At my house we don’t have a fancy game system – after all, my girls are only 5, 5 and 2. What we do have though is an itouch. This thing is fantastic! There are apps out there for any and everything you can imagine – current news, videos, weather, stats, games and the like.
Both my hubby and I have our favourite apps – some of which get used on a daily basis. And like us, our girls have their favourite apps too! I was recently given the opportunity to test an app series called “My Living Stories”. My Living Stories offers 5 popular children’s stories (Princess and the Pea, King Midas, The Tortoise and the Hare, Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the Three Bears) in an interactive, easy to use format with fantastic illustrations. I let me girls each choose a story they were interested in and we ended up with – Little Red Riding Hood, Princess and the Pea, and an all-time favourite: Goldilocks and the Three Bears!
My older girls were immediately drawn to the animated illustrations and easy to use display. They were thrilled that they were able to use it independently and also mentioned that the narrator sounded like a young girl.
Each illustration allows for the user to know what was happening and I often found the girls predicting what the words would say before they were read!
The My Living Stories apps also allow for your child to record their own voice. We were unable to use this feature as our itouch does not have a microphone.
Our itouch and the My Living Stories apps have been a great distraction while waiting in line at the store and also on our recent trip to the doctor! They will also be great on our upcoming camping trip!
WIN IT!
The lovely people at Decode Entertainment have offered 1 lucky Take A Mom’s Word For It reader a $25 iTunes Gift Card!! Think of the possibilities!
We’re going to keep things simple this time folks – this is a quickie giveaway!!
Mandatory Entry
As always, please leave your email address with every comment (unless it’s in your profile)… you don’t want to win and then have me not be able to reach you!
Comment below telling me which My Living Stories story you (or your little one) would like the most.
Bonus Entries
1 Entry: There are a lot of apps out there - tell me another app that your little one loves. Know of 3? Leave a comment for each one for a couple extra entries (max of 3 entries).
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Tweet today for 2 entries, tweet tomorrow for 2 more and then again on Thursday and Friday!!
Good Luck!
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Readers may enter the contest on multiple blogs but are only eligible to win one iTunes GC as part of the My Living Stories contest.
Disclosure: I am participating in the My Living Stories program by Mom Central on behalf of Decode Entertainment. I received 3 free apps and a gift card as a thank you for my participation. The opinions on this blog are my own.
130 comments:
I know my Jack would love the story of tortouise and the hare. He is always saying who is faster and slower at our house!
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Does it make me a bad parent that my 2 sons fav app is Plants Vs. zombies?
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My boys love Angry Birds!
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Jack's other favourite app is a white board app.
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I'd love Goldilocks and the 3 Bears!
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My son loves Peekaboo Barn!
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He also loves Peekaboo Wild!
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And Faces iMake!
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my nieces love Toddler Teasers: Quizzing by Toddler Teasers
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another fave for them is Elmo's Monster Maker
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I think my little one would most like the Princess & the Pea one!
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they don't have this yet but my cousin's little boy loves Faces iMake :)
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I follow through gfc as DG
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My little one loves Baby Flash cards...she even knows how to make the pics change by tapping her thumb. It's so cute :)
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Schoolhouse is a great app!
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Princess & The Pea would be fantastic!
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I follow via GFC~Luvdaylilies
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My little boy would like Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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My son loves the PEEKABOO BARN app! (favourite app comment #1)
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My son loves the SingKids - Incy Wincy Spider app! (favourite app comment #2)
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My son loves the CAT PIANO JR app! (favourite app comment #3)
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I like goldilocks and the three bears!
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I follow with google friend connect
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My little man would love The Tortoise and the Hare!
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I like Little Red Riding Hood
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My granddaughter also likes ABC’s, 123’s and more apps
Another apps favorite is Alphabet Exercises
Scribble app is another good one
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My girls would like The Princess and the Pea
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The Tortoise and the Hare sounds like a great one!
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Daniel would love The tortiuse and the Hare as he loves rabbits and it is always a contest in our house who is beating who
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goldilocks and the three bears! scg00387 at yahoo dot com
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I like the baby flash cards!
Courtney
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I think my son would enjoy the tortoise and the hare.
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my son likes the kneebouncers app
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I think we would like the Princess and the Pea
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My girls love The Princess and The Pea. Thanks! mommy saves at yahoo dot com
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We would love the "Little Red Riding Hood."
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Another app we love is "Angry Birds."
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We also like the app "Memory Match."
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We also like "Where’s Gumbo?"
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the tortoise and the hare!
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My girls have always liked the Princess and the Pea!
Princess and the Pea
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I've always been a fan of the tortoise and the hare.
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My kiddos would like The Tortoise and the Hare the most! Great giveaway :)
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My twins would probably love Little Red Riding Hood. They like anything with a wolf in it!
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The kids also love Bubble Popper (FREE)
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We also like Word Magic
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The twins LOVE Sherk Kart.
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I love the Princess and the Pea...
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Princess and the Pea would be our favorite!
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princess and the pea
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Emma would love the princess and the pea
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We would like Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Friday tweet #1:
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I always thought the Princess and The Peas was funny! Thank you for the giveaway!
~Beeb
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