Sound Shaker

© 2009 zinc Roe Design
$1.99, iPhone/iPod touch (Universal)
Teaches: music, scales, causality, logic, fine motor skills
CTR Rating: 96%
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See Sago Mini Sound Box. Want to see a 21st century rattle? Innovative and easy to use, this bite-sized App engages young children with music in a way that could only be done with a motion sensing device like an iPhone or iPod Touch. You start by choosing one of six sound sets: chimes, a flute, drums, barnyard sounds, a xylophone and a random mixture. The instructions are short and sweet -- "Tap the screen to add sounds." From this point, your iPhone or iPod Touch screen becomes a musical open-ended busy box, where every tap becomes a ball, that rolls around the screen, using the accelerometer to detect the motion (hence the term "shaker"). Longer touches result in higher notes and larger balls, helping children understand musical relationships. This is part of the Tickle Tap Apps series.