My Word! Reader - Are Whales Smart, or What?

This remarkable app is an excellent sequel to Are Bees Smart or What The engaging and factual story stands alone as a teacher read story but also works for students who are independent readers The activities that follow provide lots of fun My four and five year old prereaders couldnt get enough time with this app The graphics quality sound and ease of use makes this a fun and unique way to learn                 Deborah Devine Director The Learning Palette Preschool

I love this app and cant wait until my grandkids start to read The basic featurethat you can touch a word and get its definition is useful And the pictures are colorful and engaging But more importantly the story provides the reader with information about whales that most people dont know The story asks the reader to make a judgment about whales intelligence based on the information provided The data are likely to challenge many kids and peoples notions about the intelligence of animals I can also see the use of this app raising questions in kids minds about what is intelligence what does it mean to be smart By presenting information in this way and asking thoughtprovoking questions this app should encourage kids to think more deeply about what may be going on in the brains of animals Im looking forward to lots of interesting discussions with my grandkids after the use this app                 Whale of an app