Just Grandma & Me - Original vs First Sight Words Professional Usage & Stats
• The original interactive animated storybook application - originally published as Living Books
• Based upon Mercer Mayer's famous children's storybook "Just Grandma and Me"
• Children don't just read the Wanderful interactive storybooks. They live them!
• A fully interactive storybook for young and emerging readers completely localized in English, Spanish, and also in French as an In-App purchase
Did you ever wish you could step into the middle of your favorite storybook? Now, with Wanderful's interactive storybooks, your children can. In Just Grandma and Me, lively animation, sound effects, talking characters and music all work together to make the story come to life. In addition, background sounds and continuing animation create a sense of reality. You can almost feel the sand in your shoes!
Exploring the text as well as the pictures, children soon learn words, phrases and complete sentences. Rather than being passive listeners, they be come active participants. Wanderful's animated storybooks make reading an adventure.
In this endearing story, Little Critter and his Grandma take the bus to the beach, where they have a series of adventures. Little Critter takes a ride on the wind-blown umbrella, fends off a nasty crab, goes snorkeling, meets a variety of talented starfish and much, much more.
KEY FEATURES:
• Story is in both English and Spanish - dynamic switching between the languages at any time
• French storybook content unlocks with In-App upgrade
• 12 animated pages fully translated and localized for each language
• Each page is fully animated, with many hidden surprises
• Virtually every item on each page comes to life when tapped
• All words are “active” for extended word play and language learning – tap on any word to hear it spoken
• Move between pages with swipe left or right or with scrolling page navigation access from the upper right blue triangle book icon
• Two modes: “Read to Me” and the fully interactive “Let Me Play”
• Multiple settings to further customize the App for your child’s reading experience
• Parental tips to help you get the most out of this Wanderful interactive storybook
• Teacher resources include a 37 page overview of Wanderful Classroom Activities and a free preview of the Just Grandma and Me Classroom Activities guide
• The full 51 page Classroom Activities Guide is available along with the Italian storybook as an In-App Premium upgrade
Wanderful’s goal is to bring outstanding interactive storybooks to a new generation of children. We know that Just Grandma and Me will provide your family, children and students with hours of listening, watching, and interactive story play.
Just Grandma and Me is written by Mercer Mayer, the award-winning author and illustrator of over 100 books, including the Little Critter and Little Monster series, and the classic There's a Nightmare in My Closet.
Privacy Disclosure
Wanderful creates engaging interactive storybooks for children that are educational, fun, and above all safe and appropriate. Our apps:
• do not collect any information
• does not contain ads
• does contain in-app purchases
• does not have active links to websites or social networks
• does not use analytics or collect personally identifiable data
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Help your kids become a great readers with First Sight Words Professional. With a focus on the core vocabulary your children will need throughout their lives, First Sight Words Professional includes over 300 of the most common words in the English language.
Based on the Dolch Word List, this app uses the same child-friendly design and simple interface that made First Words one of the all-time best selling educational apps for iOS. New features make it the ideal choice for use in the classroom, the car, or on the couch:
* With over 300 words, First Sight Words Professional includes five levels of core vocabulary to take your child from pre-k through 3rd grade, plus a list of nearly 100 common nouns.
* Each sight word is paired with a MINSPEAK® icon. Designed by linguists, speech pathologists, and information technology experts, MINSPEAK icons provide clear graphics for the full core vocabulary.
* Word management lets you choose which sight words to include in each word list. Focus on shorter words, longer words, or words with particular letter combinations. Hide words that a child finds particularly distracting and include words you'd like the child to focus on.
* Category management lets you control which lists of words are visible to children using the app. You can focus on younger vocabulary, older vocabulary, or provide the full range of words.
First Sight Words Professional uses uses the same intuitive interface that has made FirstWords so popular with preschoolers, kindergartners, and kids with special needs. Your child will giggle with delight at the beautifully drawn pictures and matching entertaining sounds, all the while building an excellent foundation for early language and reading fluency.
First Sight Words Professional helps kids develop:
* Fine Motor Control
* Letter Recognition
* Phonemic Awareness
* Word Recognition
* Reading Fluency
First Sight Words Professional includes a large number options:
* Phonics or Letter Names
* Uppercase, Lowercase, or Capitalized Words
* Spell Words Slowly or Quickly
* Serif or Sans-Serif font
Here's what educators and reviewers have said about earlier versions FirstWords:
“FirstWords is an app that teaches letters and words in fun and interactive way. Very easy to use these apps will help support your little ones learning with great illustrations and bright colors. Each app supports kids learning and encourages kids to explore and discover by revealing, rewarding and teaching.”
-- Fun Educational Apps
“Excellent - As a teacher, I love this game! Just what technology was meant to do!”
-- iTunes Review
“This app has great settings that let you control the level of difficulty for the child – either with lots of hints or almost none at all. The letters slide nicely into each word and when completed the child is rewarded by having the pictured animal enlarge and animate briefly.”
--Carisa Kluver at Digital Stortyime
“FirstWords:Deluxe is a very straightforward word-building game. Words are either said letter by letter as they are dragged into the appropriate gray boxes or, if chosen in the settings, a smaller set of words can be sounded out with phonics. This makes this game a treat for both pre-readers and early spellers.”
--Common Sense Media
"FirstWords is a great app -- as I said at the time, 'Leo loves First Words because it's fun and easy. I love it because he's learning to spell words, and the interface makes that learning error-free.'"
---Shannon Des Roches Rosa at Squidalicious
- Apple App Store
- Paid
- Education
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Just Grandma & Me - Original VS. 
First Sight Words ProfessionalJanuary 17, 2025