Zoo Animals: Touch, Look, Listen

© 2014 StoryToys
$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 5.0 or later)
Teaches: vocabulary, reading, ESL, German, French, Spanish, Chinese

CTR Review

This is the second title in StoryToys series of visual dictionaries - the first was Touch, Look, Listen: My First Words (CTR December 2013). The design is similar. In Zoo Animals, children are introduced to more than 60 popular animals from around the world. The animals are grouped into ten different categories, including big and tall animals, creepy crawlies, animals that swim and fly, noisy animals, polar animals and desert animals. Each page is introduced by a playful rhyme, and bright and colorful images pop-up as each 3D scene opens. In addition, when your child taps a picture, they see and hear the associated word, helping children to learn new words as well as reinforce those they already know. The app can also be used as a language learning tool by selecting a language in the menu, allowing children to explore Spanish, Chinese, French and German. Other features include: 10 interactive 3D pop-up scenes and over 60 words; choice of English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese as either primary or secondary language; fully narrated in each language by professional actors; highly-detailed photographs showing animals as they are in real life; and a calming soundtrack and animal sound effects.