Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?
© 2012 Oceanhouse Media
The second in the The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series, Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur is an improvement on the last, with more carefully crafted interactive routines that a child can control. While dinosaurs is not typically a subject we recommend for younger children as a "science" topic (they can't conceptualize the abstract time/size relationships), this is an excellent high interest reading title. Cat in the Hat is the host (and the narrator) who takes us on a fictional expedition to find dinosaur fossils. This includes a trip to the modern day Super Dino Museum, where animated dinosaur visuals are hidden on each page. Each page has developmentally appropriate content for both younger children as well as capable readers, making this a good all-purpose app. For example, hidden information cards from Thing One and Thing Two provide more facts such as "Ankylosaurus: This 30-foot-long dinosaur had an armor-covered body and a club tail it could swing from side to side. A well-placed blow with its tail could break the leg of a T-Rex!" Note that there are 2 step links to Oceanhouse Media products on both the main menu and the last page.
$4, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: reading, science, dinosaurs
CTR Rating: 90%