Elfishki and the Giant Cake [Review]

About Elfishki and the Giant Cake

The Giant Cake is the first kids’ bedtime story in the Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends of Elfishki series. The iPad app has already received several awards, glowing reviews and holds a perfect rating of five stars. Three more interactive books for children will hit the iTunes Store in 2012.

They are inspired by the best fairy tales such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and the most famous of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale stories for kids.

•  Elfishki and The Unwelcome Guest will be next and is being currently developed

You may view the application directly on watching their YouTube video! They also have many other stories, artwork, and videos that you are more than welcome to look at on Elfishki's website!

Additionally, you may "follow" them on Twitter or "like" them on Facebook!

Every interactive iPad book teaches:

Their iPad books for kids are not just captivating stories with cute pics, but teaching aids. On every page, you can find comprehension questions which help your child develop his or her conscious reading skills.

Each of their interactive iPad books will teach your elementary school-age child to:

• Retell short stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of the central message or the lesson of the fairy tale;
• Answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how.
• Acknowledge and appreciate differences in the points of view of the characters in the short story.
• Use illustrations and details in the kids’ stories to describe characters, settings, or events.
• Recall prior knowledge related to the information and events in the text.
• Make and confirm predictions about what will happen next in the fairy tale text.

My Review:

It was illustrated beautifully with detailed images! To be honest, my Goddaughter is three years old and extremely hyperactive. She can barely sit still long enough to finish eating, so you can imagine my surprise when I allowed her to use the Elfishki and the Giant Cake Application I had recently downloaded on my iPad, and she showed great interest! She LOVED the detailed stories and the beautiful pictures. She enjoyed touching the screen everywhere to see what images allowed her to interact with, and all the noises they made! Its not just for entertainment, but its a GREAT educational learning aid as well! It asked her questions for reading comprehension, it allowed her to retell short portions of the story to be sure she was paying attention, it even allowed her to try and predict what would happen next. It seemed as though every page she was laughing and showing me what it was doing now. I know many mommy's out there are busy and could use a break to do laundry or dishes, so let me emphasize on ONE of the many GREAT features, the application actually reads to the child! Your not forced to sit there and read and then let them play, it reads and allows them to interact so that it gives you time to finish chores or to kick back for a bit. By the time it was finished, she was ready to do it all over again. The entire application was just phenomenal! Definitely a 5 out of 5 star rating!

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