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The Magic School Bus Celebrates 25 Years
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Magic School Bus is celebrating its 25th anniversary with new products, a live tour, and promotions. The Scholastic brand will kick off the celebration next month with the release of The Magic School Bus: Oceans game for Nintendo DS and The Magic School Bus: Dinosaurs app for Apple’s iPad. Both releases are based on the Scholastic books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.
Joining the celebration, Identity Games will release its new GameChanger (an electronic board that works with the iPad) featuring The Magic School Bus game skins. The Young Scientists Club will launch “The Magic School Bus Science Club,” and release five new Magic School Bus activity kits this year. Scholastic Audio has three new Magic School Bus audio books scheduled for release next year.
Additionally, Maximum Entertainment Productions and The Brad Simon Organization will tour the new “The Magic School Bus – Live! The Climate Challenge” live show throughout the U.S., hitting 60 cities. An anniversary field trip event and a book signing in New York City, as well as an online game, are also planned.
Tags: GameChanger, Identity Games, ipad, Maximum Entertainment Productions, New York City, Nintendo DS, Scholastic, The Brad Simon Organization, The Magic School Bus, The Magic School Bus-Live! The Climate Challenge, The Young Scientists Club
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
New Product: Appmates Toys for the iPad
Friday, September 30th, 2011
- Cars 2 Appmates for the iPad
Disney and Spin Master have introduced its Appmates Mobile Application Toys, a new toy line that comes to life digitally when used with an Apple iPad, turning the tablet’s screen into a virtual play mat.
Developed in collaboration between Disney Consumer Products (DCP) and Disney Mobile, and featuring patent-pending technology, the Appmates toy line features miniature Disney·Pixar Cars 2 vehicles with sensors on the base of each toy. Users download the free Cars 2 Appmates app from the iTunes app store (available in mid-October), place the Appmates toy character on the screen, and play. By guiding the Appmates vehicle on the screen, kids can experience the world of Radiator Springs via the iPad, and also race against World Grand Prix opponents.
Each toy unlocks different features and content within the app, specific to the character. Fans can download and test the app using their fingers, but the play experience is optimized with the Appmates toy vehicles.
The Disney Appmates toys, by Spin Master, will launch October 1 at retailers nationwide. Available will be Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater, Finn McMissile, and Holley Shiftwell, with Francesco Bernoulli and Shu Todoroki launching in November (exclusively through Apple stores).
Tags: Apple, Appmates, Cars 2, Disney, Disney Consumer Products, ipad, Spin Master
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This post was written by Jill Feigelman
Turn Your iPad Into a Retro Arcade
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
The DiscoveryStore.com unveiled the iCade, which can turn an iPad into a retro, arcade-style cabinet complete with a full-sized joystick and eight buttons. The cradle is specially designed so that the iPad securely fits and apps can be easily manipulated by the cabinet’s controls.
With the compatible iCade app, users can access Atari’s extensive gaming library as well as other apps. The iCade app comes with a free game, Missile Defense, and the Atari gaming library includes an additional 100 games available for purchase. The games are sold in a set of four for $1 or in a 99-games set for $14.99. The iCade retails for $99.95.
Tags: Atari, gaming library, icade, ipad
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This post was written by Jill Feigelman
Griffin Technology and Crayola Announce Crayola ColorStudio HD For iPad
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Griffin Technology and Crayola have released the Crayola ColorStudio HD for iPad, an accessory and app combo that combines classic coloring fun and modern mobile technology. Crayola ColorStudio HD features the iMarker, a marker-shaped digital stylus that is used to create masterpieces. The iMarker is a marker, crayon, pen, and paintbrush all in one and allows children to interact with animated coloring book pages, which move and react while being colored. Kids can produce custom-made pictures, animations, sound effects, music, and other special effects with each touch on the Multi-Touch display.
This new app can also tell the difference between a child’s own finger inputs and inputs from the iMarker. There are more than 30 animated coloring pages, pictures, sound effects, and music included with the app. Children can also create their own coloring pages by using the built-in library of backgrounds, music, sound effects, and other elements. Children can show off their completed masterpieces by emailing their artwork, uploading it to Facebook, or directly printing it to any Air Print-enabled printer.
Tags: accessory and App Combo pack, Crayola, Crayola ColorStudio HD, Griffin Technology, iMarker, ipad
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This post was written by Jill Feigelman
Baby Genius Offers Apps
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Baby Genius recently launched two apps featuring characters Frankie and Tempo. Parents can download MyPal Frankie and MyPal Tempo for iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad for free. The MyPal Tempo musical game is a “Simon Says”-style game that teaches memory skills through music. With MyPal Frankie, Frankie will repeat anything the child says. Kids can play with Frankie and make her giggle, wiggle, or eat an apple. Videos can be recorded and saved or shared.
Tags: Baby Genius, Frankie, ipad, iPad Touch, iPhone, My Pal Frankie MyPal Tempo, Tempo
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Angelina Ballerina Premieres New App for iPad
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Callaway Digital Arts and Hit Entertainment have debuted its new Angelina’s New Ballet Teacher App for iPad is now available on Apple’s App Store.
The Angelina’s New Ballet Teacher App brings the dancer to life with narration, animation, puzzles, paint, and video. Each page of the story magically transforms into a painting page or interactive puzzle with the simple tap on the screen.
The app is available for $0.99 from the App Store, rolling out in the rest of the world early this summer.
Tags: Angelina Ballerina, Angelina's New Ballet Teacher App, App store, Apple, Callaway Digital Arts, HIt Entertainment, ipad
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This post was written by Jill Feigelman
The Results Are In For What’s Hot With Kids Today
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Justin Bieber topped the list when The NPD Group, as part of its Kids Industry Data Service (KIDS), asked “what would the kids you know say is the hottest new thing these days?” in May. Mentions included celebrities, movies, television shows, toys, games, hobby, sports, web sites, brands, and retail stores. NPD compiled 2,095 mentions for kids ages 0-14. The results were:
- Justin Bieber (10 percent)
- Nintendo Wii (2 percent)
- Dora The Explorer (2 percent)
- Xbox 360 (2 percent)
- Cars: The Movie/ Cars 2 (2 percent)
- iPad (2 percent)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (2 percent)
- Disney (2 percent)
- Video games (2 percent)
- Thor (1 percent)
Bieber also topped the list in the same survey conducted in February, with 14 percent. The NPD Group’s Kids Industry Data Service (KIDS) provides monthly insight into purchases made on behalf of kids ages 0-14, across product categories, with an emphasis on licenses and brands. Each month, the service asks an open-ended, unaided question designed to provide insight into what is hot with kids today.
Tags: Cars 2, Cars: The Movie, Disney, dora the explorer, ipad, Justin Bieber, Nintendo Wii, NPD Kids Industry data Service, spongebob squarepants, Thor, video games, What's Hot, Xbox 360
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This post was written by Jill Feigelman
Ruckus Media Group Announces Two New Apps
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Ruckus Media Group announced new children book apps. The titles include Spot the Dot and Chuck and Friends: Friends for the Long Haul.
Spot the Dot is an app that is part book and part game, plus a learning tool for preschoolers. The app, based on the work of pop-up master and author/illustrator David A. Carter, challenges toddlers to find various colored dots in numerous interactive backgrounds. The dots’ locations are randomized for different play experiences each time. Carter’s Bugs in a Box series has sold 6.5 million copies worldwide.
The levels continue to get more challenging as the game is played. The app also includes tips for parents who wish to expand game play, teaching their child about shapes and counting.
Tags: Chuck and Friends: Friends for the Long Hail, David A Carter, Hasbro Stroybook app, ipad, iTunes, new apps, Ruckus Media Group, Spot the Dot
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
New “Touch & Tilt” Line of iPad Book Apps by Scholastic is Released
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Scholastic Media has introduced its “Touch & Tilt” line of iPad book applications, available for purchase on the iTunes App Store. The interactive storybook applications include I Love You Through and Through, based on Scholastic’s book by Bernadette Rosetti-Shustak and illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church; The Magic School Bus: Oceans, based on the Scholastic book The Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen; and Go, Clifford, Go!, based on the Scholastic book series by Norman Bridwell.
Each application allows kids to read and play independently on the iPad and also brings the book to life. For more information, visit www.scholastic.com/apps/.
Tags: app, book, interactive book, ipad, Scholastic, Scholastic Media
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
First Mega Bloks App Now Available for the iPad and iPhone
Friday, October 1st, 2010
In celebration of Mega Bloks’ 25th anniversary, Mega Brands is releasing its first iPhone and iPad application for preschoolers, Mega Bloks Playground. Michael Elman, partner and creative of Budge Studios, the developer and publisher of the App, describes it as “not a ‘video game’ by any means that gives you set goals and sets you up to ‘win’ or ‘lose’.”
Instead, Mega Bloks Playground is open-ended and boasts unlimited play. In the preschool interactive world there are two playable Mega Bloks buddies, a boy and a girl, who interact with in-world elements, such as swings, sets, slides, see-saws, animals, and more. Kids can drag or tap the buddies with a finger on the iPad or iPhone screen and watch them play in the playground.
The App also features piles of colorful Mega Bloks throughout the playground that kids can use to build a variety of Mega Bloks creations. The touch-play controls are specially designed to help develop fine motor skills in children ages 2 to 5.
Mega Bloks Playground is available, starting today, for the iPad ($3.99) and iPhone ($1.99), exclusively through the Apple App Store in the Game-kids section. For the first 48 hours after launch, the App will be sold for 50 percent off.
Tags: app, ipad, iPhone, Mega Bloks, Mega Bloks Playground, Mega Brands
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