tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27063620385667224952024-03-16T23:52:32.290-07:00French Apps for KidsSylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-33013637320148736592013-02-14T15:01:00.000-08:002014-10-20T15:26:25.889-07:00<br />
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The choice of iPad apps to learn French is vast and while there are many free apps to choose from, it seems that many of the better apps cost money. However, aside from a few screenshots available on each app's site, you cannot tell what the app is really like until you buy it. I therefore created this blog to help teachers and parents determine appropriate apps for their FSL learners before the apps are purchased. I will be reviewing apps on a regular basis, and rating them so that you can better judge whether to buy them or not (I will mostly review the apps that require a purchase). The free apps you can test out yourself (see some of them below, List A)! If a free app is particularly good, I will also provide a quick review.<br />
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My main focus for will be on apps for <span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;">Elementary (K - 8) students, </span>with an emphasis on<span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Histoires/Contes</span></strong> and <span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;">Vocabulaire </span>(See list B).<span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"> </span>For more FSL apps, please visit Catherine Ousselin's wonderful <a href="http://www.catherine-ousselin.org/appsfr.htm">Apps Page</a>. Some other blogs worth visiting for apps ideas and resources are <a href="http://joedale.typepad.com/">Joe Dale</a>, <a href="http://teachingwithipad.org/">Steve Lai</a>, <a href="http://ipadapps4school.com/">Richard Byrne</a> and <a href="http://appyfamily.wordpress.com/">Audrey Misiano</a>'s. (Note: I was honoured to be featured on <a href="http://teachingwithipad.org/2013/03/01/ipad-educator-feature-profile-sylvia-duckworth/">Steve</a>, <a href="http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/02/14/70-ipad-apps-written-in-french-for-students/">Richard</a>, and <a href="http://appyfamily.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/french-apps-for-kids-by-sylvia-duckworth/">Audrey</a>'s blogs!)<br />
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Please email me at sduckworth100@gmail.com or comment here (scroll to the bottom) if you want me to review an app or if you have an app that you strongly recommend. Likewise, please let me know if you bought an app that disappointed you! And don't forget to subscribe to this blog if you want to receive regular updates/app reviews by email (scroll to bottom of the page).<br />
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By the way, if you only have one iPad for the entire class, you can mirror the iPad on your computer (providing you have a projector and screen/whiteboard and a good wi-fi connection) by following the <a href="http://teachingwithipad.org/2013/02/12/reflector-macpc-app-mirror-your-ipadiphone-on-your-computer/">instructions here</a>. Students can pass the iPad around to interact with it and everyone can see it! Mindblowing!<br />
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<a href="http://mmeduckworth.blogspot.ca/2014/04/45-must-have-apps-for-foreign-language.html">Click here</a> for a blogpost called "45 Must-have iPad apps for the Foreign Language Class".<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apps reviewed so far:</span></b><br />
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(Gotta buy)<br />
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1.<b> </b><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/chaperon-rouge-de-grimm-3d-interactive.html">Chaperon Rouge de Grimm, 3D Interactive</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/french-words-for-kids-montessori.html">French words for Kids (Montessori)</a><span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
3. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/qui-est-ce.html">Qui est-ce?</a><br />
4. <a href="http://www.gusonthego.com/">Gus-on-the-Go</a> (Review to come.)<br />
5. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/utalk-canadian-french/id358387701?mt=8">uTalk Canadian French</a> (Review to come.)<br />
6. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/feed-me!-pencilbot-preschool/id484337077?mt=8">Feed Me (French)</a> (Review to come.)<br />
7. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/jeux-pour-lire-avec-sami-et/id448877992?mt=8">Jeux pour lire avec Sami et Julie</a> (Review to come)<br />
8. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id870598631">Fun French by Study Cat</a> (Review to come)<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1.</span><b style="text-align: center;"> </b><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/japprends-les-formes-et-les-couleurs.html" style="text-align: center;">J'apprends les formes et les couleurs</a><br />
2. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pierre-et-le-loup.html">Pierre et le loup</a><br />
3. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-amazing-spiderman.html">The Amazing Spider-man: Les origines</a><br />
4.<b> </b><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/les-trois-petits-cochons-chocolapps.html">Les trois petits cochons </a><br />
5. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/monsieur-le-loup-et-les-gateaux-au.html">M. Le Loup et les gâteaux du gingembre</a><br />
6. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/la-maison-que-jacques-batie.html">La maison que Jacques a bâtie</a><br />
7. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/french-sounds/id459055000?mt=8">French Sounds</a> (review to come)<br />
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(Good purchase)<br />
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1.<b> </b><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-lettres.html">T'Choupi joue avec les lettres</a><br />
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(Okay purchase)<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/french-numbers-for-kids-montessori.html">French numbers for Kids (Montessori)</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-couleurs.html">T'Choupi joue avec les couleurs</a><br />
3. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/long-legs-and-pirate-with-no-nose.html">Jambe Longue et le Pirate Sans Nez</a><br />
4. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/numberland-avec-tam-et-tao.html">Numberland (Montessori) avec Tam et Tao</a><br />
4. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/la-tour-eiffel-des-ailes.html">La Tour Eiffel a des ailes</a><br />
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1. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/mindsnacks.html">Mindsnacks</a><br />
2. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tictic-apprendre-le-francais.html">TicTic: Apprendre le français</a><br />
3. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/jeu-du-loup.html">Jeu du loup</a><br />
4. <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-french-and-play-2.html">Learn French and Play 2</a><br />
5. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-and-play-french.html">Learn and Play French by Yuriy Yanshin</a><br />
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1. <a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-french-and-play-1.html">Learn French and Play 1</a><br />
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<strong>(Yes, I'm lovin' my iPad!)</strong></div>
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A. Free apps:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Note that while many apps claim to be free on iTunes, some of them require purchase for the complete version.)</span><br />
<strong><br /></strong><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/wordreference-dictionary/id515127233?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WordReference</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alphabet/id431587245?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alphabet+</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frenchie-teachie-abcs/id398946357?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frenchie Teachie ABC’s</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-french-with-busuu.com%21/id379972007?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Busuu</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-french-mindsnacks/id409947305?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French MindSnacks </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(numbers lessons Free only, $4.99 for all 50 lessons)</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qui-suis-je/id421133292?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Qui suis-je?</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/histoires-enchantees-hd/id428475232?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Histoires Enchantées</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-first-book-french-alphabets/id441237832?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My first book of French Alphabet</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flash-cards-french-free/id435048125?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flashcards French Free</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-french-eflashapps/id393319814?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn French</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ana-lombas-french-for-kids/id384786278?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ana Lomba’s French for kids</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/allo-bebe/id527021694?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allo Bébé</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lectures-faciles-cle-international/id522368444?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lectures faciles</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/le-coffre-a-histoires/id469894755?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Le coffre à histoires</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/histoires-pour-sendormir/id467896108?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Histoires pour s’endormir</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jaime-lire-store/id489101769?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J’aime lire</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/conte-moi/id448179097?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conte-moi</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/comptines-hd/id442392216?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Comptines HD</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/lalphabet-de-lola-lite/id428195833?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">L’alphabet de Lola lite</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/premiers-mots-deluxe-jeu-prononciation/id489422730?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Premiers mots</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/mes-premiers-mots-les-couleurs/id332720963?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mes premiers mots (les couleurs)</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/jeux-pour-lire-avec-sami-et/id448877992?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeux pour lire avec Sami et Julie Lite, pour iPad</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">23.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/mes-premiers-mots-les-animaux/id323069603?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mes premiers mots (les animaux)</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/la-ferme-des-tout-petits/id510353856?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">La ferme des tout-petits</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puss-in-boots-french-for-kids/id546311502?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Puss ‘n Boots French for Kids</span></a></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">26. </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/learn-french-for-kids/id519582736?mt=8">French for kids</a> (flashcards)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Animals only in free version. $3.99 full version)</span></b></b><br />
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1. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/snake-and-ladder-free/id593028365?mt=8">Snakes and Ladders Free</a> - Good for practicing counting to 100.</span><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><br /></strong></b></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">B. Apps to purchase (these are the apps I plan to review)</span><br />
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<b><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id445388456?mt=8&s=143455" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grimm’s Chaperon Rouge 3D Interactive</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ($4.99) </span><span style="color: red;">5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/chaperon-rouge-de-grimm-3d-interactive.html">Click here</a> for review.<b style="color: red;"><br /></b></span></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/longlegs-pirate-no-nose/id581164702?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jambes-Longues et le pirate sans nez </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">($3.99) </span><span style="color: red;">3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/long-legs-and-pirate-with-no-nose.html">Click here</a> for review.</span><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/pierre-et-le-loup/id455651651?mt=8&affId=1938477" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pierre et le loup</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ($3.99) </span><span style="color: red;">4 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pierre-et-le-loup.html">Click here</a> for review.</span></b><br />
<b><b><b><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">4. The Amazing Spider-man: Les origines ($2.99) </span><span style="color: red;">4 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazing-spider-man-origin/id479938276?mt=8">Click here</a> for review.</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/le-jeu-du-loup/id403729653?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Le jeu du loup</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($3.99)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/jeu-du-loup.html">Click here</a> for review.</span><span style="color: red;"> 2 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b><br />
<b><b><b><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">6. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/les-trois-petits-cochons-hd/id364760795?mt=8">Les Trois Petits Cochons (ChocoApps)</a></span></span></b></b></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">($3.99)</span></b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/les-trois-petits-cochons-chocolapps.html">Click here</a> for review. </span></b></b></b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">4 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/house-that-jack-built-multilingual/id571346452?mt=8">La maison que Jacques a bâti</a>e</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99) </span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/la-maison-que-jacques-batie.html">Click here</a> for review.</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mr.-wolf-ginger-cupcakes-red/id431028220?mt=8">Mr. Wolf and the Ginger Cupcakes</a> ($2.99)</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/monsieur-le-loup-et-les-gateaux-au.html">Click here</a> for review. </span></span><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">4 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/la-tour-eiffel-des-ailes-%21/id465343279?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Le Tour Eiffel a des ailes</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($2.99)</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/la-tour-eiffel-des-ailes.html">Click here</a> for review. </span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/boucle-dor.-les-contes-classiques/id407226520?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boucles D’or</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99)</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/diabolo-cherche-une-famille/id425351659?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Diablo cherche une famille</span></a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">($.99)</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/la-souris-qui-voulait-manger/id388240499?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">La souris qui voulait manger un chat</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99)</span></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/le-petit-chaperon-rouge-livre/id390047702?mt=8&affId=1938477" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Le petit Chaperon Rouge</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99)</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14. <a href="http://www.lasourisquiraconte.com/7-histoires-a-jouer">La souris qui raconte apps</a></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> These look great. Hope to review soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vocabulaire</span><br />
<b><b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></b></b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-french-mindsnacks/id409947305?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MindSnacks</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ($4.99 all 50 lessons)</span></span></b></span></b></b></b><br />
<b><b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/mindsnacks.html">Click here</a> for review.</span></b></b></b><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: red;">2 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></span></b></b></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/learn-french-and-play-1/id411240315?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn French and Play 1</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ($1.99) </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-french-and-play-1.html">Click here</a> for review. </span></span><b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">0</span></span></b></span></b></b></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;"> out of 5 stars.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id408374880?mt=8&s=143455" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn French and Play 2</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-french-and-play-2.html">Click here</a> for review. </span><b style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 out of 5 stars.</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/learn-french-and-play-1/id416537112?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn French and Play 3</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99) Will not review due to poor ratings of 1 & 2.</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/japprends-les-formes-et-les/id489824569?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hachette: J'apprends les formes et couleurs</span></a><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">($1.99) </span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/japprends-les-formes-et-les-couleurs.html">Click here</a> for review. </span></b></b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">4 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/tictic-apprendre-le-francais/id515805219?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TicTic: Apprendre le français</span></a> ($3.99) </b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tictic-apprendre-le-francais.html">Click here</a> for the review. </b><b><span style="color: red;">2 out of 5 stars.</span></b><br />
<b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/french-words-for-kids-hd-learn/id396224808?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French words for kids</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ($3.99)</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/french-words-for-kids-montessori.html">Click here</a> for the review. </span></span></b></b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b><br />
<b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">8. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/french-numbers-for-kids/id556324973?mt=8">French numbers for kids</a> ($3.99) </span></span></span></b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/french-numbers-for-kids-montessori.html">Click here</a> for the review. </span></span><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/montessori-numberland-hd/id388154228?mt=8">Numberland Montessori: Les trois elles</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/montessori-numberland-hd/id388154228?mt=8"> ($4.99)</a></span></b></b><br />
<a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/numberland-avec-tam-et-tao.html">Click here</a> for the review. <b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b></b><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span></b></b><br />
<b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-couleurs/id382023691?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T’Choupi joue avec les couleurs</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Says $2.99 on iTunes, got charged $4.99)</span></b></b><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-couleurs.html">Click here</a> for the review. </span></span></span><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span></b></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-lettres/id489840939?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T’Choupi joue avec les lettres</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">($2.99)</span></b></b><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-lettres.html">Click here</a> for the review. </span></span></span><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">3.5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span></b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-and-play-french/id600434294?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2">Learn and Play French by Yuri Yanshin.</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-and-play-french.html">Click here</a> for review. </span></span><b><span style="color: red;">2 out of 5 stars.</span></b><br />
13. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/guess-who-i-am!/id543846989?mt=8">Qui est-ce?</a> ($1.99)<br />
<a href="http://frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/qui-est-ce.html">Click here</a> for review. <b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: red;">5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b><br />
14. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/jeux-pour-lire-avec-sami-et/id448877992?mt=8">Jeux pour lire avec Sami et Julie</a> ($3.99) <b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.16857844917103648"><b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="color: red;">5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></b></b></b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Great app! Review coming soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-french-learn-french/id372230482?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo French</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($2.99)</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/boowa-kwala-day-at-the-farm/id480641323?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boowa & Kwala - A la ferme</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quick review: Very babyish, poor quality, very slow. Do not recommend. 1/5 stars.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/boowa-kwala-au-cirque/id480888956?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boowa & Kwala - Au cirque</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">($1.99) Will not buy due to above(#16).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">18.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/french-alphabet-lalphabet/id298005476?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">L’Alphabet français</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/french-numbers/id367242295?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French numbers</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($4.99)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not impressed with the free version. REALLY BORING! Will not buy full version.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firstwords-animaux/id328199690?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First words Animaux</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($2.99) Looks too easy. Will not buy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memo-animaux/id459430596?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memo Animaux</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/anna-et-robin-les-saisons/id368677476?mt=8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anna et Robin - Les saisons</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99)</span><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">23.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-pim-french/id455721481?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little Pim French</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($2.99)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/flashcards-for-ipad/id378421781?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flashcards for kids</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($3.99)</span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not impressed with free version. Nice graphics and sound but no interactive games. Will not buy full version.</span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/play2learn-french-hd/id379866356?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Play2Learn French</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">26.</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-first-bilingual-app-english/id568192691?mt=8"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My First Bilingual App</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99 Full version)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">27. </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/french-for-kids/id335573130?mt=8"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">French for Kids</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">28. </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lingos-market/id576281704?ls=1&mt=8"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lingo’s Market </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">($.99)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">29. </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lingupingu-english-french/id430303966?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lingu Pingu</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($1.99)</span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">30. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/apprends-avec-poko-les-saisons/id430174927?ls=1&mt=8">Apprends avec Poko: Les saisons et la météo</a> ($1.99)</span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quick review from free version: I liked it, but child must have very good comprehension skills since there are no written instructions. More suitable to a young French immersion student.</span></span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">31. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/apprends-avec-poko-compter/id438688408?mt=8">Apprends avec Poko: compter et additioner</a> ($2.99)</span></b></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">32. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/jeux-lecture-et-ecriture-pour/id506802777?mt=8">Apprends avec Boing: Au pays des pingouins (Lecture et écriture)</a> ($1.99)</span></b></b><br />
33. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/jeux-vocabulaire-et-grammaire/id554677405?mt=8">Apprends avec Boing: Sous l'océan</a> (Jeu de vocabulaire et de grammaire) ($1.99)<br />
34. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/apprends-avec-la-jungle-magique/id419244988?mt=8">Apprends avec la Jungle Magique: Les animaux</a> ($1.99)<br />
35. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/apprends-avec-boing-direction/id529563524?mt=8">Apprends avec Boing: Jeu de Maths</a> ($1.99)<br />
36. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/french-sounds/id459055000?mt=8">French Sounds</a> ($9.99) Great app for learning how to read French. 4/5 stars. Review to come.<br />
37. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/utalk-canadian-french/id358387701?mt=8">uTalk Canadian French</a> ($9.99) I love this app: 4/5 stars. Review to come.<br />
38. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/feed-me!-pencilbot-preschool/id484337077?mt=8">Feed Me (French)</a> ($1.99). This app is adorable for little ones. 5/5 stars. Review to come.<br />
39. <a href="http://www.gusonthego.com/gus-on-the-go-languages/gus-on-the-go-french/">Gus-on-the-Go (French)</a> ($3.99). I love this for younger kids. Lots of different games to learn basic vocab. 5/5 stars. Review to come.<br />
<br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-59181424657874366962013-02-14T10:38:00.000-08:002013-10-30T10:28:46.860-07:00La Maison que Jacques a bâtie<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/house-that-jack-built-multilingual/id571346452?mt=8">La Maison que Jacques a bâtie</a>, $1.99<br />
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I love this app! To start off with, I love its simplicity and vintage look. And it is multi-lingual too, which is wonderful (English, French, Italian, and Russian).<br />
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On the first page, if you click on the arrow at the bottom, you will have several options:<br />
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The best option is the "Vocabulaire". Here, you can hear the words to learn them when you touch the images:<br />
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A great feature in this app is that you can switch from language to language on the same page (you don't need to always go back to the beginning). So a child can hear/read the story in French first, then click on the British flag to hear the same page in English. I LOVE this!<br />
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Once the story begins, there are sounds effects and a little bit of interactivity a child can discover by clicking on different things on the page (cats meow, dogs bark, the rat blinks his eyes, that kind of thing). There are also some puzzles to play:<br />
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In this one, the child has to drag the images to the right spots. There is no sound to go with this, which is too bad (it would be nice if you could hear the word when you touch it). However, you could certainly ask the child to just say the word.<br />
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There is a choice of jigsaw puzzles:<br />
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Once the puzzle is complete, you could ask questions about the image. There is also a colouring option of 4 pictures:<br />
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You could have the child describe what he/she is doing "Je choisis la couleur bleu, et je colorie la porte", etc.<br />
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In sum, I find tremendous potential in this app. It will appeal to the polyglots in your family, and the price definitely makes it a good value.<br />
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Below is a short video clip of this app, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4cmfj0XjLM&feature=youtu.be">click here</a> to view it on YouTube.<br />
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My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. </div>
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This is a GREAT app to teach/learn how to describe someone. When you first launch it, it will probably default to English. You can change it to French by clicking on the British flag (little circle). The next language is Spanish, and then comes French:<br />
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There are five different games to play and each game you can play at increasingly different levels:<br />
1) Devine (computer chooses character, you have to guess)<br />
2) Fais moi deviner (you choose character, computer has to guess)<br />
3) Contre la montre (like "Devine", but the computer gives you clues quickly)<br />
4) Tournoi (you against the computer: the computer chooses a character that you have to guess and vice-versa)<br />
5) Deux joueurs (you play against another person trying to be the first one to guess their character, computer randomly choose characters for you).<br />
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The first game, "Devine" is you trying to guess which character the computer has randomly chosen. When you click on the game, a window appears to choose the level you want to play. When you first start off, you do not actually have a choice of level. You must start off with the tutorial, and then play a few games before you can proceed to the next level:<br />
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Here you can see that I have accomplished the "Entraînement" (Tutorial), "Très facile", and "Facile" levels. As you go up in level of difficulty, the number of characters on your screen increases.<br />
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This is what the "Très facile" level looks like with only 6 characters:<br />
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"Facile" is with 15 characters, and "Normal" is with 35 characters. I have not yet found out how many characters are in the "Difficile" and "Très difficile" levels!<br />
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In each game you start off by clicking on the large question mark on the bottom left hand corner. When you do this, a question will appear at the bottom of your screen that you can ask the computer by clicking on it. If you want to ask a different question, you can swipe right or left to get different questions.<br />
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The question choices are:<br />
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- Genre: Est-ce une femme?<br />
- Couleur de cheveux: A-t-elle ou a-t-il les cheveux roux (bruns, blonds, blancs, chatains, noirs)<br />
- Coupe de cheveux: A-t-elle ou a-t-il de longs cheveux? Est-il chauve?<br />
- Barbe et moustache: A-t-il une barbe ou une moustache?<br />
- Bouche: A-t-elle ou a-t-il la bouche ouverte?<br />
- Accessoires: A-t-elle ou a-t-il un serre-tête (hairband) dans les cheveux?<br />
- Accessoires: Porte-t-elle ou porte-t-il un chapeau ou une casquette? Porte-t-elle ou porte-t-il des lunettes?<br />
- Couleur des lunettes: Ses lunettes sont-elles bleues/mauves/noires/jaunes/rouges/oranges/des lunettes de soleil?<br />
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Once you choose a question, the computer will read out loud the answer for you:<br />
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You then need to flip over the cards with all the men:<br />
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Then you click on the question mark again to ask another question. Once you have eliminated all of your cards except one, you can click on the exclamation mark "J'ai trouvé" to find out whether you correctly identified the person. If you win, you win "cartes" which, when added up over time, give you permission to play more difficult levels.<br />
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This is how many characters are in the "Normal" level:<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/guess-who-i-am!-halloween/id566277801?mt=8">Halloween version</a> looks good, too!</span></div>
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<br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-67671435737409599672013-02-13T16:38:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:10:37.222-08:00T'Choupi joue avec les lettres<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-lettres/id489840939?mt=8">T'Choupi joue avec les lettres</a>, <b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">($2.99)</span></b></b><br />
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This is a really cute app. With 26 letters to explore, this will keep a young child quite busy.<br />
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A child's voice narrates the activities in the app. After you choose a letter, there are three things you can do with it: Vignettes, Ecriture, et Coloriage:<br />
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In "Vignettes", you need to find the objects that are missing from image and put them in the right place. When you do this, the narrator will tell you the names of the objects:<br />
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In "Ecriture", you trace the letter with your finger:<br />
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And in "Coloriage", you colour in a letter:<br />
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This app is designed for very young learners (1 to 5), but it's adorable!<br />
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Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-63556891842056378732013-02-12T17:34:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:08:57.824-08:00T'Choupi joue avec les couleurs<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-couleurs/id382023691?mt=8">T'Choupi joue avec les couleurs</a> (says $2.99 on iTunes, actually is $4.99)<br />
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This is another cute app by Sejer. However, it does not have as much to offer as <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/tchoupi-joue-avec-les-lettres.html">T'Choupi joue avec des lettres</a>. While the graphics are sharper and more refined, it would not take long for a child to finish all of the activities on this app.<br />
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Similar to other T'Choupi apps, I really like how the child's voice talks to you the entire time you are on the app, so the activities are all orally-based. Here are you are asked to touch everything that is orange in the image. As you do so, the colours fill in and you also hear the name of the object.<br />
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In the "Quiz activity", you are supposed to touch the colours narrated by the child's voice and you are congratulated when you do it correctly:<br />
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In the "Coloriage" section, you choose an image to colour in. The colour is named each time you use it:<br />
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In summary, another nice app for very young children (1 - 7).<br />
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Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-48374423876258251162013-02-11T18:29:00.000-08:002013-02-18T18:38:13.957-08:00La Tour Eiffel a des ailes<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/la-tour-eiffel-des-ailes-!/id465343279?mt=8">La Tour Eiffel a des ailes,</a> $2.99<br />
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This app is available in only French. It is a really cute story about the Eiffel Tour deciding to take a holiday:<br />
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I really like how the words are highlighted in red as the story is narrated. And the zoom in effects during the story are cool, too.<br />
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However, there is very limited interactivity in this app. When you see stars (as in first pic, above), you are to click on them and there will be a sound effect or a little change in the picture (windows opening, eyes moving, boats rocking, etc.).<br />
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The drawings are wonderful, but there are only 13 pages. So for the shortness of the book and the limited interactivity, I would not say that this is good value for your money.<br />
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This is another app that I just don't "get".<br />
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To start off with, it took me forever to figure out how to play this game in French. Even when you order from the French iTunes page, you get the English version (The Wolf Game). You need to go into your iPad settings > General > Scroll down to "International" > Language > French. This is a pain to do and takes a while for the iPad to set up the new language. Of course, now all of your iPad settings are in French so you have to switch it back to English when you are finished playing the game.<br />
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Another annoying thing about this app is that it doesn't want to seem to play in a landscape orientation if you are using Reflector App to show your iPad screen to the class:<br />
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This is a game against "Le loup". On the first screen, you choose the number of players and your colours:<br />
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When you start to play, you touch the button in the middle of the screen which causes it to spin with many images on it. You touch it again to stop it. Then you drag the image into your basket:<br />
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Every now and then when you click the spinning button, the wolf will appear:<br />
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This is the only time that you will hear any vocabulary, as the wolf says "Je mets mon chapeau" and you put it on his head.<br />
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The goal of the game is to fill your basket before the wolf gets dressed.<br />
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Yes, that's it, folks. Kinda dumb, zero educational value. Maybe fun for little kids.<br />
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Below is a video of the game (sideways!):<br />
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<span id="goog_1170875217"></span><span id="goog_1170875218"></span><br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-40515568614608719832013-02-09T12:27:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:05:26.427-08:00Les Trois Petits Cochons (Chocolapps)<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/three-little-pigs-hd-discovery/id364760795?mt=8">Les Trois Petits Cochons, par Chocolapps,</a> $3.99<br />
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One thing I liked about his app right away is that with your purchase, you get the book in seven different languages.<br />
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To find the book in different languages, you need to click the globe tab on the top of the book. You also want to make sure that the animation feature is on (the middle tab, the left film should have a red circle around it). On the third tab, make sure that the knapsack is blue (not grey). This turns the special features on. Touch "Start" to start the story.<br />
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I really like how the words are highlighted as the story is read out loud. I also like how the pictures are animated, kind of like a cartoon-movie-within-a-book (can't tell in these screenshots, though). <b>Note: You need to click on the lock at the top of the page to allow you to freely turn the pages.</b> To pause the story, you need to click on the arrow on the bottom left hand corner (it is on "Pause" in the above image).<br />
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Once you hit the "Pause" button as in above, you see some tabs on the bottom right of the book. These are very cool. Here is the "Silent letters" option:<br />
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It's a bit hard to see but the silent letters are in grey. Here is the syllables option:<br />
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Notice how the "liaisons" are marked: cool! If you click on the "Explain to me" tab, words will appear underlined. If you click on them, you get an explanation of what the words mean in French:<br />
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This feature would be so much better if it provided a translation in English!<br />
The "Show me" tab shows images to go with the words, which I really like:<br />
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(Note: If you want to fast forward to a different page, click on the house icon on the bottom of each page.)<br />
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I noted that the story is written in the past tense, using l'imparfait et le passé simple which are tenses some beginner French students may not be familiar with. However, the images and animations make the story very understandable. This would have been a 5-star app for me if there were some interactive exercises for users to practice the French words they learned in the book.<br />
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Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this app and I highly recommend it. I suspect that all apps produced by <a href="http://www.chocolapps.com/">Chocolapps</a> are of a similar high quality.<br />
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<br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-34357800347361983112013-02-08T19:50:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:57:31.924-08:00Learn and Play French<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-and-play-french/id600434294?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2">Learn and Play French</a> by Yuriy Yansin, $1.99<br />
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I was not impressed with this app. It looked promising: "More than 500 words of vocabulary!" Here is the first page:<br />
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Not too user-friendly from the get-go. When you click on "Learn", you get the following menu:<br />
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Not good news when you see a typo right off the bat ("Nombers").<br />
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I do like the simple presentation to learn the vocab:<br />
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A voice says the word, then you click on the arrow to learn the next word. When the set is finished, I assume that you go back to the menu and you play the first game:<br />
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But apparently not! The first game includes all 500 vocabulary words, not just the words in the set that you learned! In this game you are supposed to click on word that goes with the picture. If you get it right, a voice will say the word. If you don't, this weird bubbly sound occurs and you move on to the next picture. No chance to hear to correct word.<br />
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Now with this game, at least you get to pick the set you want to practice. But here you are supposed to touch the image that goes with the word. Notice how none of the words here match the picture? This is the weird thing. Every 5 seconds the images change, and you just have to wait until an image from one of the three words shows up. You could wait for 10 images to go by before you actually see it. Truly a waste of time.<br />
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In the last game, you are supposed to spell correctly the word that goes with the image:<br />
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What do you figure the odds are of spelling "Patin à roulettes" is for French learners? No reference to use, no clues, rien. If you don't get it right, you hear that weird bubbly noise again and it goes to the next image.<br />
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In summary, this app was a huge disappointment. It's a shame because it has a lot of potential. I will not buy another app from this developer, Yuriy Yanshin.<br />
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Below is a quick videoclip:<br />
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This story is absolutely adorable. And it's available in 7 different languages! To find them, click on the "i" button on the opening screen:<br />
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I love the drawings and the cool jazzy music that plays with the narration:<br />
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It is very fast-paced and the language definitely is geared more to French first language children than to French second language learners. But there are 33 pages of great drawings and the story is really funny.<br />
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The interactive element of this app is definitely missing. There are a few pop-ups if you touch the right places, but that's about it:<br />
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However, at $2.99, the entertainment value of this app is worth it. I would hazard a guess that all apps by the developer, <a href="http://www.blue-quoll.com/">Blue Quoll</a>, will be of equal high quality.<br />
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My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. </div>
Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-16123960979238108232013-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:03:46.387-08:00Numberland avec Tam et Tao<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/montessori-numberland-hd/id388154228?mt=8">Numberland Montessori</a> avec Tam et Tao, par Les Trois Elles Interactive, $3.99.<br />
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This is a cute app for very little ones learning how to count to 10. The graphics are beautiful, and there's a cute kid's voice who does the narrations.<br />
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You start off by choosing a number between 0 - 9:<br />
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Then you will get a screen like this:<br />
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In each image, you try to find of similar things of the same quantity. When you touch them, a child's voice will count them and say what they are.<br />
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There is also a drawing screen:<br />
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And a game where you put the right number of crayons in the right box. You just play it once, not too challenging:<br />
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Overall impression: Nice app but only for very young children.<br />
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This app is defective. The screens displayed are off centre and you cannot scroll to other screens. Too bad, the vocabulary on their iTunes site looks great:<br />
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The pigs make cute noises but that's it.<br />
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I am very impressed with this app. It teaches spelling of easy words in a fun and instructional way. The opening menu lets you choose the types of words you want to work with:<br />
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I suspect that "Themes" will be the most popular with FSL teachers so this is what I chose:<br />
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There are 14 themes to choose from, for a total of 236 words: this is great! Beyond the themes you see here are Town, Family, DIY, Beach, and Others.<br />
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Once you pick a theme, an image will show up and you need to spell it. The great thing about this app is the child hears the word spoken first, then can click on each white square to get a sound clue as to what letter belongs there. Very impressive feature! When the word is spelled properly, a very pretty animation will appear to congratulate the child (this one has falling stars):<br />
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If you put your finger on the stars (or whatever the animation is), you can drag your finger around the screen to make the stars follow you: Lovely!<br />
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I hope they come out with this app in a Part 2 version to cover even more words. Some themes that I would like to see covered in this app include: les adjectifs, les sports, les sentiments, les actions (verbes), l'école, les prépositions, le calendrier, la méteo. It would also be great to have vocabulary related to "Les fêtes (Noël, L'Halloween, etc)". Overall, I loved this app so much that I immediately purchased "<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/french-numbers-for-kids/id556324973?mt=8">French numbers for kids</a>" which I will review next. I suspect that all apps by <a href="http://lescapadou.com/LEscapadou_-_Fun_and_Educational_applications_for_iPad_and_IPhone/LEscapadou_-_Educational_Apps_for_Kids_on_iPhone_and_iPad.html">L'Escapadou</a> are of superior quality.<br />
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Below is a video of this app in action:<br />
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<br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-17885118191825335202013-02-06T18:40:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:21:48.212-08:00French numbers for kids, Montessori<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/french-numbers-for-kids/id556324973?mt=8">French numbers for kids, Montessori,</a> $3.99<br />
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This app has the same impressive mechanics as its sister app, "<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/french-words-for-kids-hd-learn/id396224808?mt=8">French words for kids</a>" which recently earned <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/french-words-for-kids-montessori.html">this 5 star review</a> from me. However, there was one thing lacking from this app when I played with it today: accountability for the child. There is no tally or different levels of success to build on that the child can see as they play. It seems like it's just up to the child to try the different activities offered on the app. At least in "French words", there is a notification at the top of the screen for how many words the child has completed. In this app, there is nothing to motivate the child to keep on going. (Well, at least if there is such a motivator, I didn't see it.)<br />
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I had lots of fun playing with it, but it wasn't enough to keep me going once I tried all of the different activities.<br />
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This is the main menu:<br />
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Like I said, the mechanics of this app are impressive. It's magical how the voice is activated when a number or group of numbers are touched.<br />
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At the beginning, blocks of 10's and 1's are manipulated to match the numbers indicated. Later, blocks of 100 are added:<br />
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A fun feature is that you can change the block to different units: pearls, diamonds, cupcakes, flowers, or cars.<br />
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This is what cupcakes looks like:<br />
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If the number is properly assembled, you get a "Building Game":<br />
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This is something I don't quite get. I'm not sure what you do on this screen. It seems to me like you just play with it. The images can slide back and forth when you tilt the iPad and there's some other cool stuff like sounds effects and playing with animations that appear (falling stars, flowers, balls, etc.) But it seems kind of pointless to me. It's quite possible I'm missing something here.<br />
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Anyways, I like this app, but without motivators to keep the user playing, I'm not sure about the durability of it. It seems like the only reward to accomplishing a task is to play with the "Building Game" screen, which I don't get anyways.<br />
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This app is visually stunning, with good audio (voice, music, sound effects), however other things left it lacking.<br />
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First of all, it was challenging trying to change the version from English to French. You need to click on the key (or Options), then "Language", then pick "Français". No explanations or directions, you just gotta figure it out.<br />
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After that, it took some time for me to figure out how to start the story (have to click on "Home", then "Debut"). Maybe there's a learning curve here for me so far as apps go. Infants probably have a better intuition for these things than I do at this early stage in my app exploration.<br />
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The book started off promisingly enough, will a scroll that you need to touch to unroll:<br />
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However, after that, the only interactive thing to do in this book was to turn the page.<br />
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The language was much too difficult for Beginner French students, using the passé simple, indicating that this is a book designed for French first language children.<br />
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But with 40 beautifully illustrated pages and accompanying music, audio and sound efects, I would say this book is worth the $3.99 for entertainment value alone. I just wish it was more interactive.<br />
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I was initially impressed with the colourful images, the sound bites of the vocabulary words, and the fast-paced and engaging games. However, the site promises "50 lessons" and I could find only four: Numbers, Body Parts, Introducing gender, and Foods:<br />
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Each lesson only covers about 20 words of vocabulary, and the "Foods" lesson only has 9 words, for a total of 62 words.<br />
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I really like the way the words are taught with an audio and visual component. User can click on the words and listen to the proper pronunciation as many times as he wants.<br />
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Initially, there are only two games to play, "Swell" and Belly":<br />
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I didn't think much of "Swell's" game because it involved translating words with no images:<br />
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The problem with games that depend on English/French translation is that the player must have an excellent command of English which is not necessarily the case.<br />
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However, I did like "Belly's" game because there was an audio component that you had to match with an image and there was no translation involved:<br />
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Another major problem I had with this app is that players need to go over and over the vocabulary a gazillion times in the two games before they get to the next level to play another game (see photo #4 above). I tired of the games before I even got to see any of the other levels. And I assume the other games will be working the same 62 words over and over again, but maybe not? Maybe there is more vocabulary after the first 2 games? I never found out because I had to quit because I was so bored.<br />
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Additional note: An email I sent to the developers to ask where the other 46 lessons were was not returned after 24 hours. (Late note: I received a very nice email the next day. Received confirmation that the other lessons are available once the initial levels are reached. Note: I would much prefer that all the lessons be available at the same time so that the user can pick and choose which vocabulary he wants to work with instead of getting bored with the same lessons over and over again. More games need to be available also at the beginning of the game to maintain interest).<br />
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Rating: A disappointing 2 out of 5 stars. For $4.99 I was expecting more.</div>
<br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-64075945572719099132013-02-06T14:18:00.000-08:002013-02-19T00:18:24.037-08:00Learn French and Play 2<b id="internal-source-marker_0.6089305467903614" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/id408374880?mt=8&s=143455"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn French and Play 2</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ($.99) By Guillaume Joly</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the <a href="http://www.frenchappsforkids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/learn-french-and-play-1.html">dismal review</a> of Learn French and Play 1, I was hoping that this app would redeem the developer.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It started off well, with 4 screens to choose from:</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, would it be too much to ask for a little more ethnic diversity in the images? All the children are caucasian.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, I was not too impressed with this app, unless you use it with very young children. My suggestion would be to avoid apps by the developer, </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://bacarox.com/">Bacarox</a> if this one is indicative of the quality. </span></span><br />
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Oh my gosh, now THIS is what I call an app!!! I was so impressed with this app that if I had the money, I would buy all of the apps available from <a href="http://storytoys.com/">StoryToys</a>.<br />
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My jaw dropped when I started reading this interactive book. First of all, I love that the book is available in 7 different languages in the same book ie. you do not have to purchase them separately:<br />
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There is a bit of passé simple in the story, but not much so the language seems easy enough to understand:<br />
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There is a nice voice that reads the story to you and then you turn the pages.There is background music as well. But the really impressive thing about this book is the pop-up panels (there are 9 of them total):<br />
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In these sections there are instructions for the child to follow interactively. Here you are supposed to help Chaperon Rouge tidy up. BRILLIANT! The one improvement I would make to this part is if the instructions were available to select in English as well, in case the child does not understand what he/she is supposed to do.<br />
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Here, you are supposed to be able to manipulate the arrow at the bottom to make Le Bucheron run faster, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.<br />
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Overall, it was a very positive experience reading this book and I would rate this app 5/5 stars!<br />
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<br />Sylvia Duckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13378246252102798012noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706362038566722495.post-7130342959354423322013-02-06T07:20:00.000-08:002013-02-18T23:41:50.923-08:00TicTic: Apprendre le français<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/tictic-apprendre-le-francais/id515805219?mt=8">TicTic: Apprendre le français par Tinoon</a> (3.59 Euros = $4.81)<br />
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This is one of those apps that make you say "Is that all there is?" when you finish exploring it.<br />
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On the opening screen you get to choose which set of vocabulary you want to learn. The selection is good (24 sets). 15 to 25 words per set gives you a lot of vocabulary. This is great!<br />
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When you touch an image, TicTic says the word and holds her ear out prompting you to repeat the word. I think this is cute! Unfortunately, that's it for the app. No games or activities: RIEN!<br />
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This app has tons of potential. Too bad the developer, <a href="http://tinoon.com/">Tinoon</a>, did not spend some extra time (and money) to make it really great. I will not be purchasing any more apps from this company.<br />
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Okay, well this app is pretty..... amazing! I could not believe my luck coming across this, thanks to the iTunes Genius feature which I enabled on my iPad (I actually don't remember how I enabled it. At some point yesterday when I was on my iPad, I was asked if I wanted to enable it). Genius will recommend apps according to your purchasing history.<br />
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Anyway, I teach in a boys-only school, so now you understand why I was thrilled to find the Marvel Reads Apps:<br />
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Like other great apps, this one is available in many different languages which you get when you buy it at no extra charge. To find the languages, once the story starts you need to touch the spidey head in the bottom left hand corner:<br />
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The illustrations are fantastic and there are some special effects such as zooming in and out and sound effects that go with the narration. Every now and then there is a page for some interactive activity but it's kind of lame, to tell you the truth (the interactive pages, that is, or what they call "Mini-jeux").<br />
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There are 46 pages in total. And the language is very easy to understand. If the interactive pages were better, this would be a 5 star app. Well worth the money!<br />
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I was delighted to have discovered this app because when I was little I used to listen to this vinyl record over and over again. I was not disappointed to find out when I opened the app that the recording was exactly as I remembered, so it was a very nostalgic moment for me!<br />
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There is not a lot of interactivity in this app. In the book, the only interactivity involves turning the pages. But I really liked how the words are highlighted as they are spoken, making it easy for the child to follow along with the text:<br />
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The images are a little primitive and have very little animation. I think more effort could have been put in here. However, having said that, one could argue that the artistic simplicity of it has a certain appeal to it, very old-school like, which may have been done on purpose to match the vintage of the original recording (first recorded in 1939).<br />
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There are 34 pages and the entire book takes about 30 minutes to get through, so this is a real bang-for-your-buck deal! Each character is represented by a different instrument so I love the concept of how children learn to distinguish the sounds of these instruments by listening to the story.<br />
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There are two games that come with this app: A concentration game and a sort of Packman game:<br />
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However, they are of very little educational value since there is no oral component.<br />
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Overall, I loved this app, but I am perhaps a little biased because of my emotional attachment to the piece of music!<br />
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This app is adorable! Designed for very young kids but I can see my Core French students getting a kick out of it. On the first screen, you decide if you want to practice "Formes" or "Couleurs":<br />
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"Usine" on the top is to practice both "Formes" and "Couleurs". Once you have chosen one, a bunch of little creatures appear on your screen moving around:<br />
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A voice commands you to pick a colour or a shape, and that's when the fun begins!<br />
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In this activity, you are supposed to drag the candies of the colour/shape you chose and drag it into the creature's mouth. He makes eating noises as he gobbles up the candies and says things like "J'adore les bonbons!".<br />
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There are interactive activities like colouring and drawing the shapes:<br />
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In the "Usine", you are instructed on making candies by following directions:<br />
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My only criticism is that I wish there were more of a selection of activities. There are four that are repeated over and over again in the "Couleurs" and "Formes" sections, and in the "Usine" section, four more activities that are repeated over and over again. It's fun at first but I can see how it might get boring after a while.<br />
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But overall, I had a lot of fun playing with this app. I love the cute creatures, the funny voices, and interactive exercises. A very positive experience. I suspect that all apps created by Hachette-Livre will be of a similar good quality and I will probably review a few more.<br />
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My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. </div>
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