Get in the Christmas Spirit with Children’s Classics on Your iPad
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Nothing says Christmas like traditional children’s classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and thanks to app developer OceanHouse Media we can now snuggle up and enjoy them on our iPads.
Everyone loves the story of Rudolph and his shiny red nose! Rudolph is a little different so all the reindeer tease him and won’t let him join in any of their reindeer games. When Rudolph decides to run away and “find out what the rest of the world is like,” he begins quite an adventure and meets lots of new friends along the way. Rudolph eventually saves Christmas and goes “down in history as the most famous reindeer of all!”
Based on the 1964 TV Christmas special, this wonderful app includes custom music, original audio clips, special effects and great artwork. Kids will love reading about and watching Rudolph in this newly released iPad app.
The Grinch hates Christmas and he’s determined to find some way to stop it from coming. After some thinking he comes up with a wonderful awful idea and steals all the presents, wrappings, trimmings and tags in Who-ville. But, the Grinch finds out there’s more to the Christmas spirit than material things. When he sees all the Whos in Who-ville singing, he realizes Christmas doesn’t come from a store and “Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
Kids will enjoy this great storybook app with the original text and illustrations from this beloved Dr. Seuss classic.
Both these story apps include several features like three ways to read, professional narration, picture/word association and tappable objects. Kids can choose to read on their own, have the story read to them or select auto play mode. Words are highlighted on the page as they’re read to promote word recognition and reading. Kids can also tap different objects on the page to hear what the characters have to say or listen to the pronunciation of a word.
My kids and I had a great time reading these classic Christmas stories today. They brought back wonderful childhood memories for me and hopefully created some lasting ones for my kids. So, if you’re ready to get in the Christmas spirit and looking for something fun to do with your children, download these classics and enjoy them with your kids today. You can get Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from the App Store for the introductory price of $2.99 and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for $3.99. Merry Christmas!
