Dr. Seuss’s ABC - Read & Learn
© 2016 Oceanhouse Media
Oceanhouse Media's "Read & Learn" series continues to expand with another solid title that mixes classic Dr. Seuss illustrations with solid, playful early reading activities. Content includes 26 letter-themed screens, with touch-and-hear text and illustrations that hide a star on each screen. When you find the star, you get to play a "game" that might involve identifying the lower-case letters in a group, or identifying pictures that go with letter sounds. The parent or teacher options let you toggle on/off the vamping background music, the learning activities, news and alerts about new apps on the home screen, and the picture words feature. There's also an auto-play feature that gives you control over the rate of page turns. Missing is the ability to record your own narration, a feature found in many earlier Oceanhouse Media titles. This app is the third "Read & Learn" title, following The Cat in the Hat - Read & Learn and Green Eggs and Ham Read & Learn. These apps cost more but they do a lot more. The difference is marked by the words "Read & Learn" at the end of the title. If you don't see these words, you're likely to get the 2010 edition of Dr. Seuss's ABC, without the extra phonics activities.
$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Kindle
Teaches: reading, consonant sorting, uppercase and lowercase recognition
CTR Rating: 96%