Apps: Education

Word Wizard - Innovative Text to Speech Educational App for Kids

Award-winning children's app developer, L'Escapadou today is pleased to announce the release of Word Wizard, the first educational app that fully exploits a text to speech engine to help kids learn word building and spelling. Kids can now build any word or sentence using a Movable Alphabet and immediately hear the text they wrote, as well as verify spelling using the built-in spell checker. The app also features fun spelling quizzes including 173 word lists of 10 words each, and the possibility to create custom word lists.

Submitted by L 'Escapadou on July 21, 2011

Dr. Doodah: 100 First Things - Special Dankeschön Promotion This Weekend

Berlin, Germany – Digital publisher Goldlausch Media announced a special promotion of the fun and educational app “Dr. Doodah: 100 First Things” this weekend.

The simple and yet highly interactive Dr. Doodah app is a wonderful talking picturebook, which encourages kids to remember and pronounce all those everyday things around. It features more than one hundred beautifully illustrated items within seven indoor and outdoor themes. Additional features like a spelling bee game entertain and challenge pre– school and primary school kids alike.

Submitted by Goldlausch Medienverlag on July 15, 2011

App Review - Learn English Reading Obama

Learn English Reading Obama is a language-learning app teaching Spanish, Italian, German, Russian or French speakers vocabulary words and phrases in English. The app gets its name from using President Obama’s inaugural speech from January 20, 2009 as a base for learning. Once a dictionary is selected from one of the supported languages listed above, the student can then use Obama’s speech to pick out sections they do not understand. The word in these highlighted sections will then be translated to the student’s native language.

By Randy Williamson, July 9, 2011

Learning Heroes Kids Coloring Book – edutainment for children

Learning and fun in one ? Impossible? Answer: Learning Heroes Coloring Book. Application for iPad is a digital coloring book for children. In addition to the fun, the application teaches colors, and stimulates the creativity of young artists. Small size, clear screen, easy to use with only one key, and addictive fun with Learning Heroes Coloring Book makes iPads application will appeal to kids, well enough to take their time to last longer and give parents a break.

Submitted by Synthcomm on July 8, 2011

New Kids App “Dr. Doodah: 100 First Things” Has Hit the App Store!!!

Berlin, Germany – Digital publisher Goldlausch Media announced its very first app release of Dr. Doodah for iPhone and iPod today. The simple and yet highly interactive Dr. Doodah app encourages kids to remember and pronounce all those everyday things around. It features more than one hundred beautifully illustrated items within seven indoor and outdoor themes. By touching an item on the screen, the item´s name is pronounced. Additional features like item writing and a spelling bee game entertain and challenge pre– chool and primary school kids alike.

Submitted by Goldlausch Medienverlag on July 5, 2011