We seem to spend a fair amount of time waiting. Waiting to see the doctor. Waiting for dad to run up to his office to get or drop off something. Waiting for mom to run into a store. And sometimes the girls just aren’t in the mood.
It’s nice to have an iPhone that Lil’ Bit can play games on, but playing too many games has an effect on her behavior–and not a good one! I’ve often considered children’s e-books but could never find ones I liked for a good price.
Then I discovered Oceanhouse Media’s omBooks(tm). Oceanhouse Media is a publisher of children’s ebook apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad & Android. They have tons of children’s omBooks and release new ones all the time.
I was sent codes to test out 3 Dr.Seuss titles: Fox in Sox, ABC & Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? The omBooks each had 3 options for reading — AutoPlay, Read To Me & Read It Myself. I used the AutoPlay feature on Mr. Brown with my (almost) 10 month old and she even she likes them! With parental interaction, of course :). My other daughter is almost to the point where we are going to start learning to read and I’m sure that seeing the words highlighted in the Read To Me feature will help with that.
Each book was exactly as Dr. Seuss wrote it with the original pictures and illustrations. Not only are they authentic (I hate cheap knock offs) but you can tap word or pictures and it will show AND say the word. I believe that they were even READ how Dr. Seuss would have liked. The only thing that I didn’t like about the apps is that they were a little slow on my smaller, older iPhone 3GS.
Oceanhouse Media has many Dr. Seuss & Berenstein Bears titles, as well as Little Critter, Five Monkeys and more! I will be buying more titles (probably on my husband’s phone, too, so we both have some). When we get our iPad, we will be adding titles to that for schoolwork to mix it up a bit. These would be a great help for using technology to help strengthen reading skills.
Buy It!
Check out all their titles at http://www.oceanhousemedia.com. If you have an Apple product, you can purchase omBooks from the AppStore. if you have an Android, you can go to the Amazon AppStore. Most books are around $3.99 and you can get free samples of several books for free to try them out. Check them out today!
