Hitstory Kids - Columbus Sails
© 2013 HitStory Kids
Designed to playfully introduce a very young child to historical ideas, this is an animated, interactive historical cartoon with a heavily comical twist. The guitar-accompanied music is repetitive but pleasant, and the graphics springy and random. Each page consists of historically-inspired scenes, in this case depicting various parts of Christopher Columbus' journey to America. There's not a lot of actual accurate history, but that's not the point. This is more about the playful introduction to some historical ideas. Features include the ability to toggle the music on/off and a bookmarking feature that saves the things that you find. Throughout the app, children can find a little hedgehog named Peekaboo Peet -- the idea is to find him on every page. This first episode is free, the next deals with Westward expansion and is planned as an in-app purchase.
iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Requires iOS 4.0 or later, 350 MB)
Teaches: American History, Columbus
CTR Rating: 80%