PBS KIDS TakeS 3 to 6-YEAR-OLDS on AN ALPHABET adventure
with new SUPER WHY! app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
PBS KIDS has released its newest educational
app,
SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Designed for kids ages 3 to 6, the new app, now available in the App
Store, is the fourth app based on
SUPER WHY!, the
award-winning hit preschool series from Out of the Blue
Enterprises, which helps kids build critical literacy skills through
storybook adventures.
SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet builds on PBS KIDS’ existing
SUPER WHY! app collection, with a comprehensive curriculum featuring
over 400 words and opportunities to practice recognizing sounds and
upper- and lowercase letters.
“At
PBS KIDS, our mission is to offer all children learning opportunities
on-air, online and on the go,” said Lesli Rotenberg, Senior Vice
President, Children’s Media, PBS. “SUPER WHY! ABC
Adventures: Alphabet is a great tool for families to use to build
reading skills wherever they are – covering core areas such as the
alphabet and letter sounds that will help prepare children for success
in school.”
In
this new app, kids join their favorite SUPER WHY! characters for an
around-the-world alphabet adventure, all while playing a comprehensive
and engaging collection of five mini-games.
“PBS’
mobile audience is continually growing; in June, more than 74 million
PBS KIDS videos were streamed on mobile, accounting for over half of PBS
KIDS’ total streams for the month.* And
PBS has been a leader in the children’s mobile space with SUPER WHY! in
particular,” said Jason Seiken, Senior Vice President, Interactive,
Product Development, and Innovation, PBS. “The first app from SUPER WHY!
launched on iPhone and iPod touch in 2010,
then launched on the iPad the day the device itself debuted, and it has
been among our most successful apps to date, with nearly half a million
downloads.”
Each mini-game in the new SUPER WHY! app is hosted by a different “Super Reader.” Children are introduced to
alphabet letters, common letter sounds and visuals themed to different places around the world in fun, interactive ways that fully leverage the capabilities of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet features:
- Five mini-games:
- Alpha Pig’s Lickety Letter Safari!
- Super Why’s Z Marks the Spot!
- Wonder Red’s Let’s Letter Fly!
- Princess Presto’s Under the Sea Sounds!
- Woofster’s Golden Letter Bones!
- Rewards: Each time players successfully complete a mini-game, they earn a special “Around the World”-themed souvenir sticker that is collected in their “Map of the World." From here, users can decorate around-the-world themed backgrounds with the souvenirs they’ve earned, as well as save each creation to the device.
- Music Videos: Users can access a collection of alphabet-themed music videos from SUPER WHY! to gain further exposure to the alphabet.
- Progress Tracking: A progress tracking area allows parents to see how their children are performing on two of the mini-games and identifies which letters or common letter sounds they still need to practice.
---BUY NOW---
The
SUPER WHY! ABC Adventures: Alphabet App is available from the App Store for $2.99 on
iPhone and iPod touch or $3.99 on
iPad, or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
PBS
KIDS has 18 apps, available in the App Store, covering curricular areas
ranging from literacy, to science, to math, and more. Through mobile
applications, as well as online games, classroom
resources, on-air programming, and curriculum-based toys, PBS KIDS
offers educational content to all of America’s children wherever they
live, learn and play. More information about PBS KIDS’ apps is available
on
pbskids.org/mobile.
*Source: Google Analytics, June 2012
About PBS KIDS
PBS KIDS, the #1 educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, online and community-based programs. For more information on specific PBS KIDS programs supporting literacy, science, math, and more, visit PBS.org or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter and Facebook.
PBS KIDS, the #1 educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, online and community-based programs. For more information on specific PBS KIDS programs supporting literacy, science, math, and more, visit PBS.org or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter and Facebook.
About SUPER WHY!
Reading
is power and SUPER WHY! is the only preschool property created to help
kids learn the fundamentals of reading through interactive storybook
adventures. Produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises
in conjunction with DHX Media, the series has a groundbreaking
multimedia aesthetic – with a winning combination of two- and
three-dimensional animation formats, relatable and engaging characters,
and immersive environments. The program represents a novel
approach to preschool educational television, featuring a team of
superhero characters with reading powers, who jump into books to find
answers to everyday preschool challenges. For more information on SUPER
WHY, visit
PBSKIDS.org/superwhy.
About Out of the Blue Enterprises
Out
of the Blue Enterprises is a leader in children’s educational media,
with a portfolio of breakthrough, interactive, and curriculum-based
entertainment concepts that span a variety
of viable platforms, including television, video, mobile apps, and
consumer products. Out of the Blue creates and produces
Super WHY, the hit Emmy-nominated literacy series on PBS KIDS; Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, the upcoming animated series inspired by
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood; and Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Room, and handles all licensing and merchandising activity for
Super WHY and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. The company also develops top-rated mobile educational game apps, including
Super WHY, Chuggington: Terrific Trainee, and Colorforms: Revolution. Led by Co-Founders Angela C. Santomero, Creator of the hit preschool entertainment franchise,
Blue’s Clues; and Samantha Freeman Alpert, a former Nickelodeon
and toy industry executive, Out of the Blue aims to engage kids and
families with age-appropriate, entertaining, and engaging learning
experiences.
www.outoftheblueenterprises.
YAY! Thank-you for posting this! Im always looking for games for my daughter and Super Why is one of her favorite shows. I have to be honest.. most of the time Im looking for the top free games.. but 2.99 is not bad for hours of entertainment
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