Great Christmas Gift Idea for Kids!
There’s no stopping kids from being on IPads, computers and smartphones these days, so why not give them educational and fun apps to play with. Starring You Storybooks and Beep and Boop are two new apps that kids will love! Both apps make creative, inexpensive stocking stuffers for kids this Christmas.
Starring You Storybooks: Let your kids star in the story
The brains behind those JibJab personalized greeting cards, such as Elf Yourself, are now letting your kids star in their own animated bedtime story books. It’s a free iPad app that enables parents to create personalized, animated eBooks that include their child’s name and face in the stories Called “Starring You StoryBooks”. You can choose from one of many different kids books (with one free to start). The next step is to import your child’s face so it’s superimposed on the main character. You can take a photo using your device or select one from your photo gallery. Now you’re ready to flip through the storybook. The main character – which now has your child’s face – will walk, run, swim, cartwheel and dance around the pages.
From an ipad you can download the Book App for free and read the books created for kids aged 2-6, which are hilarious and a great family time activity before bed or any time!
For all books – totaling nearly 20 so far — the animation is fast and smooth, and the music and sound effects top-notch. You get one free book called “Dancing Feet”—then you can subscribe to a monthly subscription for $3.99 to receive a book every month and additional titles for $1.99 apiece.
Starring You Storybooks is an excellent way to showcase the iPad as a platform for children’s books, including the ability to customize the experience with your own photo and text. Because you can download and test-drive the app for free, with one free book to start you off, there’s no excuse not to give this extraordinary app a try – especially if you have young kids or grandkids.
The Good Behavior App: Beep and Boop
Another fun FREE app is The StoryBots Beep & Boop. It’s the iPhone app that turns learning good behavior into a game kids love, bringing old-school reward chart systems into the 21st century.
Parents give kids BEEPs for good behavior and BOOPs as reprimands. Parents can use the app to create goals and prizes to motivate and celebrate their children’s achievements. Kids themselves even like to use the app and many parents have said their kids love behaving simply to get a Beep! It’s been out since March, and since then, grown-ups in 89 countries around the world have given kids 150,000 Beeps and Boops!
