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Read, Renew, Repeat: Summer Reading - Ages 5+

Summer Reading helps kids stay motivated, maintain reading skills, and learn all summer long! Kids will build confidence and avoid summer slide as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks.

This Launchpad contains the following apps:

12 Huia Birds
Do you know the story of the majestic vanished huia bird? This is the story of the sacred bird with the white-tipped tail feathers that disappeared. Filled with animation, music and sound to bring this beautiful bird back to life for children while teaching the lesson to take care of the environment.

A Little Spot Learns to Read
KidTime StoryTime is meeting word families, clapping to syllables, getting context clues, stretching words & learning about dyslexia.

Earth Day Daniela's Way
Daniela knows there are many things we can do to keep Earth happy and healthy. Read about them!

Learn to Read: Sight Words
Children will build their vocabulary with common sight words, beginning and ending consonant blends, and various word families. With over 500 words to practice, both beginning and emerging readers can reinforce their literacy skills.

MeteoHeroes! Saving Planet Earth!
With the MeteoHeroes App you will have fun and solve missions that will help you learn how to face problems: global warming, caring for the environment and the habitats, consequences of mass tourism, pollution in big cities, biodiversity protection, respect for animals, excessive energy consumption, renewable energies, sustainable use of means of transportation, and protection of our seas and oceans and their marine fauna.

Save the Planet Song for Kids
Learn how to take care of Planet Earth in this action song. The perfect song for Earth Day!

Storybook Animations: Time to Plant
Grandma Hen and Chicka Chick plant vegetable seeds in their garden. Chicka Chick can't locate the hose. April showers come just in time. Read along with highlighted text and fun narration while exploring the world of Highlights, Storybook Animations!

The Rainforest Musical Kakamega
Kakamega follows the story of Kaka and Yano, young twins who live in the lush, diverse and endangered rainforest. Join them and many friends on a magical, musical, and educational journey through the rainforest as they learn how to preserve their home and its environment.

The Turtle with the Sunglasses
A cute story with an environmental theme, reinforcing the message "don't litter". eKidz is an award-winning language learning application that helps kids develop reading skills. Each title features interactive listening and reading practice, simultaneous narration adapted by level, reading comprehension, and much more, while providing the opportunity for children to celebrate culture and heritage through exclusive content.

Trash Toss: Paper Flings
Toss the trash into the bin and never get bored! Set up your own challenge by choosing the environment and and check the wind direction and speed and then-toss!