum, blogs at smallbutkindamighty.com, has two history degrees and looks a lot less hip than her avatar.
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 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 from you, here are your Top 100 Free Apps for Kids! Enjoy!
Please also see our Top 10 Preschool Apps (staff picks), Top 10 Free Apps for Learning Letters, Deanne's Top 10 Free Apps for ASD Kids, Top 12 Apps for Mom, Editor's Top 10,Reader's Choice Top 10, and Top 10 Addition Apps.
(** indicates that the app contains in-app purchases/is very closely tied to a purchase or has ads)
1) LEGO App 4+ (build a vehicle and then use it in activities)
2) Open Wide Snap (we rated five stars)
4) National Geographic Explorer
5) ** Toddler/Preschool Flash Cards (warning! now has ads!)
7) Hide Run Growl (we rated five stars)
8) Little Stars - Toddler Games (letters, numbers, shapes, colors, words)
9) Play 123
11) ** Playful Minds: Math (5-8 years old)
12) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode
13) ** Build a Word Express
16) Learning Games for Preschool to Kindergarten
17) ** Curious George at the Zoo for iPad (now only one area free, the rest in-app)
18) Rover (flash-enabled web browser for kids)
19) Disney's Jake's Never Land Pirate School
20) Scholastic's Sushi Monster (addition and multiplication)
21) I Can Write 2 (make sentences about images)
22) PBS Kids Video (all their favorites, U.S. only)
23) ** Brain Quest (from the people that make those card thingees)
24) ** Thomas & Friends - Engine Activities
25) Collins Big Cat Story Creator books (eight apps!)
26) Miss Spider apps (Bedtime Story and Tea Party)
27) Toca Kitchen Monsters (all kids need Toca Boca)
28) ** Goodnight Safari (baby animals!)
29) Rocket Speller
30) ** Toontastic (we rated five stars)
31) ** Scribble Press (make an book!)
32) ** Puzzingo
33) Touch the Sound
35) Lego Duplo Jams
36) Little Finder
37) Color Uncovered (please don't let your dog drive)
40) Bluster! (McGraw-Hill)
41) ** Math Vs. Zombies
42) ** Spy Mouse
44) ** Let's Color (drawings come to life)
45) ** Alphabet Tracing
46) eggzoo
48) Rocket Math Free (free version of one of our Top Picks)
49) Green ABCs (previously cost $30)
50) Monster Physics Lite (five star app)
51) ** BrainPop Featured Movie (No. 1 on our Editor's Choice list)
52) Story Creator
53) Kids Learning - Photo Touch Learning Concepts
54) ABA Flash Cards & Games - Emotions
55) ABC Mouse Zoo Sets 1, 2 and 3
56) Buzzle
57) 6-in-1 Children's Games (lite version)
58) ** Sock Puppets
59) ** Monkey Drum (do you need more than a monkey with a drum?)
61) ** MeeGenius (six ebooks for free!)
64) Lego Duplo Zoo
65) Scooby-Doo Whos Are You? by Hallmark (Zoinks!)
66) Feel Electric (The Electric Company is back!)
67) ** Booksy (one of our Top Picks)
69) Tim and Tom
70) Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game
71) Wood Puzzle Brain Challenge
75) Jack and the Beanstalk (modern version of the classic tale)
78) Sprout's Good Night Star (nighttime routine, brusha! brusha! brusha!)
79) Stewie The Duck Learns To Swim
80) Chipper's Rainy Day Adventure
81) ** BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week
82) ** Motion Math - Hungry Fish
83) Little Stars - Word Wizard
84) Adventures of the 7Wonderlicious Girls (girls doing their best, helping others, being brave, learning and feeling good about themselves)
85) Fisher Price's Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds
86) The Land of Me - Story Time
87) JibJab Jr. Books
88) Fisher Price's Lets Count Animals
89) Bean Bag Kids present Little Red Riding Hood
90) Astrid & Siri
91) The Lorax Truffula Shuffle (U.S. only for some reason)
92) Squiggles (bring scribbles to life, one of our Top Picks)
93) Kraft Macaroni & Cheese - Dinner, Not Art
94) The Icky Mr. Fox/Mr Fox and Mr. Rabbit
95) Hallmark's Christmas All the Way
97) Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure
98) PaddleDuck Color and Story App
100) Mini Mining
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.
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