Kalley's Machine Plus Cats
© 2014 RocketWagon
This is a cleverly illustrated story about magical machine that is especially good for teasing cats. The ideas in this app come from a 4 year old girl, with a lot of help from her dad, who is obviously a very talented programmer and artist. Each page let's you play with the machine in a different way, using controls such as cranks, sliders, dials, levers, switches and buttons. With the machine, you can smash, inflate, shrink, burn, paint, grab, drop, and mold; on one page you can mix colors. There are two modes: Read-to-Me, narrated by Kalley and her dad with highlighted words; and Touch-to-Read, where words are spoken when they are touched. This is a good language experience in the context of a nice story. Thanks to Bonnie Blagojevic for recommending this app.
$4.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV
Teaches: reading, language
CTR Rating: 92%